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Creator:
Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837–1909
Title(s):
Pasiphaë : a poem / by A.C. Swinburne.
Published/Created:
London : Golden Cockerel Press, 1950.
Physical Description:
40 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR5506 .P37 1950 Copy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR5506 .P37 1950 Copy 2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Frontispiece and title page are dry-point engravings, included in pagination.
"Swinburne's poem Pasiphaë, now correctly printed for the first time, has been prepared for press from the manuscript in the British Museum and introduced by Randolph Hughes, and printed for subscribers, in Bembo type, by Christopher Sandford at the Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1950. The engravings on copper are by John Buckland-Wright. The edition is limited to 500 copies, of which nos. 1-100 are specially bound and contain an extra engraving."--Verso of title page.
BEIN 2012 53: No. 254.
BAC: British Art Center copy 1 is no. 65 of 500. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in full red vellum.
BAC: British Art Center copy 2 is no. 249 of 500. Bound in original blue and yellow cloth.
Subject Terms:
English poetry -- 20th century.
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Drypoints -- 1950.
Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- London.
Contributors:
Sangorski & Sutcliffe, binder.
Buckland Wright, John, 1897–1954, engraver.
Hughes, Randolph, 1889–1955.
Sandford, Christopher, printer.
Golden Cockerel Press, publisher.
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