THE SPRINGTIDE OF LIFE: Poems of Childhood. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. (SIGNED, LIMITED DELUXE EDITION)

Swinburne, Algernon Charles
Published by William Heinemann in London 1918
SKU: 46701
£495.00
LIMITED DELUXE EDITION, No. 389 of 765 copies, SIGNED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM. 4to. hardback with vellum spine and vellum-style boards, with decorative gilt titles to spine and upper board. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Illustrated endpapers. 133pp. text with many line drawings, plus 9 tipped-in colour plates, pasted to heavy brown paper, with captioned tissue-guards, all in excellent condition. This Limited Deluxe Edition contains one extra plate, not included in the Trade Edition. Numbered and signed by the artist on the Limitation page. No other markings or inscriptions. Endpapers lightly foxed/tanned with heavy tanning to half-title page only. Light foxing to foredge. Slight bumping to corners and base of spine. Light soiling to boards and light edgewear but overall a VERY GOOD, BRIGHT COPY.

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