Swinburne, Algernon Charles. BORDER BALLADS. The Bibliophile Society, Boston, 1912.

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Description: Edited by Thomas J. Wise. Pp. 88(last blank), engraved vignette title page, plus 5 plates, the title page printed in red, blue & black; med. 8vo; qr. parchment, spine lettered in gilt, brown cloth boards; t.e.g., others uncut; within a [later, custom-made?] inner slipcase of qr. tan cloth over orange card, fore-edges a trifle worn, and an outer [original] tan papered slipcase with printed paper title label, slipcase lightly soiled and worn; bookplate of George Spector on upper pastedown; printed only for members of The Bibliophile Society, Boston, 1912. Edition limited to 477 copies, (2 for copyright purposes). Todd 336a. *Seven Border Ballads left by Swinburne unpublished at the time of his death. 'Wise reports that this edition, which succeeded his 1909 pamphlet edition (Todd 308d) was 'fully authorized, and was issued with the approval and co-operation of Watts-Dunton and myself' [Todd, 336a, note]. George Spector was co-founder and publisher (with his wife), of the Kent Collector. (His wife was the American rare book and antique dealer E. Gladys Spector, a leading authority on Rockwell Kent).

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