Swinburne Algernon Charles Introduction Humbert (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Clarke, Harry (illustrator). Gilt decorated black cloth boards are well-bound, some rubbing & bumping of spine ends & corners, light soil from age & handling. Rough-cut pages are not all cut. Light foxing throughout, in margins. All illustrations present.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None as issued. Solid copy with unmarked text. Some staining in margins of page 4 and 5, discolored area from a newspaper clipping previously laid in on page 74, edge tear on page 89. Pages had deckle edges. Printed endpapers, hinges are intact but somewhat loose. Cover corners are bumped and worn. Spine ends are tattered. Gilt title and graphic on front cover and bright and sharp, slightly dulled on spine. No jacket or slipcase. Includes 10 photogravure plates (illustrations). We are unable to ship oversize books and multi-volume sets internationally.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Clarke, Harry (illustrator). First Edition. Stated at copyright: This Edition first published in 1928; This Volume Published by arrangement with Messrs. William Heinemann. Tall 6 1/2" 9 3/4" design. Printed in England, Text by J. Curwen & Sons Limited, Photogravure plates by Nickeloid. Black coated cloth boards, gilt impressed cover and spine titles in Roman-like font. Enigmatic imagery of odd eminating priest(ess) character w/conehead wear, viper wrapping around at feet; similar feminine figure with two entwined forked-tongue vermin. Patterned illustrated endpapers by Clarke in maroon. Antiquarian printed bookpate at half-title for Margaret Gimlin; intriguing montage imagery of humanity's development of writing through the ages. Frontispiece plate with captioned tissue guard: "Felise". Rough-cut deckled leaves very good, moderately toned; several leaves remain uncut and unopened. Bind good, square; hinges intact. Features eleven plates with blind-stamped borders, each with captioned tissue. Partial page imagery and decoration by Harry Clarke throughout. Near very good first edition of fine book craftsmanship. XVII pages, 217 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Octavo, 217 pages; VG; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with their stamp, in full polished red calf, paneled spine with gilt, label with gilt titling; all edges gilt; some mild discoloration and wear to spine; gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers; with 10 photogravure plates, including one double page, all with tissue guards; shelved case 0. 1349633. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.