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Waldo Specthrie Press, 2010-03-12. Paperback. Good.

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Waldo Specthrie Press, 2010. Paperback. New. 244 pages. 8.40x5.50x0.60 inches.

John Murray, 1821. Hardcover. Acceptable. . Scarce in any condition. Boards detached but present. Half of backstrip missing. Occasional minor dampstaining, overall pages clean. Textblock sturdy, could be rebound by an expert.

John Murray , 1823. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. No edition stated c,1823. A Small publication of 179 pages. Good full original leather. Spine reinforced and some chipping to the spine. There is gilt on the spine of the book and decoration on the front cover. With bright gold gilt to the edges of the pages. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: John Murray. Very Good. 1821. First Edition. Hardcover. Recently rebound; new endpages. Includes original first blank. Gilt titled hardcover. Mild scattered foxing, a bit of damping to top forecorner of last few pages. Firm binding. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 439, 4 pages .

London: John Murray, 1821. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Contemporary calf, moderate edgewear, corners rounded, rebacked, date to front blank, old Atwood armorial bookplate inside cover, title page slightly adhered to endpaper in the gutter; generally quite bright and clean internally. 439pp bound without the half title. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Poetry. Inventory No: 047080.

New York: William B. Gilley, No. 92 Broadway., 1822. First American edition. Wraps. Fair. 155 pages + 2 blank rear endpapers. 3 3/4 X 5 3/4 in. high. 1st Am. Edition. Condition of the book is FAIR; Appears to have once been a hardback book, now missing covers & spine. Certainly could be rebound. Title page and all text present, front endpapers missing. Is now covered in card wraps. (Note on cover of wraps by P.O. Victor Lange 'To be dedicated to Goethe. B's dedication had long been written, but not printed due to mistake by publ. Murray'. Occasional foxing throughout the text, all still very legible. Although covers & spine gone, binding is tight- no cracks or looseness. Rare Ephemera RGR.

London: John Murray, 1821. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Later half burgundy morocco. Upper cover detached, some chipping to head of spine, light spotting of text, else a good copy. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Wise "Byron" II, p. 32

London: John Murray, 1821. First edition, issue with "Sardanapalus/ A Tragedy". 1 vols. 8vo. Later half burgundy morocco. Upper cover detached, some chipping to head of spine, light spotting of text. First edition, issue with "Sardanapalus/ A Tragedy". 1 vols. 8vo. Byron's tragic poem based upon the Greek version of the myth of Sardanapalus, the last Assyrian King. Byron's addition to the myth was a favorite devoted slave-girl who helped Sardanapalus and at the end throws herself on Sardanapalus' pyre. Randolph p. 75; Wise "Byron" II, p. 32

London: John Murray. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed. Rebacked with new eps. Some foxing. 1821. First edition. Grey hardback boards with paper spine. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). [x], viii, 439pp. Untrimmed. .

London: John Murray, 1821. First Edition. Two volumes bound in one. Octavo (21.75cm.). Contemporary three-quarter maroon marocco over marbled boards, gilt spine in six compartments, all edges speckled red, marbled endpapers. Extremities a bit scuffed, some foxing to preliminaries, else Very Good and sound. Contemporary armorial bookplate of a Robert Frederick Boyle to front pastedown. 1. First edition, second issue, with the Doge's speech on p. 151 twelve (rather than five) lines long. [2],xxi,[1],261pp. WISE II, p. 29-30. 2. First edition. Viii,439pp. WISE II, p. 32-3. Lacking half title.

London: John Murray, 1821. First edition. viii, 439pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Modern half brown morocco, uncut. Fine. First edition. viii, 439pp. 1 vols. 8vo. UNCUT. Wise, pp. 72-73

London: John Murray, 1821. First edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Quarto (9 1/4 x 5 3/4"). Later 19th-century paper covered boards, with printed title on spine. Tipped in on inside of back cover by the binder, three unused original printed labels for the book. First edition, first state of Lord Byron's three dramatic plays drawing on ancient lore and biblical accounts. - "Sardanapalus" (1821) is a historical tragedy in blank verse set in ancient Nineveh and recounting the fall of the Assyrian monarchy and its supposed last king. It draws its story mainly from the "Historical Library of Diodorus Siculus" and from William Mitford's "History of Greece." Byron wrote the play during his stay in Ravenna, and dedicated it to Goethe. It has had an extensive influence on European culture, inspiring a painting by Delacroix and musical works by Berlioz, Liszt and Ravel, among others. "Sardanapalus" was written while the author was living in Ravenna with his lover, Teresa, Countess Guiccioli, and is sometimes… Read More

London: John Murray, 1821. First edition. Hardcover. Late 19th century quarter brown calf and marbled boards. Fine. 439 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. With half and bastard titles. WISE. II p.32-33. Scattered, intermittent foxing mostly marginal, raised bands, black leather spine label printed in gilt.

London: John Murray, 1821. First edition. viii, 439pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Uncut in the original boards, rebacked with rose-colored paper. Slight foxing, else fine. First edition. viii, 439pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Wise, II, pp. 32-3