The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne Vols 3,4,5,6 of 6
by SWINBURNE Algernon Charles
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1911 dark navy or black buckram with gilt to spine, top edge gilt others untrimmed, rubricated title page, frontis portrait with tissue guard in vol 6, first edition fourth impression, some light surface insect damage showing as faintly lighter colour, some light damp to paste downs with light offset staining from the cloth dye or light brown water marking to some fore edge margins, vol 4 lower board creased, all vols lightly foxed, (25.kg). First Edition. Buckram. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.
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- Bookseller
- Fortuna Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013181
- Title
- The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne Vols 3,4,5,6 of 6
- Author
- SWINBURNE Algernon Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- Collected Poems Swinburne Buckram Gilt Set British Decadent Poetry Victorian Antiquarian Vintage
- Bookseller catalogs
- POETRY;
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- Gilt
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- Title Page
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- First Edition
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Buckram
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- Fore Edge
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