Swinburne, Algernon Charles; Gosse, Edmund; Rackham, Arthur (22 results)

Condition: New. In.

Condition: New. In.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A Good copy of the First American Edition (from English sheets) in original green cloth decorated in gilt (some darkening and wear to cloth; front inner hinge tender). Complete with all 8 color plates by Arthur Rackham, with tissue guards.

Cloth. Condition: Good+. Arthur Rackham (illustrator). 1st edition. 1st edition thus, 1918. A Good+ copy. 4to., 132 pp., 8 full page illustrated plates with tissue guards, bound in publishers green cloth with titles in gilt on front cover and spine. Overall minor wear and soiling to cloth with some rubbing at tips, edges and top/base of spine. Previous owners name inside front cover. End pages foxed, paper is age toned. Text appears unmarked. Previous owner signature of Isadore Leighton Luce, Smith College April 1922. Isadore Smith (1902-1985) who published as Ann Leighton, was born in Portsmouth, N.H., graduated from Smith College in 1923, and married Archibald William Smith (1897-1962), a veteran of the First World War. Their home on Argilla Road in Ipswich overlooked Fox Creek. Col. Smith was the author of two books, A captain departed, (New Haven, Yale University Press, (published 1935) and A gardener's book of plant names; a handbook of the meaning and origins of plant names. (New York, Harper & Row, (published 1963).

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good+. Rackham, Arthur (illustrator). First Edition. Beautifully illustrated with 8 Full-Page Colour Plates by Arthur Rackham. Each Plate protected by Captioned tissue guard. Preface by Edmund Gosse. Green cloth cover with Gilt child chasing butterflies on front. Gilt lettering above. Dull Gilt lettering and Bird on spine. Endpapers illustrated with a child and garlands of roses. Top page edges Green ix (9) preliminary pages. Main Text 133 p.pages. 10" Tall, 580g. Some spotty loss of colour to cloth which is a little bubbled where glue has failed. Hinges sound and text block firm. Small penciled tick on endpaper. No other inscriptions. Pages and Plates in very good, clean condition. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Rackham, Arthur (illustrator). First Edition. 133pp, frontispiece and seven color illustrations with titled tissue guards, black and white illustrations throughout. Very Good in original green cloth tooled in gilt, light wear at spine ends, small corner bumps, end pages moderately toned, scattered small spots of toning throughout, bookplate verso front end page. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Arthur Rackham (illustrator). pp. 132. 4to. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to spine and front board. Decorated endpapers. Black and white Arthum Rackham illustrations and colour plates. Light shelfwear, some scuffing and spots to extremities, ink inscription to front pastedown, single instance of underlining; very good.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Rackham, Arthur (illustrator). First Edition. Large 7 3/4" x 10" gift book design. Copyright by William Heinemann, 1918; no other dates. Likely, a somewhat later printing. Dark green cloth boards, stylized gilt cover and spine titles, moderate shelf wear, some discoloration to back board. Pages generally near fine, sharp. Some fox to front endpaper, back few pages. Pictorial endpapers features light green Rackham imagery of babe below rose vine. Stylish antiquarian signature inside cover: "Katherine Walker". Small booksellers label inside back cover: "BRENTANO'S, Booksellers & Stationers, New York". Bind good, intact. Beautifully illustrated with nine tipped-in color plates in addition to various black-and-white vignettes, ornamentation by Arthur Rackham. Each with captioned tissue guards. Additionally features fifty-two drawings by Rackham in black and white. Also, a preface by Edmund Gosse describing the match of Swinburne's poetry with Rackham's designs. Attractive near very good example. Algeron Charles Swinburne is noted as founder and promoter of English literary symbolism, his many works of literature and poetry, and his brilliant essay on William Blake, without which Blake would never have become an ideal for a whole school of poets and writers. Printed at The Complete Press, West Norwood, London. 134 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Arthur Rackham (illustrator). 1st Edition. The Springtide of Life. Poems of Childhood. By Algernon Charles Swinburne. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London. William Heinemann, 1918. 133 pp. 4to. Complete with 8 colour plates with guards with quoted text, b/w vignettes throughout. Publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering and ornamentation. Matching green dust jacket with black lettering and ornamentation. Dust jacket rubbed and chipped with some loss of text at the head and foot of the spine (missing 'The Springtide of Life' at the head, the 'Hei-' of the publisher's name at the foot). The foot of the dust jacket is also torn, 2cm further to the above-mentioned chip, though the detached piece is present and the dust jacket is wrapped in a protective acetate cover. Some browning to endpapers, otherwise a bright copy of the first Rackham-illustrated edition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Arthur Rackham (illustrator). First Thus. First illustrated edition, ix, 132 pp, publisher's ad at rear, 8 colour illustrations by Arthur Rackham with black and white vignettes, original gilt decorated cloth, a little rippling to rear cover, dust jacket lacks half of spine with some fraying of edges A poor dust jacket but it has protected the book which is an exceptionally bright copy. Illustrated.

