[FORE-EDGE PAINTING] The Poetical Works of Lord Byron
BYRON, Lord
Published by John Murray, London, 1864
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Hardcover
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Large octavo, 827pp., illustrated. A crisp, clean, very nice copy bound in full green Morocco by Bickers & Son in London, with all edges gilt. Trivial rubbing to two corners; all corners sharp. A delightful fore-edge painting accomplished in period depicting the skyline of London near the Thames. Attractive armorial bookplate. Seller Inventory # 10850
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Title: [FORE-EDGE PAINTING] The Poetical Works of ...
Publisher: John Murray, London
Publication Date: 1864
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
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Fore-edge painting. THE "CHANDOS POETS." THE POETICAL WORKS OF LORD BYRON. REPRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL EDITIONS, WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES, &C. STEEL PORTRAIT AND ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS. (Spine title: "Byron's Works.")
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London: Frederick Warne and Co., Bedford Street, Stand [Clay and Taylor, Printers, Bungay], [no date, circa 1880-1895]., 1895
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Hardcover
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.
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viii, 720 pges. Hardcover: H 19.5cm x L 14cm. Dark green leather binding with simple thin-ruled gilt stamped lines adorning spine and boards; slight color fading to spine which is additionally decorated with four raised bands and gilt stamped lettering "Byron's Works" in second compartment down from head; a few nicks and surface scuffs at board edges, spine ends, and bands; slender gilt stamped lines to board edges and inner overlays; no bindery ticket or mark present. All edges gilt; fore-edge painting depicts English countryside scene with houses and thatched home with waving kinfolk in background with foreground featuring a dog running alongside a laden four horse-drawn carriage; slender border delineation along painting's four edges but no artist signature or monogram. Marbled endpapers. Muted red silk ribbon page marker sewn-in. Some foxing/toning to ffep verso and two front flyleaf leaves; first front flyleaf recto has past bookseller's pencil notes and simple ownership label of John Ridley. B/w frontispiece portrait of Lord Byron with tissue guard sheet. Double-column text with occasional b/w plate illustrations on unpaged leaves. Binding is firm. Still a handsome very good+ copy with the few aforementioned blemishes being relatively minor to the book's appearance. Acquired from a Hazlehurst, Mississippi estate with a Little Rock, Arkansas bookseller's receipt dated 2002 and post-it note laid-in at front endpapers with no further provenance known. Jpeg images available upon request. Please note that this book has an approximate shipping weight of 3 pounds (1.36 kg) and will require additional postage and insurance above AbeBook's preset rate. Seller Inventory # CVA-00307
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The Poetical Works of Lord Byron. [Fore-edge Painting].
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John Murray, London, 1850
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
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Finely bound edition of the complete poetical works of Lord Byron. Octavo, bound in full crushed red morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, quadruple gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-in and inner dentelles, patterned endpapers, illustrated, frontispiece portrait of Byron. Decorated with a fore-edge painting depicting a portrait of Byron and a landscape. In very good condition. "Byron is to a far greater degree than the other romanticists the poet of humankind. He conveys with tremendous power the majesty and desolation of history, the vanity of pomp and pride, the transitoriness of fame. And he is the poet of contemporary society, keen to discern the false and the corrupt, courageous in denunciation yet with pity for the young and innocent⦠As a poet he mirrored brilliantly and without distortion an absorbingly interesting world" (Baugh, 1229). Seller Inventory # 135627
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