SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES. Poems and Ballads. London: Edward Moxon 1866. 12mo, original green cloth, partly unopened, tiny snag on front outer joint, some light foxing, half morocco folding case. FIRST EDITION, THE RARE FIRST ISSUE, with the original uncancelled state of each signature and the 24 errors uncorrected (except for leaf [N3] as usual, and with the earliest issue of the 8-pp. of Moxon advertisements inserted at front; with the Moxon imprint on spine; in this copy the title-page has been cut across the imprint, marking it for cancellation. Wise Swinburne 25; Tinker 2011; Hayward 280. A fine copy of Swinburne's most important book, containing many of his best-known poems. Bookplates of F. Wyndham Goldie and John Lowe.
SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES. Poems and Ballads. London: Edward Moxon 1866. 12mo, original green cloth, partly unopened, tiny snag on front outer joint, some light foxing, half morocco folding case. FIRST EDITION, THE RARE FIRST ISSUE, with the original uncancelled state of each signature and the 24 errors uncorrected (except for leaf [N3] as usual, and with the earliest issue of the 8-pp. of Moxon advertisements inserted at front; with the Moxon imprint on spine; in this copy the title-page has been cut across the imprint, marking it for cancellation. Wise Swinburne 25; Tinker 2011; Hayward 280. A fine copy of Swinburne's most important book, containing many of his best-known poems. Bookplates of F. Wyndham Goldie and John Lowe.
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