ODE TO MAZZINI / THE SAVIOUR OF SOCIETY / LIBERTY AND LOYALTY. Unpublished Mss. Discovered among the Author's Effects After His Death
by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Printed for Members of the Bibliophile Society, 1913.. 1913.. Very good. - Octavo, rust brown cloth backed with cream vellum & titled in gilt on the spine. The binding is lightly bumped & the spine is a bit foxed & sunned. There is rubbing & chipping to the front board along the join between the cloth & the vellum. 77 pages, unopened. Illustrated with a 2- page folding facsimile. Very good. <p>Limited edition of 475 copies.<p>The Ode and the two prose pieces each have a preface by Edmund Gosse. Also included is Swinburne's "Memorial Verses on the Death of Richard Burton", accompanied by a facsimile of a two-page handwritten draft of the poem.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12608
- Title
- ODE TO MAZZINI / THE SAVIOUR OF SOCIETY / LIBERTY AND LOYALTY. Unpublished Mss. Discovered among the Author's Effects After His Death
- Author
- Swinburne, Algernon Charles
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston, MA: Printed for Members of the Bibliophile Society, 1913.
- Date Published
- 1913.
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; POET; BRITISH; ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE; ODE TO MAZZINI; THE SAVIOUR OF SOCIETY; LIBERTY AND LOYALTY; UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS; MEMORIAL VERSES ON THE DEATH OF RICHARD BURTON; EDMUND GOSSE; THE BIBLIOPHILE SOCIETY; LIMITED EDITION.
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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