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Published by Torino: Einaudi, 1986
ISBN 10: 8806593862ISBN 13: 9788806593865
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Series: Collezione di Poesia. xxv 241p white paperback with black lettering, fresh clean copy, English and Italian text on facing pages, editor inscription to half title Language: Italian.
Published by Adonais XVIII, Ed. Hispánica, Madrid, 1945
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Rústica. Condition: Good. 1ª ed. 11.2x15.3. 72pp. 4h. Rústica. Tirada de 525 ejemplares. Dedicatoria autógrafa de Mª Alfaro a Ignacio Romero Raizábal, autor montañés.
Published by (Ffm.), Heinrich Heine Verlag, (1969)., 1969
Seller: Antiquariat Frank Albrecht (VDA / ILAB), Schriesheim, Germany
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Ein dramatisches Gedicht. (Hrsg. und Nachwort von Helmut Viebrock in Zusammenarbeit mit Eileen Volhard. Über. von Otto Gildemeister). Kl.-4°. OLwdbd. 166 SS., 1 Bl. Sprache: Deutsch, Erste Ausgabe dieser Fassung. - Deutsch-englische Parallelausgabe. - Vorsatz mit zweizeiliger eh. Widmung vom Herausgeber Helmut Viebrock, dat. 17. März 1969.
Published by Feathered Serpent Press / Heron House / Earl Emelson And Susan Acker, 1990
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
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No Binding. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Single Card. Fine. Signed In Pencil By Lederer. A Keepsake For The Biennial Meeting Of The Roxburghe And Zamorano Clubs In October 1990. Signed by Illustrator(s).
Published by FWH Heron House, San Francisco, 1993
Seller: Chanticleer Books, ABAA, Fort Bragg, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition thus. Pale mauve watered silk boards with printed paper spine label, octavo, unpaginated, illustrated. Publisher's prospectus laid in. Book design by Wolfgang Lederer, printed by Susan Acker and Mary McDermott at the Feathered Serpent Press. Prospectus autographed by Wlfgang Lederer.
Published by Tbilisi University Press, 1996
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Lord Byron; Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte - translated into Georgian by Innes Merabishvili. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British historian, academic and author. Presentation inscription from Innes Merabishvili to William St Clair on the opening page - dated to 23rd August 1996). Please see our other listings for related works. Published by Tbilisi University Press, 1996. Also included are 2 leaflets - "Encounter with Lord Byron" - a 4pp leaflet advertising a joint seminar arranged by The British Embassy and the Georgian Byron Society, 20 April 1996, and a 6pp leaflet "Welcome to The Byron School of Tbilisi". A fine condition booklet with laminated card covers.Clean, bright and soundly bound. Unusual and scarce. Covers + 63pp. Text in English and Georgian. Weight approximately 93g (unpacked). Dimensions: Approximately 193mm high x 140mm wide x 4mm deep. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by Rice University Press, Houston, Texas,, 1997
ISBN 10: 0892633514ISBN 13: 9780892633517
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Byron's "Corbeau Blanc", The Life and Letters of Lady Melborne. Edited by Jonathan David Gross, Presentation copy to William St Clair. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British historian, academic and author. Jonathan David Gross has written a 1pp letter accompanying the book, thanking William St Clair for his letter of recommendation in 1991 which got him started on this path. Signed. Please see our other listings for related works. Published by Rice University Press, Houston, Texas, 1997. First edition. A fine paperback with laminated covers. Text clean, bright and soundly bound. xiii + 488pp. Includes a 66 page section of illustrations. Text in English. Weight approximately 1.13kg (unpacked). Dimensions: Approximately 236mm high x 188mm wide x 36mm deep. Extra postage may be payable. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by Privately Published/ Chester Music, 1988, 1988
Seller: ROBIN SUMMERS BOOKS LTD, Aldeburgh, United Kingdom
Sheet Music First Edition Signed
Condition: Very Good. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. 10pp. Sheet music. Very good indeed. Signed/copyright by the author.
