Algernon Charles Swinburne. Hymn to Proserpine. Golden Cockerel Press, 1944.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: long case. #346/350cc. Wood engravings by John Buckland-Wright. Bookplate of Kenneth Bloomfield inside the front cover. Bloomfield was the husband of Diana Bloomfield, a well known engraver in the mid-20th century.

Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES. Hymn to Proserpine. The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1944.

Price: US$600.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Full burgundy cloth, with a gilt title label. Sunned. Limited edition (158 of 350 copies). Interior clean. Filled with beautiful woodcuts. Laments Christianity pushing aside the Roman goddess Proserpina and her followers, along with many other elements of classical religion and antiquity. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Contact Editions, ABAC, ILAB, Toronto, ON, Canada