Studies and Essays (1875, first edition)

Swinburne's essays in a simple half-leather binding by Zaehnsdorf

Author

Publisher

Printing Details

First edition. Hardback, rebound in half-leather by Zaehnsdorf with simple titling to spine. Top edge gilt. 19 × 12.5cm, 380pp.

Not signed but with the bookplate of Charles Plumptre Johnson by Arthur Robinson to the front pastedown. Johnson was a lawyer, author and bibliophile. Arthur Robinson created this bookplate for him in 1889.

A collection of Swinburne's literary and art criticism, most had been previously published in journals such as The Fortnightly Review. Contents: 1. Victor Hugo: L’Homme qui Rit, 2. Victor Hugo: L’Année Terrible, 3. The Poems of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 4. Morris’s Life and Death of Jason, 5. Matthew Arnold’s New Poems, 6. Notes on the Text of Shelley, 7. Byron, 8. Coleridge, 9. John Ford, 10. Notes on Designs of the Old Masters at Florence, 11. Notes on some Pictures of 1868.

Condition

Good condition. There is some rubbing to the leather and fading to the marbled paper covered boards but the contents are in strong readable condition. There is a slightly musty odour to the book but this will recede in time.

Select Shipping…United Kingdom +£3.90Europe +£11.50USA +£18.00Australia / New Zealand +£20.00Rest of the World +£20.25 

By clicking the Buy Now button you'll transfer the product information and shipping price in encrypted form over a secure connection to PayPal's server where you'll complete the transaction.