Algernon Charles Swinburne
49 copies for sale · $20–$1,250 · 25 first editions · 2 signed
Notable copies for sale
THE CANNIBAL CATECHISM (first edition, signed) — Bartleby's Books$450
A MIDSUMMER HOLIDAY AND OTHER POEMS (signed) — Kay Craddock Antiquarian BooksellerA$950
Ode on the Proclamation of the French Republic (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$300
Aeolus (first edition) — Bartleby's Books$250
A Note On Charlotte Bronte (first edition) — Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller$200
Chastelard; A Tragedy (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$150
A SONG OF ITALY (first edition) — Type Punch Matrix$150
Poems and Ballads (first edition) — Adrian Harrington Rare Books£95
Locrine - a Tragedy (first edition) — MW Books€60
Notes On Poems And Reviews (first edition) — Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller$50
The Tale of Balen (first edition) — Between the Covers$50
Springtide of Life; Poems of Childhood (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$45
Works on the market
Atalanta In Calydon. A Tragedy2 copies · £150–£245
ODE ON THE PROCLAMATION OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, SEPTEMBER 4TH, 18702 copies · $100–$200
THE BALLAD OF BULGARIE1 copy · A$1,500
A LAY OF LILIES AND OTHER POEMS1 copy · A$950
A MIDSUMMER HOLIDAY AND OTHER POEMS1 copy · A$950
LANCELOT, THE DEATH OF RUDEL AND OTHER POEMS1 copy · A$750
Laus Veneris Poems and Ballads; Poems & Ballads Second & Third Series; Songs Before Sunris1 copy · $600
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE1 copy · $550
THE CANNIBAL CATECHISM1 copy · $450
LETTERS CHIEFLY CONCERNING EDGAR ALLAN POE FROM ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE TO JOHN H. INGR1 copy · A$350
LETTERS FROM ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE TO A. H. BULLEN1 copy · A$350
LETTERS FROM ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE TO T. J. WISE1 copy · A$350
LETTERS ON THE WORKS OF GEORGE CHAPMAN1 copy · A$350
LETTERS TO THOMAS PURNELL AND OTHER CORRESPONDENTS1 copy · A$350
Ode on the Proclamation of the French Republic1 copy · $300
Some Unpublished Verses to a Mistress1 copy · $275
Aeolus1 copy · $250
BORDER BALLADS1 copy · A$250
Market context
19 copies of Algernon Charles Swinburne's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $55 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
Love's Cross-Currents. A Year's Letters, first edition, signed presentation inscription fr (forum, 2026-06-25)£200
Songs Before Sunrise, first edition, handsomely bound by Zaehnsdorf, F.S.Ellis, 1871 (forum, 2026-06-25)£240
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