Published by John Murray, London, 1823
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
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1 vols. 8vo. First edition, first issue without imprint at base of page 188. 1 vols. 8vo. Presentation From the Publishers. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE PUBLISHERS with"From the Publishers" at the top of the title. [Bound with] A First edition of Harriet Lee's "The Three Strangers. A Play." London, 1826. A dramatization of "Kruitzner." Byron's tragedy was based upon Harriet Lee's "Kruitzner, or the German's Tale" in "The Canterbury Tales" by Sophia and Harriet Lee. Randolph p. 79; NCBEL 3:742 (Lee); Wise "Byron" p. 43 Later half calf, black calf label. Quite rubbed, wear to joints and head of spine, lacking half-title, dedication and preface leaf, some light spotting and browning, else a very good copy First edition, first issue without imprint at base of page 188.
Published by John Murray: London, 1821
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8.5 x 5.5", signed binding (by "R.W. Smith"), half leather with gilt-lettered black leather spine labels; marbled boards, 439pp, covers worn and darkened, spine dull with chipping to one of the spine labels, outer hinges starting, inner hinges tender, pp toned around the edges, some finger soiling; with pencil note stating that this was "from the library of John Kendrick Bangs, Nov. 27- 1905". FIRST EDITION.
Published by Avalun-Verlag, Vienna, 1922
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. 1st. Illustrated with 13 original etchings by Frank Sepp. One of 275 numbered copies, signed by Frank. Bound in quarter parchment a nd paper boards. Spine rubbed and worn, slight wear to extremities, otherwise very good.
Couverture rigide. - The Fanfrolico press, London 1929, 13x16,5cm, reliure de l'éditeur. - Edition ornée d'illustrations originales en violet et noir de Frederick Carter et imprimée à 550 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin. Reliure de l'éditeur en demi cartonnage crème façon vélin, dos lisse, plats de soie moirée violette, premier plat frappé d'une illustration dorée de Frederick Carter, tête dorée. Envoi autographe daté et signé de Frederick Carter au crayon de papier en dessous de la justification du tirage, le nom du dédicataire ayant été proprement effacé. Agréable exemplaire. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND].
Published by John Murray, London, 1813
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A Very good copy in a 20th century 1/2 calf and marlbed boards and vellum tips by Alan Grace of Surrey UK, a fine binder. 72pps with ads however, lacks the half title. else very good. a fairly crisp copy of this famous play full title being The Bride of Abydos A Turkish Tale. rare book, this is the 1st issue of this book. By the Binder.
Published by John Murray, London, 1821
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: g+ to vg. First edition. Quarto (9 x 6"). XXI, [1], 261, [1]pp. Uncut. Later 19th-century gilt-lined 3/4 morocco over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Raised bands. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Binding signed by Zaehnsdorf* on inside of front free endpaper. Set in Venice in 1355, "Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice" is a blank verse tragedy in five acts by Lord Byron, who was inspired to take on this subject when, on examining the portraits of the Doges in the Palazzo Ducale in Venice, he discovered that the portrait of Faliero had been blacked out. The play tells the story of recently elected Doge of Venice Marino Faliero, who offends one of the chief officers of state, Michel Steno. Steno retaliates by writing on the Doge's throne an indecent libel on Faliero's wife. For this he is tried by the Council of Forty and convicted, but is only sentenced to a month's imprisonment. Faliero is so outraged by this, as he believes, inadequate punishment that he secretly joins in the conspiracy of a group of malcontents to overthrow the constitution of Venice, thinking thereby to gain revenge on his enemies. The plot is discovered and Faliero is executed. The main historical source Lord Byron drew on was Marino Sanuto's "Vite dei Doge" (published posthumously in 1733). He completed the play in July 1820, by which time he was living in Ravenna, and published it in April 1821, along with his "The Prophecy of Dante." Written at Ravenna during the month of June 1819, "The Prophecy of Dante" was intended for the Italians as a vision of "liberty and the resurrection of Italy" (see Medwin, "Conversations," (1824), page 241). Corners and head and tail of spine slightly rubbed. Foxing to very first and very last leaves. Minor and sporadic foxing throughout. Binding in overall good+, interior in good+ to very good condition. * A native of Budapest, Joseph Zaehnsdorf (1816-1886) was a celebrated Austria-Hungarian bookbinder who began his bookbinding career at the age of just 15 years old, as an apprentice. He founded his own binding firm in London when he was in his mid-twenties. His work won awards and critical acclaim at many exhibitions throughout Europe. A version of the Zaehnsdorf company is still in operation today, having merged with another prestigious London bookbinding company, Sangorski & Sutcliffe. The combined company was bought by Shepherds, another bookbinding company, in 1998 and still operates today.
