Lord Byron: Signed (45 results)
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Published by John Dicks, London
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Cloth. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. From the Library of The Late Sir John and Lady Mary Mills. Signed on the front endpaper Mary Hayley Bell (Mary Mills). Not dated. Size 7.25" x 4.75", 457 pages. Burgundy cloth with gilt titles and bands to the spine. Condition fair, leather missing from top inch or so of spine,a little grubby,…a little loose, page edges slightly toned else contents clean. F. Gilbert (illustrator). Signed by Mary Mills.
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Published by Feathered Serpent Press / Heron House / Earl Emelson And Susan Acker 1990
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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 Adonais XVIII, Ed. Hispánica, Madrid 1945
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Rústica. Condition: Bueno. 1ª ed. 11.2x15.3. 72pp. 4h. Rústica. Tirada de 525 ejemplares. Dedicatoria autógrafa de Mª Alfaro a Ignacio Romero Raizábal, autor montañés. .
More imagesTHE PRISONER OF CHILLON: A Fable.
Lord Byron. Introduction by Diane Wakowski. Illustrations by Wolfgang Lederer.
Published by FWH Heron House, San Francisco 1993
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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.
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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 l…etter 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).
More imagesPublished 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 pag…e - 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 E. Dentu 1892
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Petit in-12 ( 135x75 mm ) de 222 pages, demi veau blond glacé, dos à 5 nerfs ornés d'un filet perlé doré, titres dorés sur pièces de basane vieux rouge et noire, petits fleurons dorés dans les caissons. Tête dorée.Reliure signée J. Zaugg.Petite collection Guillaume.Illustrations de Gambard et Mittis. Roman.
More imagesAn autograph register of Members of the House of Commons and House of Lords in 1811: signatures include Lord Byron, William Wilberforce and Spencer Percival
Byron, Lord; Wilberforce, William; Sheridan, Richard; Beckford, William; Percival, Spencer; Canning, George; Peel, Robert; Watmore, Robert
Language: English
Published by General Post Office 1811
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. BYRON, Lord; WILBERFORCE, William; SHERIDAN, Richard; BECKFORD, William; PERCIVAL, Spencer; CANNING, George; PEEL, Robert et all: Autograph Register of Members of the House of Commons and House of Lords compiled by Robert Watmore, Inspector of Franks at the General Post Office, conta…ining over 900 original signatures of the political elite of Regency Britain. Manuscript register compiled in 1811 and subsequently updated. Oblong small folio ledger, manuscript throughout in ruled columns, with alphabetical index tabs A-Z. Approximately 934 autograph signatures of Members of Parliament and peers, the latter distinguished in red ink, with columns recording name and autograph. Contemporary notes throughout recording deaths, succession of titles and other changes, including the entry for Spencer Perceval annotated "Shot May 11 1812". Original binding stamped with the royal arms. Extensive notes written on the last 3 or 4 pages about key positions, and post holders of the government. Overall very good, with corners rubbed and marks throughout, but a well bound and robust working manuscript book. A remarkable working document of the British state during the Napoleonic Wars, compiled by Robert Watmore, Inspector of Franks at the General Post Office. Under the parliamentary franking system members of both Houses were entitled to send letters free of postage provided the cover was signed; postal clerks therefore required reliable examples of authentic signatures in order to detect fraudulent use of the privilege. Watmore's manuscript was created as a practical reference tool for that purpose, systematically recording the signatures and residences of members of the House of Commons and House of Lords together with a register of offices entitled to frank correspondence. The volume contains approximately 934 autograph signatures, representing an exceptionally large proportion of the contemporary Parliament and forming an extraordinary collective autograph record of the governing class of Regency Britain. Among those represented are eight British prime ministers: Spencer Perceval, George Canning, Robert Peel, Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne and George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen. Other notable figures include William Wilberforce and Henry Brougham of the abolition movement; the foreign secretary Lord Castlereagh; the naval commander and radical politician Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald; the reformer Sir Francis Burdett; the statesman William Huskisson; Prince Frederick, Duke of York; and Sir William Beresford. Literary and cultural figures include Lord Byron, who had taken his seat in the House of Lords in 1809 following his succession to the title; Richard Brinsley Sheridan, author of The School for Scandal and long-serving Whig MP for Stafford; and William Beckford, the author of Vathek and celebrated builder of Fonthill Abbey, who sat in Parliament at various times and was a prominent figure of Regency literary and collecting culture. The manuscript was clearly a living administrative document, with numerous contemporary annotations recording deaths, elevation to the peerage and other changes, demonstrating that it remained in active use within the Post Office for the verification of parliamentary franking privileges. The entry for Spencer Perceval, then serving as Prime Minister, bears the contemporary note "Shot May 11 1812", referring to his assassination in the lobby of the House of Commons, the only British prime minister murdered. A rare survival: a near-comprehensive autograph register of the British Parliament in 1811. Signed by Author(s).
