The Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne: Tragedies Hardcover -

Philadelphia, PA: David McKay. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. N.D.. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good+: shows mild wear to the extremities; the gilt titles at the backstrip a mite dust-dulled; the expected light tanning to the text pages, due to aging; the interior front and rear hinges are starting but holding strong; the binding remains square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the very mildest wear and the noted imperfections. Clean. Close to "As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.5 x 5.95 x 1.5 inches) . Language: English. Weight: 30.3 ounces. Maroon cloth over boards with gilt titles and designs at the front panel and gilt titles at the backstrip. Top Edge Gilt. Reprint Edition, undated. Late nineteenth or early twentieth century by the looks of it. Hardback: Lacks DJ, if indeed it ever possessed one. Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 – 1909) was an English poet, playwright, novelist and critic. He wrote several novels and collections of poetry such as Poems and Ballads, and contributed to the Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. Swinburne wrote about many taboo topics, such as lesbianism, sado-masochism, and anti-theism. His poems have many common motifs, such as the ocean, time, and death. Several historical people are featured in his poems, such as Sappho ("Sapphics") , Anactoria ("Anactoria") , and Catullus ("To Catullus"). Swinburne was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1903 to 1909. In 1908 he was one of the main candidates considered for the prize, and was nominated again in 1909.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 539 pages .