Published by John Murray,, 1814
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in early twentieth century green crushed half morocco, marbled boards with gilt rules, backstrip lettered in gilt, gilt top, marbled endpapers, BY ZAEHNSDORF, uncut, very neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a very good, clean copy. The binding is signed by Zaehnsdorf on front free endpaper verso. As usual, this copy is bound without the half-title and advertisement leaf. 'Very rare, in any condition - the half-title is usually lacking. A copy in wrappers is an extreme rarity' (Randolph). Randolph p. 40; Wise I, p.100.
Published by John Murray, London, 1832
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Full leather. Condition: Very Good +. An impressive example of this original compilation of the works of Byron, complete in 17 volumes and bound --and signed-- in a full, mid to late 19th century red morocco by Root & Son of London. Each uniform volume has bright gilt-rule at the panels and 5 raised bands along each spine, with fine, decorative gilt-tooling at the compartments and offsetting leather title labels. All of the volumes are at least VG+ (or better) and only 1 or 2 show the lightest of wear along the spines and just a touch of staining at the panel edges. There's a bit of forgivable foxing at the endsheets but each volume is free of bookplates or writing or any other markings to the text. Each volume also includes a wonderful engraved title-page (all different engravings, each by E. Finden) which PRECEDES the printed title-page. 16mos, top-edges gilt, lovely marbled endpapers.
Published by John Murray, London, 1823
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, viii, 188, 7 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good ephemera. Bound in contemporary brown leather covered with elaborate gilt tooling and titling. Six-band embossed spine; burgundy silk end papers. Text block is age-toned with dusty deckled edges. First end page has a tipped-in folded letter (forged) from Goethe about a contribution to Lord Byron's Monument. Second end page has a folded, lengthy note from W.C. Macready concerning a personal legal matter (Macready was the best actor performing Werner for twenty years (1830-1850) both in England and the U.S.). A previous owner's penciled inscription on top of inside first end paper. VK Consignment. Shelved in Case 0. 1260395. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Published by John Murray,, 1816
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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8vo., First Edition, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with engraved frontispiece and 18 engraved plates; most attractively bound in full red calf, sides with gilt frame border, expertly rebacked to style with old backstrip gilt laid down, gilt top, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, uncut, a remarkably well-preserved, fresh, crisp copy. With the publisher's 4pp catalogue (dated February 1816) at end. THIS COPY WAS BOUND BY ZAEHNSDORF IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY FOR CHICAGO PUBLISHER AND WHOLESALER A.C. McCLURG; the binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. It was possibly compiled on behalf of a dedicated collector, for the plates and portraits are numerous and relevant. The frontispiece ('Leila', engraved by Mote after Corbaux) and 11 plates relate to the first work; the remaining 7 plates to the second. Of particular interest are the fine portraits of John Hobhouse (to whom the work is dedicated) by Hopwood after Wivell, and John Sobieski (engraved by Thomson from a picture in the Louvre). A MOST UNUSUAL, AND EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE COPY IN sympathetically restored period binding. Randolph, p. 55; Wise I, p.106.
Published by S. and J. Ridge, Newark, 1807
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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First edition, first issue. First edition, first issue. [xiv], 187 pp. 1 vols. 8vo (7 x 4.5 in.). Presentation Copy to a Harrow Friend. Byron's first regularly published book, following the privately printed Fugitive Pieces and Poems on Various Occasions. Inscribed on a front flyleaf by the recipient: "The gift of Lord Byron, James Wynne De Bathe. September 1807. London." De Bathe (1792-1828) attended Harrow with Byron and was included in the circle of his closest friends: "Clare, Dorset, Charles Gordon, De Bathe, Claridge, and John Wingfield, were my juniors and favourites, whom I spoilt by indulgence" (Life, p. 21). Byron's affection for his schoolmates is celebrated in "Childish Recollections," printed here at page 148. In a letter of 2 February 1808, Byron writes to De Bathe to reminisce about Harrow and announce his upcoming tour of Greece and Turkey, extending a playful invitation to his friend: "What say you? are you disposed for a view of the Peloponnesus and a voyage through the Archipelago?" We trace only one other association copy of Hours of Idleness - a copy inscribed to Edward Noel Long was sold by Sotheby's in 1976. Wise Byron, I, pp. 7-8; Hayward 218; Randolph, p. 9. Provenance: James Wynne de Bathe (inscription noting presentation from Byron); Henry P. de Bathe (bookplate) Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, a.e.g. Front hinge tender starting, front free endpaper removed, else fine [xiv], 187 pp. 1 vols. 8vo (7 x 4.5 in.).