Which: Lord Byron Or Lord Byron. A Bet. [A mark over the first "Byron" indicates a long 'y.' The mark over the second indicates a short 'y.'] Presentation Copy to Carl Wheat from Alfred Sutro.
Grabhorn Press (San Francisco); Lord George Byron; Alfred Sutro; Thomas Moore.
Published by San Francisco, CA: Grabhorn Press. 1932
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Condition: Good. 4to. [16 pp.], Decorative Yellow Papered Boards over Blue Cloth, Letterpress On Laid Paper with Deckled Edges, Near Fine with small stain to cover. One of 150 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press for Alfred Sutro for distribution among his friends. "Note: The Thomas Moore letter is genuine; it is in the possessi…on of the writer and is here reproduced in facsimile. The rest of the sketch is an imaginary setting for the letter." Signed dedication inside cover by Alfred Sutro to Carl When, dated Sept. 8, 1932. Facsimile (folded) follows text.
More imagesPublished by Calmann-Levy, Paris 1911
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Seller: Antic Hay Books, Asbury Park, NJ, U.S.A.Antic Hay Books
Contact seller5-star sellerGood (front cover reattached and a bit weak, spine leather dried, with some cracking; stain to frontispiece; text very nice). Small 4to., brown quarter-calf leather with marbled boards, stamped in gilt; 446 pages First Edition. Signed presentation by Delachaume on half-title page, to "Mrs. Ralph Sanger.". Virginia Sturges Osborn… married Harvard-graduate stockbroker Ralph Sanger in 1904. After his death during World War 1, she married Robert Gordon McKay in 1920. Mrs. Sanger was very involved in the arts and literary communities. Scarce.. Translated by Jean Delachaume. Preface by G. Clemenceau. (illustrator).
Published by Hoepli 1883
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Hoepli, 1883. Cn. 8x12, fregi e titolo oro al piatto, pp. 108, dedica autografa alla prima pagina, peraltro in ottimo stato.
Published by Privately Published/ Chester Music, 1988 1988
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Condition: Very Good. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. 10pp. Sheet music. Very good indeed. Signed/copyright by the author.
