Lot 154
Byron, George Gordon Noel, Lord
Collection of works
£278
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
Letters and Journal... with notices of his life by Thomas Moore. London, 1830. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, engraved frontispiece in volume 1, errata leaf in vol. 2, contemporary green half morocco, sides lightly rubbed;
Child Harold's Pilgrimage. London, 1812. Second edition, 8vo, folding frontispiece, bound with. The Giaour. London, 1813. 8vo, contemporary calf, rather spotted, rebacked retaining original spine;
Lara... fifth edition. 1817; Hebrew Melodies. 1815; The Siege of Corinth... third edition. 1816; Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte. 1816, 4 works in one volume, contemporary diced calf, worn, covers detached;
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. London, 1814. Cantos 1-2 seventh edition, 8vo, bound with Canto the Third. 1816, and Canto the Fourth. 1818, Cantos 3 and 4 first editions, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed;
The Bride of Abydos... third edition. London, 1813, 8vo, wrappers;
Hebrew Melodies. London, 1815. 8vo, later wrappers;
Locke, Captain. Illustrations of the Works of Lord Byron from designs by Captain Locke. London, 1831. Folio, engraved portrait and 14 plates on india paper, original cloth-backed printed wrappers, wrappers somewhat worn and soiled;
Galt, John. The Life of Lord Byron. London, 1830. 12mo, additional engraved title, frontispiece, contemporary half calf, worn, one cover detached;
Milbanke, Ralph, Earl of Lovelace. Astarte, a fragment of Truth. London: Chiswick Press, 1905. 4to, original quarter cloth, worn
Footnote
Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.
