Major Byron : the Incredible Career of a Literary Forger.

Ehrsam, T.G.

Published by Charles S. Boesen, New York, first edition, 1951, 1951

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Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm, viii, 217 pp, 11 ills. From the blurb: "This is a book that will appeal to all students of literature and to those of Byron, Shelley and Keats in particular. Major George Gordon de Luna Byron, the notorious literary forger, who also used the name "de Gibler," always insisted that he was the son of Lord Byron and a Spanish Countess de Luna, but the real facts of his origins were never discovered, and his claims were not acknowledged by the Byron family. His stated objective in raising his claim was to clear his "father's" name from scandal of any kind; but he was careful in most of his letters to the Byron family and connections to ask for financial aid. The real interest in him, however, is concerned with his remarkable career as a forger and copyist of manuscripts by Byron, Shelley and Keats and his curious dealings with Mary Shelley, Augusta Leigh, John Cam Hobhouse, Thomas Hookham, Edward Moxon, John Murray, Monckton Milnes and Samuel Leigh Sotheby. Dr Ehrsam's researches have resulted in an amazing and complex story. " Good in slightly torn dustwrapper. Seller Inventory # ABE-37767

Bibliographic Details

Title: Major Byron : the Incredible Career of a ...

Publisher: Charles S. Boesen, New York, first edition, 1951

Publication Date: 1951

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition