The Springtide of Life. Poems of Childhood by Algernon Charles Swinburne. With a Preface by Edmund Gosse
by RACKHAM, Arthur (illus)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Bottom fore-tips bumped, one shallow dent in top-edge of front cover, back cover rubbed and discolored along the fore-edge, othe
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann, (1918). First edition, deluxe issue. One of 765 numbered copies signed by Rackham. This signed limited issue contains one extra color plate not found in trade issue. Bottom fore-tips bumped, one shallow dent in top-edge of front cover, back cover rubbed and discolored along the fore-edge, otherwise a very good copy. 4to, 9 color tipped-in plates and 52 b/w text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, original vellum-backed parchment over boards, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, t.e.g. Bottom fore-tips bumped, one shallow dent in top-edge of front cover, back cover rubbed and discolored along the fore-edge, otherwise a very good copy.
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- Bookseller
- James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22976
- Title
- The Springtide of Life. Poems of Childhood by Algernon Charles Swinburne. With a Preface by Edmund Gosse
- Author
- RACKHAM, Arthur (illus)
- Book Condition
- Used - Bottom fore-tips bumped, one shallow dent in top-edge of front cover, back cover rubbed and discolored along the fore-edge, othe
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, deluxe issue. One of 765 numbered copies signed b
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1918)
Terms of Sale
James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC
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About the Seller
James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC
Biblio member since 2009
Deep River, Connecticut
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