Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. Canto the Third; Canto the Fourth.
by BYRON, Lord [George Gordon]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
John Murray, London., 1816; 1818. Two volumes in one:Canto the Third. First edition (later issue). Octavo. pp [ii], 79, [1] adverts.Canto the Fourth. First edition (later issue). Octavo. xiv, [ii], 257. Period binding of full tan calf patterned in gilt and blind, with raised bands and gilt decorations to spine. Marbled edges and endpapers. Bound without half-titles and adverts.Ownership inscription dated 1866 on second blank. Some rubbing to covers. Gilt on spine rubbed to illegibility. Creasing to pages 8/9. Very good.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BYRONLOR010680
- Title
- Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. Canto the Third; Canto the Fourth.
- Author
- BYRON, Lord [George Gordon]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray, London.
- Date Published
- 1816; 1818
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Rubbing
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- First Edition
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