Author: Swinburne, Algernon Charles.
Title: Ode to Mazzini / the Saviour of Society / Liberty and Loyalty. Unpublished Mss. Discovered Among the Author's Effects After His Death.
Description: Boston, MA: Printed for Members of the Bibliophile Society, 1913. 1913. - Octavo, rust brown cloth backed with cream vellum & titled in gilt on the spine. The binding is lightly bumped & the spine is a bit foxed & sunned. There is rubbing & chipping to the front board along the join between the cloth & the vellum. 77 pages, unopened. Illustrated with a 2-page folding facsimile. Very good.

Limited edition of 475 copies.

The Ode and the two prose pieces each have a preface by Edmund Gosse. Also included is Swinburne's "Memorial Verses on the Death of Richard Burton", accompanied by a facsimile of a two-page handwritten draft of the poem. Very good .

Keywords: LITERATURE; POET; BRITISH; ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE; ODE TO MAZZINI; THE SAVIOUR OF SOCIETY; LIBERTY AND LOYALTY; UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS; MEMORIAL VERSES ON THE DEATH OF RICHARD BURTON; EDMUND GOSSE; THE BIBLIOPHILE SOCIETY; LIMITED EDITION.

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