Algernon Charles Swinburne — Poems and Ballads

London, John Camden Hotten, 1866 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this celebrated but controversial collection of poems by English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic, Algernon Charles Swinburne, in the original cloth. The first edition.In the publisher's original cloth.A celebrated but controversial collection of poems by English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic, Algernon Charles Swinburne. Swinburne sparked controversy with his poetry on a variety of taboo topics including transgressive sexuality and anti-theism. He also writes frequently about the ocean, time, and death. Swinburne was also a major contributor to the Pre-Raphaelite movement in poetry, along with Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Morris. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally, generally smart with shelf wear to the extremities and bumping to spine head and tail, including two chips to cloth of tail. The odd mark to the boards. Fading to spine. Front hinge separated from text block; binding only held at rear hinge. Internally, generally firmly bound. First few leaves nearly loose. Pages age toned with scattered spotting throughout. Good . Ill.: None. Good .