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Sale 265: Fine Books & Manuscripts (#265) 06/12/2003 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 06/12/2003 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #39 [Miscellaneous Works]

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$2,125

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

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Title:

[Miscellaneous Works]

Author:

Byron, George Gordon Noel, Lord

Place Published:

London, etc.

Date Published:

Various dates

Description:

36 volumes, containing various editions of various titles, some duplications. 8½x5, uniform half red calf & marbled boards, spines gilt, marbled endpapers. Some are First Ediitons.

Large group of Byron's works, uniformly bound. Among the titles: The Vampyre, by John William Polidari. First Sherwood, Neely & Jones edition, second Issue, Byron's name removed from title, etc. 1819. * Don Juan. Cantos I-XVI bound in 6 volumes. London: Thomas Davison (Cantos I-V)/ John &/or H.L. Hunt (Cantos VI-XVI), 1819-1824. * Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. Cantos I-IV in 3 vols. London: John Murray, 1812-16-18. Canto I stated Second Edition. * The Giaour, a Fragment of a Turkish Tale. London: John Murray, 1813. And many others. With the bookplates of Denham Court Library.

Condition:

A worn set, most spine labels lacking, a few covers detached, but internally generally very good or better, a nice selection of first and early editions of Byron's works. Sold with all faults.

Item#:

130741
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