Algernon Charles Swinburne — Astrophel and Other Poems

London , Chatto & Windus, 1894. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of poetry of Algernon Charles Swinburne. Algernon Charles Swinburne (5 April 1837 – 10 April 1909) was an English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic. He invented the roundel form, wrote several novels, and contributed to the famous Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in every year from 1903 to 1907 and again in 1909. Re-backed in a blue cloth binding preserving the original boards and backstrip. Externally, sound with slight rubbing. Spine is slightly cocked. Corners are slightly bumped. Internally, generally firmly bound. Front hinge is tender. Pages are generally bright and clean. There are two bookplates to the front pastedown and recto of front free end paper. Good . Ill.: None. Good .