Lot 431
Swinburne (Algernon Charles) A Word for the Navy, a Poem, one of 25 copies on paper, Charles Ottley, 1887 & others by the same, some Wise forgeries (7)
Hammer Price: £500
Description
Swinburne (Algernon Charles) A Word for the Navy, a Poem, 16pp., one of 25 copies on paper, original blue-green printed wrappers, slightly fraying at spine ends, preserved in modern cloth folder, [Todd 299f, forged "Ottley" printing], Charles Ottley, Landon & Co., 1887 [Richard Clay, c.1890]; another edition, 16pp., first edition, number 155 of 250 copies, original stiff blue printed wrappers, uncut, Chiswick Press for George Redway, 1887; Cleopatra, 20pp., original buff wrappers, [Todd 292f, "probable forgery"], John Camden Hotten, 1866 [Richard Clay, c.1888]; Notes on Poems and Reviews, 24pp., first edition, first issue with imprint "Savill and Edwards" on verso of title, stitched as issued, a little soiled, Hotten, 1866; In the Album of Adah Menken [Dolorida], 4pp., first edition, [Richard Herne Shepherd], [1883]; Unpublished Verses, 4pp., [Todd 304p, "piracy"], 1866 [c.1888] § Mallarmé (Stephane) Five Letters...to Algernon Charles Swinburne, 16pp., one of 30 copies, original blue printed wrappers, uncut, a little frayed at edges, privately printed, 1922, 8vo (7)
⁂ An interesting group of pamphets by or relating to Swinburne, several of them Wise forgeries or piracies.
Description
Swinburne (Algernon Charles) A Word for the Navy, a Poem, 16pp., one of 25 copies on paper, original blue-green printed wrappers, slightly fraying at spine ends, preserved in modern cloth folder, [Todd 299f, forged "Ottley" printing], Charles Ottley, Landon & Co., 1887 [Richard Clay, c.1890]; another edition, 16pp., first edition, number 155 of 250 copies, original stiff blue printed wrappers, uncut, Chiswick Press for George Redway, 1887; Cleopatra, 20pp., original buff wrappers, [Todd 292f, "probable forgery"], John Camden Hotten, 1866 [Richard Clay, c.1888]; Notes on Poems and Reviews, 24pp., first edition, first issue with imprint "Savill and Edwards" on verso of title, stitched as issued, a little soiled, Hotten, 1866; In the Album of Adah Menken [Dolorida], 4pp., first edition, [Richard Herne Shepherd], [1883]; Unpublished Verses, 4pp., [Todd 304p, "piracy"], 1866 [c.1888] § Mallarmé (Stephane) Five Letters...to Algernon Charles Swinburne, 16pp., one of 30 copies, original blue printed wrappers, uncut, a little frayed at edges, privately printed, 1922, 8vo (7)
⁂ An interesting group of pamphets by or relating to Swinburne, several of them Wise forgeries or piracies.