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Cutout. Condition: Gut. Wunderschönes Ensemble! Professionell gerahmt unter Passepartout: Handsigniertes Briefcutout mit Tinte von Lord Byron unter wunderschöner alter Portraitradierung /// Autogramm Autograph signiert signed signee /// George Gordon Noel, 6. Baron Byron (geborener George Gordon Byron; * 22. Januar 1788 in Londo…n, England; ? 19. April 1824 in Messolongi, Griechenland), bekannt als Lord Byron, war ein britischer Dichter. Er gilt als einer der wesentlichen Vertreter der englischen Romantik und war bekannt als Dandy. Er war der Vater der Mathematikerin Ada Lovelace, wahrscheinlich auch von Elizabeth Medora Leigh, und ist als Teilnehmer am Freiheitskampf der Griechen bekannt. Leben Eigenhändiger Brief Byrons an John Hanson (1808; Fondazione BEIC) George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, Gemälde von Richard Westall (1813; heute in der National Portrait Gallery, London[1]) George Gordon Byron war ein Enkel von John Byron, einem Südseeforscher und britischen Admiral. Sein Vater, John ?Mad Jack? Byron, ein Gardehauptmann in der britischen Armee, starb 1791. Byron verlebte seine frühe Kindheit im schottischen Aberdeen, aufgezogen von seiner Mutter Catherine Gordon of Gight, einer schottischen Adligen. Stark beeinflusst wurde er vom calvinistischen Glauben seines Kindermädchens May Grey. Der gutaussehende, dem englischen Hochadel angehörende und vermögende Byron hatte einen Klumpfuß und litt zeitlebens unter seiner oft schmerzhaften Behinderung, die er als entwürdigende Missbildung empfand und die ihn gesellschaftlich einschränkte, da er zum Beispiel nicht tanzen konnte. Beim Tod seines Großonkels William erbte Byron 1798 im Alter von zehn Jahren dessen englischen Adelstitel Baron Byron, of Rochdale in the County Palatine of Lancaster, sowie das weitgehend heruntergewirtschaftete Anwesen Newstead Abbey. Ab 1801 besuchte Byron die angesehene Harrow School. Im Jahr 1805 trat er ins Trinity College in Cambridge ein. Dort verliebte Byron sich in den zwei Jahre jüngeren Chorsänger John Edleston. Als dieser Cambridge 1807 verließ und nach London zog, schrieb Byron in einem Brief vom 5. Juli 1807: ?[?] er war seit Oktober 1805 mein beinahe ständiger Gefährte, als ich ins Trinity College eintrat. [?] Ich liebe ihn bestimmt mehr als irgendein anderes menschliches Wesen.?[2] Sein Leben lang hatte Byron sowohl heterosexuelle als auch homosexuelle Beziehungen. Er musste dabei in England sehr vorsichtig sein, da dort auf homosexuellen Geschlechtsverkehr die Todesstrafe stand. Daher benutzte Byron z. B. in seinen Briefwechseln mit Freunden Code-Wörter.[3] Byron durfte 1808 - nach Erreichen der Volljährigkeit - den mit dem Adelstitel verbundenen Sitz im House of Lords einnehmen. Er unternahm 1809 eine große Reise in den Mittelmeerraum: Über Lissabon fuhr er nach Spanien und besuchte auch Malta, Albanien, Griechenland und die Küste Kleinasiens. Byron hatte zuvor angedeutet, dass ein Grund für die Reise auch in der Tatsache liege, dass der ?Osten?, also der Mittelmeerraum, toleranter mit homosexuellen Beziehungen umgehe.[4] Am 4. Oktober 1810 berichtete er in einem Brief aus Patras in Griechenland, dass er eine große Anzahl befriedigender, homosexueller Erlebnisse gehabt habe.[5] Bei seiner Rückkehr nach England im Juli 1811 wurde Byron von seinen Freunden vor der zunehmenden Homosexuellenfeindlichkeit in der Gesellschaft gewarnt.[6] Im Oktober erfuhr er vom frühen Tod John Edlestons, seiner großen Liebe aus der Zeit im Trinity College. Das war ein ?Schock? für ihn, und er durchlebte eine längere Phase eines apathieähnlichen Zustands. In den folgenden sechs Monaten schrieb er eine Reihe von Elegien. Darin verbarg er die Identität Edlestons hinter dem Namen ?Thyrza? Sechs dieser Elegien erschienen als Anhang in der ersten und zweiten Auflage des Versepos Childe Harold?s Pilgrimage.[7] Im Jahr 1812 wurde Byron durch die Publikation der ersten beiden Canti von Childe Harold?s Pilgrimage schlagartig bekannt. Er wurde in den folgenden Jahren zum Liebling der Londoner.
