Each volume 3 3/4 X 6 inches. Vol. I, xi, 308 pages, Vol. II iv, 251 pages. Full brown calf contemporary binding with diced covers, gilt lettering & rules on spines, gilt borders on covers. Second American edition, following the 1813 Moses Thomas, Philadelphia. Mixed state; Vol.i, p. 308 is mis-numbered 806 but in Vol. II, p. 251 is correctly numbered (not 151). Contents Vol. I; Poems. Translations and Imitations. Fugitive pieces. English bards and Scotch reviewers. Childe Harold's pilgrimage, canto I-II --Vol. II, Poems. The Giaour. The bride of Abydos. The corsair. Prize prologue. Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte. Condition of the books is Very Good; Edges of spines & covers lightly rubbed, Vol. I small pice of leather missing at top of spine and joint, bindings are tight, text is generally clean with some occasional toning, more in Vol. I than II, inscription in Vol. I on 3rd front endpaper, "Rebecca P. Air- from a friend whose attachment to her is not less stable or lasting than the fame of this author- Sept. 30. 1815." also a long handwritten poem tipped-in on the following page also with the same date, Rebecca P. Air's name on title page and "Presented Sept. 30 1815" on rear endpaper, Vol. II has name on title page, but no other writing. Poetry Rare RGR.

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Title

THE POETICAL WORKS OF LORD BYRON From the Last London Edition. In Two Volumes (Complete)

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Cummings & Hilliard, No. 1, Cornhill. Joseph T. Buckingham, Printer., Boston

Publication Date

1814

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Hardcover

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Second American Edition.

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Very Good

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