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SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles (1837-1909). The Sailing of the Swallow . [ Gentleman's Magazine . London: March 1877.] 4° (221 x 143mm). PAGE PROOFS for the Gentleman's Magazine . 22 pages. (First leaf stained, neat tear.) Red cloth case. Provenance : Walter Theodore Watts (1832-1914, inscribed 'W.T. Watts Esq., 3 Putney Hill, Putney S.W.'). The Sailing of the Swallow was the first canto of Tristam of Lyonesse (London: Chatto and Windus, 1882), which Swinburne dedicated to Watts (later Watts-Dunton). It was first printed in the Gentleman's Magazine in 1877. SWINBURNE, A.C. -- BULWER- LYTTON, Edward (1st Baron, 1803-1873). Lucretia or The Children of the Night . London: George Routledge and Sons, 1897. 8° (187 x 123mm). Original maroon cloth (corners worn). Provenance : association copy (inscribed on half-title: 'W.T. Watts Dunton from A.L. Swinburne, May 6th 1903'). From 1879 until Swinburne's death in 1909, Watts-Dunton undertook the care and organisation of his life, sharing his home, 'The Pines', in Putney with him. (2)