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Published by M-P. Trémois, Paris 1930
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En Feuilles. Condition: Bon. Édition limitée. Paris, M-P. Trémois, sd [1930]. 34 x 26,5 cm, in-folio, 41 pp. - 8 eaux-fortes en couleurs hors texte et sous marie-louise, 9 illustrations dans le texte coloriées au pochoir, dont celle de la page de titre, en feuilles sous couverture de tissu floqué rouille rempliée, imprimée et il…lustrée en or. L'un des 22 exemplaires sur Hollande Van Gelder, deuxième papier après 9 sur Japon et avant 169 sur vélin, comportant une SUITE des 8 eaux-fortes signées, en couleurs, sur Japon (n° 13). Notre exemplaire est en outre enrichi 5 planches de croquis rehaussés de couleur non signalées au colophon, ainsi que d'une très belle AQUARELLE ORIGINALE signée (celle préparant l'eau-forte du Chant premier). Sans la chemise ni l'étui. Petites déchirures à la fragile couverture avec des pertes en coiffes, bel exemplaire pour le reste. (MONOD, 2116). Touchagues (illustrator). Signé par l'illustrateur.
More imagesPublished by E. Dentu, éditeur 1892
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Relié sous emboîtage. In-12 (8 x 13,5 cm), ravissante reliure demi-maroquin à coins signée, sous emboîtage cartonné, dos lisse orné de filets et d'un décor floral dorés, tête dorée, couverture conservée, 222 pages, illustré de vignettes en noir et blanc ; quelques légères rousseurs éparses en début et fin de volume, par ailleurs… très bel exemplaire à la reliure sans défaut. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande. Petit collection Guillaume.
Published by James Cawthorn, London 1810
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo (189 x 113 mm). 3pp. publisher's advertisements at end dated 30 March 1810. Original half-title cropped and tipped in at end. Contemporary turquoise morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by Bedford. Provenance: Bertrand Smith's (their partially removed ticket on front flylea…f). Third edition. Randolph, pp. 16-17.
Published by Avalun-Verlag, Vienna 1922
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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. Signed.
Published by John Murray: London 1821
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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 soilin…g; with pencil note stating that this was "from the library of John Kendrick Bangs, Nov. 27- 1905". FIRST EDITION.
More imagesPublished by R. A. Maynard and H. W. Bray The Raven Press 1932
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. Attractively bound in smooth polished morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles. Just the slightest amount of wear, otherwise a lovely copy. One of 220 numbered copies with a brief and rare inscription by the publisher as photographed in 1940. The original paper slipcase in ve…ry good condition or better is present. Signed by Illustrator(s).
More imagesPublished by John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd; Dodd, Mead and Company, London; New York 1926
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Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. First Edition Thus. Octavo, 408 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine brown with black lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Mild general shelf wear. Top edge of textblock gilt. Tanning to endpapers. Mild to moderate foxing throughout textblock. Signed flat by Austen… on half title page. Shelved in Case 0. 1399985. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Published by John Murray, London 1817
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition 1st Issue. 1st edition 1st issue with the blank page 76. Note lacks the final ads and the half title, else complete, bound in 20th century 1/4 Calf and marbled boards with vellum tips by Alan Grace of Surrey UK. This is Bryron's Faustian master narrative poem. London: John Murray, 181…7., 1817. 8vo. pp. 80. First Edition, First( Issue with blank p. 76. Randolph pp. 64-67. By the Binder.
Published by John Murray, London 1813
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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 bo…ok, this is the 1st issue of this book. By the Binder.
More imagesPublished by Printed for J. Murray, London 1814
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First edition. 128pp. With a half-title. Finely bound by Bayntun-Riviere of Bath (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in modern gilt-tooled blue calf, contrasting red and brown morocco lettering-pieces, A.E.G., marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles. Lightly rubbed, joints creased. Very occasional light spotting. W. A. Foyle's copy, with…his morocco bookplate to FEP. The first edition, published anonymously, of Byron's tragic narrative poem Lara, printed together with the first release of Samuel Rogers' (1763-1855) Jacqueline, a similar long narrative poem written in iambic tetrameter. Lara, intended as a sequel to Byron's previous narrative epic, The Corsair (1814), follows the journey of the mysterious Count Lara as he returns to his native country and leads a doomed serf rebellion against its rulers. In contrast, Rogers' Jacqueline tells the tale of a runaway bride, who is blessed with a forgiving father. Prior to their joint publication, Byron's admiration for Rogers had been well documented; he had acclaimed his fellow poet as 'melodious Rogers' in English Bards and Scotch Reviewers (1809), and to Rogers he had dedicated his first Oriental romance, The Giaour (1813). William Alfred Westropp Foyle (1885-1963), bookseller, co-founder of the eponymous bookshop on Charing Cross Road. Following his purchase of the former medieval monastery of Beeleigh Abbey in 1943, Foyle built an extensive personal library. In July 2000, following the death of his daughter and successor Christina, the library was dispersed at Christie's over three days, at the time being the most valuable English private library ever to be offered in Britain or on the Continent. Those books that remained with the family were sold by Dominic Winter Auctioneers in 2023 following the death of Foyle's grandson Christopher. Jackson p.381. Size: 8vo.
