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Mazeppa
by Byron, Lord (George Gordon)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Original drab gray wrappers, uncut. Some chips from spine, slightly cocked, but internally quite clean. In half morocco slipcase
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1819. First edition, first issue, with imprint on p. [70], leaf of advertisements and the 8 page catalogue, dated July, 1819. Half title present. 69, [3] pp. + [8] pp ads dated July, 1819. 1 vols. 8vo. Original drab gray wrappers, uncut. Some chips from spine, slightly cocked, but internally quite clean. In half morocco slipcase. First edition, first issue, with imprint on p. [70], leaf of advertisements and the 8 page catalogue, dated July, 1819. Half title present. 69, [3] pp. + [8] pp ads dated July, 1819. 1 vols. 8vo. Byron's Heroic Poem. The 'Fragment' of a novel (which appears on pp. 57-69) appended to Mazeppa was there introduced without the sanction of the author. On March 20, 1820, Byron wrote to Murray; "I shall not allow you to play the tricks you did last year with the prose you post-scripted to Mazeppa, which I sent you not to be published, if not in a periodical paper, and there you tacked it, without a word of explanation, and be damned to you". (Wise). Randolph, p. 70; Wise "Byron" I, pp. 131-2
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 307343
- Title
- Mazeppa
- Author
- Byron, Lord (George Gordon)
- Format/Binding
- Half title present. 69, [3] pp. + [8] pp ads dated July, 1819. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original drab gray wrappers, uncut. Some chips from spine, slightly cocked, but internally quite clean. In half morocco slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first issue, with imprint on p. [70], leaf of adv
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1819
- Keywords
- British | Lord Byron
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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