Algernon Swinburne
Carr reported only one impression of the poems of Algernon Swinburne (1837-1909) in his History of the QTP (1987). Only one impression has been seen.
(Last updated on 22/11/2020)
SBP-SWI1: First edition
Title: Swinburne
Publisher: J.L. Carr Publisher, 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering
Year: 1984?
ISBN: None
Size: 132 x 95 mm
Pages: 16
Staples: two
Binding: blue printed matt card covers
Paper: white
Editor: (J.L. Carr)
Cover artist: (J.L. Carr)
Internal illustrations: 10 small decorations
Number in series: This is no 73 in this pocket library
Colophon: none
Telephone number: none
Printing history: none stated
Number of other titles listed: none listed
Printed by: not stated
Content: Quotation about Swinburne by Edmund Gosse. Poems: A leave-taking; The white maid's wooing; Babyhood; Child's song; When the hounds of spring, from Atalanta in Calydon; A match; A forsaken garden; Before the beginning of years, chorus from Atalanta of Calydon; Sleep eternal; The oblation.
Rear and front covers (click to enlarge)
Inside rear cover (click to enlarge)
Notes: Several of the poems may have been reproduced from earlier editions of Swinburne's poetry. This is the only small book numbered 73 in the series that has been seen so far.