Poems and Ballads
Algernon Charles Swinburne
1866
John Camden Hotten
First Edition
8vo
Description:
First Edition, publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. John Camden Hotten published this first edition in 1866 under his own imprint after Moxon famously withdrew the book due to the fierce public outcry making this the second issue of the first edition. Scandalous and pathbreaking poetry collection that shocked Victorian society with its eroticism and paganism. Rare.
Condition:
Very Good Condition. Green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Binding is firm. Ads to front. Light stamp to inside front cover. Pages are lightly spotted with minor tanning to edges. Boards are clean with light bumping to corners.
Poems and Ballads
Algernon Charles Swinburne
1866
John Camden Hotten
First Edition
8vo
Description:
First Edition, publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. John Camden Hotten published this first edition in 1866 under his own imprint after Moxon famously withdrew the book due to the fierce public outcry making this the second issue of the first edition. Scandalous and pathbreaking poetry collection that shocked Victorian society with its eroticism and paganism. Rare.
Condition:
Very Good Condition. Green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Binding is firm. Ads to front. Light stamp to inside front cover. Pages are lightly spotted with minor tanning to edges. Boards are clean with light bumping to corners.