More imagesPublished by John Murray, London 1821
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Contact seller3-star sellerHardcover. 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.
More imagesPublished by Federick Warne & Co, London 1870
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Seller: Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB, Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerLansdowne Poets. Elegantly bound edition of Byron's poetry, illustrated with several full page black and white plates depicting scenes from the works. Far more interesting, however, is the unusual fore-edge painting depicting two shirtless boxers sparring in a ring surrounded by spectators. A fore-edge painting is unique bit of…artistry whereby the fore edge of a book's textblock is painted with a scene such that it is only visible when the pages are fanned slightly. Most fore-edge paintings we have seen feature landscapes, city skylines, etc. This painting is signed "JL" at lower left corner of the image. Dark brown calf over bevelled boards with embossed rules and corner ornaments to both boards, Spine titled in gilt, ruled across four raised bands. Marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, floral pattern stamped in gilt on turn ins. Minor rubs to extremities and along joints, tiny bookseller tag to top inner margin of rear pastedown. Near fine overall. Full leather. Duodecimo. viii, 638 pages. Fore-Edge painting of boxing scene. Black and white plates inside (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by John Murray 1898-1904, London 1898
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Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Leather. Condition: Very Good Indeed. The complete thirteen volume edition de luxe of the poetry, letters and journals of Lord Byron. A limited edition work, initialled by the publisher, and illustrated throughout. The scarce edition de luxe of this work, complete in thirteen volumes, and uniformly bound in the publisher's origi…nal quarter morocco.250 copies of this set were produced, with this being number 19, initialled by the publisher, John Murray.Six volumes of this work are devoted to Byron's poetry, and seven to his letters and journals.A 'new, revised and enlarged edition', edited by Ernest Hartley Coleridge.Present here are:Poetry: vol I, with fifteen plates; vol II, with eleven plates; vol III, with ten plates; vol IV, with ten plates; vol V, with eight plates; vol VI, with eight plates. Collated, complete.Letters and Journals: vol I, with seventeen plates; vol II, with ten plates; vol III, with eight plates; vol IV, with ten plates; vol V, with nine plates; vol VI with eleven plates; vol VII, with seven plates. Collated, complete.With the bookplate of Laurence W. Hodson, an industrialist and collector, to each front pastedown. In the publisher's original quarter morocco bindings, with cloth covered boards. Externally excellent, with just a touch of fading to back strips, as is common with deep shades of morocco. Front hinge of poetry volume VI strained but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). signed by author. book.
More imagesPublished by The Fanfrolico Press, London 1929
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Seller: Raven & Gryphon Fine Books, Hackett's Cove, NS, CanadaRaven & Gryphon Fine Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Manfred: A Tragedy: by Lord Byron; decorated by Frederick Carter; and an introduction by the artist; issued for the subscribers of the Fanfrolico Press, Five Bloomsbury Square, London, MDCMXXIX. From the Colophon here ends Manfred by Lord Byron, decorated by Frederick Carter, with an introduction… by the artist, printed in Poliphilus Roman at the Botolph Printing Works and published by the Fanfrolico Press in London, typography and production arranged by Jack Lindsay and P. R. Stephensen. This edition is limited to 30 copies of which this is No. 8, signed by Frederick Carter. A history of the press The Fanfrolico Press; Satyrs, Fauns & Fine Books, by John Arnold was published by the Private Libraries Association in 2009. Here is some commentary from that history relating to this book full vellum with bevelled boards, decoration within a border of rules in gold on the front board, author and title in gold on the spine, border of rules in gold on the back. The four full-page drawings are printed in purple on separately-inserted leaves. Frederick Carter, 1885 1967, was fascinated by the astrological and magical and became a mystic symbolist artist and associated with Aleister Crowley. He worked on illustrations for D.H. Lawrence's book, 'Apocalypse', that had begun its life as an introduction to Carter's own book, 'Dragon of Revelations', published 1932, and which Carter had sent to Lawrence in New Mexico. This book is in near-fine condition. It is slightly spayed when laid flat as is often the case when bound in full vellum. Signed by Illustrator(s).
