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Poems and Ballads. Second Series
by Swinburne, Algernon C
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Blue cloth. Hinges cracked, else very good. In half blue morocco slipcase and chemise
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly, 1878. First edition, one of 1000 copies. ix, 240, [36, ads] pp. 1 vols. Crown 8vo. Blue cloth. Hinges cracked, else very good. In half blue morocco slipcase and chemise. 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
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
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 310913
- Title
- Poems and Ballads. Second Series
- Author
- Swinburne, Algernon C
- Format/Binding
- Ix, 240, [36, ads] pp. 1 vols. Crown 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Blue cloth. Hinges cracked, else very good. In half blue morocco slipcase and chemise
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, one of 1000 copies
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1878
- Keywords
- British | Algernon Charles Swinburne
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
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- Cracked
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