Poems of Childhood by Algernon Swinburne. With a Preface by Edmund Gosse.
London, William Heinemann, 1918
"This volume will not merely be the best book of the present art-season, but a joy to all sensitive people for years and years to come." (Hudson)
Limited edition numbered 35 of 765 copies, signed by Rackham on limitation page, 4to., 132pp., illustrated with 9 tipped-in colour plates (one extra than the Trade edition) and numerous line drawings, captioned tissue-guards, browning to endpapers (as usual) and the odd, random spot to text, else internally very good, publisher's quarter vellum over paper-covered boards gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, age toned, slight dust-soiling and a few marks, corners mildly bumped, else good.
Hudson, p. 170; Latimore & Haskell, pp. 48-49
Limited edition numbered 35 of 765 copies, signed by Rackham on limitation page, 4to., 132pp., illustrated with 9 tipped-in colour plates (one extra than the Trade edition) and numerous line drawings, captioned tissue-guards, browning to endpapers (as usual) and the odd, random spot to text, else internally very good, publisher's quarter vellum over paper-covered boards gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, age toned, slight dust-soiling and a few marks, corners mildly bumped, else good.
Hudson, p. 170; Latimore & Haskell, pp. 48-49
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