Estimate: | £200 - £300 |
Hammer price: | £280 |
SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles (1837-1909). The Poems. London: Chatto and Windus, 1904. 6 volumes, 8vo (187 x 128mm). Half titles, titles printed in red and black. FINELY BOUND in dark blue crushed morocco gilt by Hatchards, spines gilt with 5 raised bands, silk markers, top edges gilt, others uncut. Provenance: S. C. Lister, Swinton Park (armorial bookplate). With 5 other books by Swinburne, namely Erechtheus: A Tragedy (London, 1876, second edition), Chastelard. A Tragedy (London, 1878, [reprint]), Mary Stuart. A Tragedy (London, 1881, FIRST EDITION), Locrine. A Tragedy (London, 1887, some passages excised near the beginning, FIRST EDITION), and Atalanta in Calydon: A Tragedy (London, [n.d.], reprint), all in original blue cloth gilt. Provenance: from the Collection of the late Professor Bernard Nevill (1930-2019). (11)