Lot 222 , Swinburne, Algernon Charles. The Springtide of Life. Poems of Childhood.....illustrated by Arthur Rackham. First Trade Edition. pictorial decorated title and 8 coloured plates, text illus.; gilt pictorial cloth, pictoria

° Swinburne, Algernon Charles. The Springtide of Life. Poems of Childhood.....illustrated by Arthur Rackham. First Trade Edition. pictorial decorated title and 8 coloured plates, text illus.; gilt pictorial cloth, pictorial and decorated e/ps., sm. 4to. 1918; Goldsmith, Oliver - The Vicar of Wakefield. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. First Trade Edition. pictorial title, 12 coloured plates, text illus.; gilt pictorial cloth, coloured pictorial e/ps., gilt top, 4to. 1929; sold with another copy of this - the first US. trade edition (Philadelphia, 1929), in its coloured pictorial d/w.

£120-160

Condition:
Swinburne - cloth some wear spine and corners, some gutter stains pp. 28/29 and 94/95, some e/p. browning; neat 5 line Wm. Blake relevant ms. quote on half title; no d/w.; Goldsmith-sl. wear head and tail of spine, fore-edge spotting, but clean inside, no d/w.; Goldsmith (US.) - sm. tear d/w. head of spine (clear of lettering) also at foot, few other sl. edge tears and spotting, cloth trifle marked on spine, sl. marked on e/ps., illus. as UK edtn.

Sold for £80