Byron's "Corbeau Blanc", The Life and Letters of Lady Melborne. Presentation copy to William St Clair.

Jonathan David Gross. Lord Byron.

ISBN 10: 0892633514 ISBN 13: 9780892633517

Published by Rice University Press, Houston, Texas,, 1997

Language: English

Condition: Used - Fine Soft cover

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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.

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Title: Byron's "Corbeau Blanc", The Life and Letters of Lady Melborne. Presentation copy to William St Clair.
Publisher: Rice University Press, Houston, Texas,
Publication Date: 1997
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0892633514
ISBN 13: 9780892633517
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Fine
Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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More than one hundred previously unpublished letters of Lady Melbourne are included in this scholarly edition which vividly re-creates the frenzied, baroque world of English aristocrats in the late Georgian age. Lady Melbourne's controversial letters to Lord Byron are published in their entirety for the first time, revealing her significant influence on his masterpiece, Don Juan.

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Rice University Press published the first edition of this book in 1997; a joint publication by Texas A. & M University Press and Liverpool University was arranged the following year.

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