Hardcover. Quarto, ix [i], 133 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering and illustration. Minor shelf wear. Creasing and light rubbing along spine. Bumping to spine and corners. Age-toning and light, scattered foxing to interior pages. Offsetting to endpapers. Features illustrations throughout by Rackham, including frontispiece. Shelved in Case 14. 1373985. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Rackham, Arthur (illustrator). First Edition. Stated at title page: MCMXVIII (1918); and verso title page: "Printed in Great Britain." Large 7 3/4" x 10" gift book design. Sharp dark green full cloth boards, stylized cover and spine titles, light shelf, corner wear. Pages generally near fine, sharp; no writing Apprx. 1/2" discoloration to top edge throughout; mostly noticeable to plates in white surrounding borders. Pictorial endpapers features light green Rackham imagery of babe below rose vine; moderate fox inside back cover. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Beautifully illustrated with eight tipped-in color plates. Also, various black-and-white vignettes, ornamentation by Arthur Rackham throughout. Each with captioned tissue guards. Additionally features fifty-two drawings by Rackham in black and white. Also, a preface by Edmund Gosse describing the match of Swinburne's poetry with Rackham's designs. Attractive near very good example. Rare original beige pictorial wrapper, moderate edge wear, chip, rub, discoloration; 3.00 net at spine, protected in new clear sleeve. Features stylized red and green cover and spine titles with charming vignette of little one among butterflies. Back panel features summary review adverts for A. R. gift editions, The Allies' Fairy Book by the New York Times, and A Christmas Carol by the Boston Transcript. Near very good first edition in same wrapper. Algeron Charles Swinburne is noted as founder and promoter of English literary symbolism, his many works of literature and poetry, and his brilliant essay on William Blake, without which Blake would never have become an ideal for a whole school of poets and writers. From wrapper: "Swinburne frequently expressed his intention to gather in one volume his poems of child life. He died without having found occasion to do this. Edmund Gosse has carried out the poet's plan, and Arthur Rackham, whose dlecate and romantic fancy is in sensitvie harmony with Swinburne's, and who understands no less than he did, how 'the face and the voice of a child are assurance of heaven,' has given exquisite interpretation to these flowers of the poet's imagination. Overs of the beautiful in poetry will find this volume a rare addition to their treasures." Printed at The Complete Press, West Norwood, London. 133 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Rackham, Arthur (illustrator). First Edition. Rarity signed by Arthur Rackham at limitation page: "This Edition is limited to 765 numbered and signed copies, of which 100 are reserved for United States of Amerca and 15 for Presentation. No. "698, Arthur Rackham". Large gift book 9 1/2" x 11 1/2" design. 1918 at copyright; no other dates. Beige earth toned boards, cream morocco leather spine wrap, now conditioned, gilt cover and spine titles, design, moderate shelf wear, fleck, ripple, discoloration. Cover features stylized titles and gilt silhouette of what appears to be cupid springing from the grass with butterflies. Rough cut deckled leaves very good, clean. Pictorial endpapers feature light green Rackham imagery of babe below rose vine. Small antiquarian bookplate inside cover of sailing vessel with scrolled: "Julia M. Barnes". Bind good; hinges intact. Beautifully illustrated with nine tipped-in color plates on brown matte stock in addition to various black-and-white vignettes, ornamentation by Arthur Rackham. Each with captioned tissue guards. Additionally features fifty-two drawings by Rackham in black and white. Also, a preface by Edmund Gosse describing the match of Swinburne's poetry with Rackham's designs. Attractive near very good signed limited edition. Algeron Charles Swinburne is noted as founder and promoter of English literary symbolism, his many works of literature and poetry, and his brilliant essay on William Blake, without which Blake would never have become an ideal for a whole school of poets and writers. Printed at The Complete Press, West Norwood, London. 134 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Artist.

Signed Limited Edition [RACKHAM, Arthur, Illustrator]. SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles. The Springtide of Life. Poems of Childhood by Algernon Charles Swinburne. With a Preface by Edmund Gosse. London: William Heinemann, [1918]. Edition Deluxe limited to 765 numbered copies signed by Arthur Rackham (this copy being no. 752). Large quarto (11 3/16 x 9 1/8 inches; 284 x 230 mm.). ix, [1], 132, [2] pp. Nine full color tipped-in plates with captioned tissue guards and fifty-two black and white text illustrations. Publisher's quarter vellum over parchment boards. Front cover and spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Original plain white endpapers. Publisher's ink presentation on front free end-paper "For Sylvia Henley - Their guardian of the 'Springtide' With all good wishes from the Publishers of this book. Xmas 1918." Three of the tipped-in color plates (frontispiece and facing pp. 2 and 132) have slight creases, the original binding is somewhat soiled and the spine is rubbed. This is a very reasonably priced copy which was presented by the the publishers to Sylvia Henley - the sister of British aristocrat and socialite Venetia Stanley(1887-1948) who corresponded freely with Prime Minister H.H. Asquith between 1910 and 1915. The signed limited edition contains one extra colored plate that is not found in the trade edition - the frontispiece. The signed limited edition contains one extra colored plate that is not found in the trade edition - the frontispiece. "[Rackham's] drawings for Swinburne's poems of childhood, The Springtide of Lifeattracted the admiration of Edmund Gosse, who expressed his appreciation in a preface and told Rackham personally (18th October 1918: 'This volume will not merely be he best book of the present art-season, but a joy to all sensitive people for years and years to come'" (Hudson, Arthur Rackham His Life and Work, p. 108). "As the close of his life approached, Swinburne frequently expressed his intention to extract from his various volumes those poems which were addressed to children, or were descriptive of child-life, and to publish them in a separate collection. He died without having found occasion to carry out this plan, and he left no directions with regard to the way in which it ought to be done One reason why Swinburne never brought out such a collection was his failure to find an artist who could interpret to his satisfaction the simplicity and freshness of his verses. We are fortunate in having secured, in Mr. Arthur Rackham, one whose delicate and romantic fancy is in sensitive harmony with Swinburne's, and who understands, no less than he did, how "Heaven lies about us in our infancy." (Edmund Gosse), Latimore and Haskell, p. 48. Riall, p. 133.

Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted by the prestigious organization "Rare Biblio" with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1918. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages: : - 192, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 192.

Condition: Fine. Number of books: 1 book.