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Songs before sunrise
by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
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- Hardcover
- first
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
London: F.S. Ellis, 1871. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 287, [1], 8; original green decorative cloth from designs by Dante Gabriel Rossetti stamped in gilt; spine darkened, ends chipped, extremities a bit shelf worn; contemporary ownership signature on ffep and half title page; textblock fine. Binder Burns & Co. ticket on back pastedown; first state of publisher's advertisements, featuring the fourth edition of Rossetti's "Poems," bound in rear. No printer's imprint on p. 287 verso. Author autograph dated Dec. 9th, 1895 laid in. NCBEL III, p. 572; Ashley VI, p. 96; Colbeck II, p. 800.
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- Bookseller
- Rulon-Miller Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42536
- Title
- Songs before sunrise
- Author
- Swinburne, Algernon Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- F.S. Ellis
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1871
- Keywords
- , Design , Dante Gabriel , Rossetti
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- Bindings;
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