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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. ERECHTHEUS: A Tragedy. Chatto and Windus, London, 1878.
Price: US$14.95 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 7.75" X 5.25" in dark blue cloth. lightly soiled, fraying at corner tips and spine ends, text block cracking about half way through: Barely FAIR condition. Of bibliographic interest - there is a 40pp section of publisher's advertising at the back of the book. 105pp.
Seller: THE BOOK VAULT, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Swinburne, Algernon Charles. Poems and Ballads, Second Series. Chatto & Windus London 1878, 1878.
Price: US$43.60 + shipping
Description: 1st edition hardback in original cloth Very Good octavo ix + 240pp. (40pp. publishers' catalogue dated 1878), Neat ownership signature & tender front hinge o/w a very good copy in dark green cloth boards
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
SWINBURNE, Charles Algernon. Poems and Ballads: Second Series. Chatto and Windus, London, 1878.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, Octavo, original green cloth over boards with gilt lettering on spine, beveled edges. Second volume of collected poems from British author Algernon Charles Swinburne, with several pages of ads. Very good, front gutter slightly cracked.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good. First Edition. First issue of this important collection by Swinburne. In publisher's dark blue cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt, edges uncut. 36pp publisher's catalogue (torn with loss on last page] dated March 1878 and announcing the present title. Some wear to extremities, ownership signature clipped from half-title, but a sound and clean copy of a scarce book.
Seller: Dr Jeremy Parrott, London, United Kingdom
Swinburne, Algernon Charles. Poems and Ballads Second Series. Chatto & Windus, 1878.
Price: US$51.53 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bound in bottle-green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to the spine, blind frame to boards. Unfaded and in excellent order, very light wear to corners. Hinges sound; plain dark grey endpapers. Previous owner's monogram inside, otherwise unmarked. Gutters a little tender in places where webbing is visible between gathers but holding well. Publication date is 1878; 40-page publisher's catalogue at rear dated August 1879. A very nice copy.
Seller: Oakholm Books, Aberfeldy, United Kingdom
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Two volumes, small 8vo finely bound by John Bumpus (London) in three quarter brown morocco, raised hubs, decorated compartmets, patterned endpapers. Volume I ( First Series) , is stated " A New Edition"; Vol. II is the first editon "Second Series". A tight, fine, bright set, vintage armorial bookplates front pastedowns and small neat ownership signatures and date May 1st 1880 on thew half title of Vol. 1. A very handsome set indeed.
Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.
Swinburne, Algernon C.. Poems and Ballads. Second Series. Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly, London, 1878.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, one of 1000 copies. ix, 240, [36, ads] pp. 1 vols. Crown 8vo. INSCRIBED TO COUSIN JOHN. Inscribed to his cousin John Swinburne and dated 12 Feb 1879 With a note laid in signed by John Swinburne that "this is the first copy ever printed of this book and sent direct from the Publisher Chatto & Windus to the author John Swinburne 12 Feb 1879." Wise no. 69 Blue cloth. Hinges cracked, else very good. In half blue morocco slipcase and chemise ix, 240, [36, ads] pp. 1 vols. Crown 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.