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
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Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.Raptis Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerScarce 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 q…uarto 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 movementâs redefinition of female sexuality. In interviews, Jong stated: âAt 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 together⦠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 England⦠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.
More imagesPublished by Lausanne, Hignou & Company 1818
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Seller: Librairie Jean-Yves Lacroix, Gouloux, , FranceLibrairie Jean-Yves Lacroix
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Couverture souple. Condition: Très bon. Lausanne, Hignou & Company, 1818. In-8 broché, 32 pages, chemise de demi-maroquin noir doublée de suède et étui [Devauchelle]. Nouvelle édition, suisse : l'originale a été publiée à Londres en 1816. Intéressant exemplaire portant un envoi autographe monogrammé de Lord Byron au premier plat… de couverture : « To [nom gratté], N.B. ». À la mort de sa belle-mère, Judith Noel, Lord Byron obtint le droit d'utiliser son nom et en conséquence, hérita d'une partie de son patrimoine ; c'est également un clin d'oeil à son héros, Napoléon Bonaparte. Gravure représentant Chillon en frontispice. Signé par l'auteur.
More imagesPublished by Didot for Galignani, Paris, 1831
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Seller: PY Rare Books, London, , United KingdomPY Rare Books
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With Bauzonnet's receipt --- First complete collection of Byron's works in a luxury binding by the famous French binder Bauzonnet, with his signed receipt bound in and dated 1832: an uncommon example of Bauzonnet's work before his successful association with Georges Trautz. Antoine Bauzonnet (1795-1892) began his career working…in Paris as a gilder for Jean-Georges Purgold and a apprentice to René Simier - two major French binders of their time. Around 1829, Bauzonnet took over Purgold's workshop, and hired Georges Trautz in 1833, who later became his partner and in 1851, a head of the atelier after Bauzonnet retired. Francisque Cuzin and thenÉmile Mercier would be the subsequent binders of this workshop that ran until the Second World War. After the first edition published in 1826, Galignani included here a new portrait of Byron, engraved by James Hopwood the Younger. They kept the fold-out facsimile of a letter from Byron to Galignani denying authorship of Polidori's "Vampire", and a detailed biography of the poet by J.W. Lake, whose 'Life of Lord Byron' was also published in a separate edition by Galignani in 1826. This lovely production was printed by Jules Didot Senior (1794-1871), from the 4th generation of the famous family of French publishers. Famous for his invention of round-edged initials, Jules Didot took his printing presses to Brussels and founded the Royal Printing House there in 1825. Provenance: Physical description:Octavo (23.7 x 15.3 cm). Half-title, frontispiece with a portrait of Lord Byron by Hopwood on china paper laid down, title with vignette, [1] p. notice of the publishers, xl including toc and life of Byron, 768 pp., with 6 lithographed plates after Johannot and a lith. facsimile of a letter, handwritten note from the binder at end and contemporary handwritten note loosely inserted. Contemporary full straight-grained green morocco by Bauzonnet, flat spine and covers with numerous gilt rules, spine lettered in gilt, red morocco doublures with rich geometrical gilt pattern, turn-ins with gilt rules,moiré silk fly leaves with gilt rule, all edges gilt. Condition:Rebacked retaining original spine, edges slightly rubbed, corners a bit bumped; occasional minor foxing, heavier on tissue guards but plates usually fresh, edges a bit browned, binder's note creased, with long closed tears anciently backed with paper and fold split anciently repaired with sellotape. Bibliography.