Published by Thomas Davison [i.e., John Murray] 1819-1821 (Cantos I-V, Volumes I-II)/John Hunt, 1823-24 (Cantos VI-XVI, Volumes III-VI), London, 1819
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
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Scarce complete first edition set of Byron's great work which was widely criticized as immoral upon publication and is now considered one of the greatest poems of the Romantics; from the library of American writer Erica Jong. Volume one was produced in quarto format and the subsequent 5 volumes in octavo (Davison abandoned the quarto format after disappointing sales of the first volume), six volumes uniformly bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With an autograph letter signed by Lady Byron bound into the first volume. Written from Moore Place, Esher, the letter reads in part, "Dear Sir, I am much obliged to you for offering to look for another young Teacher in place of the one who is engaged, but I have no difficulty in finding a Substitute. I should however be glad if you could find me an older master for a situation in Warwickshire - to manage a day-school on the Garden plan for Bogs - the emolument would not exceed 20 to 24 [pounds] with Board - He would be under the direction of a very good Clergyman - A single man would be preferred, there being no room at the Schoolhouse for him - she must lodge at some distance. Lady Olivia Sparrow is still active in her charitable undertakings, though I sometimes wish they were less governed by hasty feelings in religious matters. Yours truly A.I. Noel Byron Moore Place Esher Nov 19th." From the library of Erica Jong. Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Written in the first person and narrated by its protagonist, 29-year-old American poet Isadora Wing, Fear of Flying was written in the throes of the Sexual Revolution of the 1970s and encapsulated the movementâ s redefinition of female sexuality. In interviews, Jong stated: â At the time I wrote Fear of Flying, there was not a book that said women are romantic, women are intellectual, women are sexualâ "and brought all those things togetherâ ¦ What [Isadora is] looking for is how to be a whole human being, a body and a mind, and that is what women were newly aware they needed in 1973.â The novel remains a feminist classic and has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. Jong notable used a quotation fromÂDonÂJuan as the epigraph in Fear of Flying, "Alas! the love of women! it is known To be a lovely and a fearful thing; For all of theirs upon that die is thrown, And if 'tis lost, life hath no more to bring To them but mockeries of the past alone, And their revenge is as the tiger's spring, Deadly, and quick, and crushing; yet, as real Torture is theirs -- what they inflict they feel. They are right; for man, to man so oft unjust, Is always so to women; one sole bond Awaits them -- treachery is all their trust; Taught to conceal, their bursting hearts despond Over their idol, till some wealthier lust Buys them in marriage -- and what rests beyond A thankless husband -- next, a faithless lover -- Then dressing, nursing, praying -- and all's over. Some take a lover, some take drams or prayers, Some mind their household, others dissipation, Some run away, and but exchange their cares, Losing the advantage of a virtuous station; Few changes e'er can better their affairs, Theirs being an unnatural situation, From the dull palace to the dirty hovel: Some play the devil, and then write a novel" (Lord Byron, Don Juan, 1824). In fine condition. Scarce and with fine provenance. "The War and Peace of English poetry, Don Juan contains an epic sweep that moves from Spain, to the East, and to Russia before ending in Englandâ ¦ At the same time that Byron's broad canvas foretells the scope of the great 19th-century novels, the poet's own sensibilities echo the picaresque 18th-century novels of his early reading, Smollett and Fielding, with their bawdy humor and sly inversions of vice and virtue. Unlike these prose narratives, however, Don Juan has no beginning, middle, or end. It draws us in, not to learn 'what happens next' but to hear what this seductive, confidential, teasing voice is going to tell us" (Eisler, 610). When Cantos I through V appeared, they did so without the name of either author or publisher on the title page. Publisher John Murray refused to print Byron's dedicatory poem, which ridiculed English poet laureate Robert Southey, and Byron refused to put his name on a censored publication. Because of Byron's change from his long-standing publisher Murray to John Hunt (brother of writer Leigh Hunt) midway through Don Juan, complete first-edition copies with all cantos are scarce.