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William Blake: A Critical Essay
by Algernon Charles Swinburne
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$627.70A$564.93
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About This Item
London: John Camden Hotten, 1868 . Leather. Very Good. 9.5" by 6.5". William Blake. A lovely second edition of Swinburne's celebrated biography of artist and poet William Blake, analysing both his life and his works, and illustrated throughout. The second edition of Swinburne's analysis of Blake's works, published in the same year as the first.Illustrated with nine facsimile plates of Blake's work, seven of which are in full colour. Collated, complete.The work is dedicated to Swinburne's Oxford friend Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who encouraged him to write the biography.With a sixteen page publisher's catalogue to the rear.In a signed full morocco binding by David Comstock of Seattle. In a full morocco signed binding, with endpapers renewed. Externally, fine. Internally, generally firmly bound, but with one gathering (pages 83-94) working loose. Pages a touch age toned, but generally clean and bright, with only the odd spot. Very Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 867F41
- Title
- William Blake: A Critical Essay
- Author
- Algernon Charles Swinburne
- Illustrator
- William Blake
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Camden Hotten
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1868
- Size
- 9.5" by 6.5"
- Keywords
- William Blake swinburne david comstock swinburne
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...