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The Romance of Chastisement; or Revelations of School and Bedroom
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London: Delectus Books, 1993. The Romance is filled with saucy tales, verse and anecdotes inluding a headmistress taking a birch to the bare backsides of schoolgirls, women whipping each other, men spanking women, an aunt whipping her nephew and further painful pleasures. A complete facsimile of the 1888 edition with an introduction by Michael R. Goss. Quote: "Who, brandishingthe rod, doth straight begin to lose her pants - she trembles with affright - Adown they drop, appears the dainty skin, Fair as the furry coat of whitest ermelin." "One of the all time flagellation classics." The Literary Review, "In an entirely different class.A chronicle of punishment, pain and pleasure." Time Out. "A classic of Victorian vice." Forum, "A very intense volume.a potent, single-minded ode to flagellation." Divinity, "A delightful book of awesome contemporary significance...beautifully written." Daily Telegraph. "Stylishly reproduced and lovingly illuminated with elegant graphics and pictures.written in a style which is charming, archaic and packed with fine detail." The Redeemer. LAST FEW COPIES - THIS BOOK IS ALMOST OUT OF PRINT!. Signed by Publisher. First Thus. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Swinburne: The Portrait of a Poet
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London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974 First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Swinburne as I Knew Him
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London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1919. Includes some unpublished Letters from the poet to his cousin Ho. Lady Henniker Heaton.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Swinburne as Critic
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London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1972. Collection of Swinburne essays on Baudelaire, Blake, Rossetti, Coleridge, Herrick, Shakespeare, Dickens and others. Edited by Clyde K. Hyder with noted, bibliography and index.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Rosamund: Queen of the Lombards
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1899 Play text.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket, as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Love's Cross Currents: A Years Letters
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New York: Harpers, 1905 Superb condition for a book so old.. First US Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket, as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Tale of Balen
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1896 Spine faded, gilt top edge.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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A Year's Letters
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New York: New York University Press, 1974 Edited by F.J. Sypher. Some wear to d/j.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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A Year's Letters
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London: Peter Owen, 1976 Edited by F.J. Sypher. Some wear to d/j.. First U.K. Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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Songs Before Sunrise
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London: William Heinemann, 1917 Reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information
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The Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne: The Poems
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Philadelphia: David McKay Hinges cracked, spine rubbed. c.1900.. First Thus. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Astrophel and Other Poems
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1894. Some wear to spine and edges.. Second Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket, as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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Poems & Ballads: Third Series
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1892 Third Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Selected Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne
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London: William Heinemann, 1950 Introduction by Humphrey Hare.. First Thus. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Tristram of Lyonesse
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London: William Heinemann, 1924 Reprint. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information
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A Study of Swinburne
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London: Faber & Gwyer, 1926 First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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