Springtime Life Poems Childhood by Algernon Charles Swinburne (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Arthur Rackham (illustrator). 1st Edition. Large 8vo. Full green cloth gilt spine titles, line drawings throughout. Minor wear rubbing at the extremities. Gilt vignette on cover. Title-page printed in green and black. Hinges solid, text block clean and tight throughout other than toning on the front endpapers (but not on the facing pastedowns). Color frontispiece and plates by Arthur Rackham with tissue guards. An exceptional copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. In good condition. Boards show typical scuffing with light edge wear, spine head and base are lightly frayed. Missing dust jacket. End papers are toned with moderate streaking. Very light, sporadic foxing. Previous owner s gift inscription from 1920 on front fly leaf, otherwise unmarked. Plates are bright and colorful. Binding tight and intact. An attractive copy! Please see photos. Eight full page color plates with captioned tissue guards and many black band white vignettes. Arthur Rackman was an English book illustrator. He is recognized as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. Quite collectible. COLI1918ABEA-variant.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Springtime of Life, Poems of Childhood, Algernon Charles Swinburne, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, pub Heinemann, 1918 1st ed. Quarto, 133 pages. Eight full page colour plates with captioned tissue guards and many b/w vignettes. Green cloth with gilt titles and illustration to front panel, very, very slight bubbling, one corner mildly bumped. Jacket is complete with just a few tiny nicks to edges. Pale fox spotting to front and rear end papers and half title. Internally clean and bright, no inscriptions or blemishes.