20th Mar, 2024 10:00

March Sales: Ceramics, Books, Asian Art, Hunt Buttons & Carpets

 
Lot 788
 

788

[Z] Byron (Lord George Gordon)

Byron (Lord George Gordon) and Coleridge (Ernest Hartley) The Works of Lord Byron, London: John Murray, 1898, 7 vols, 4to, from a limited edition of 250, original blue cloth and quarter leather gilt, top edge gilt, deckled page edges, numerous engraved plates, bookplates for Thomas J Barratt; Marchland (Leslie A) Byron: A Biography, New York and London: Alfred A Knopf and John Murray, 1957, 3 vols, 8vo, original cloth gilt, numerous lithographic plates. (10)

Sold for £650


 

Byron (Lord George Gordon) and Coleridge (Ernest Hartley) The Works of Lord Byron, London: John Murray, 1898, 7 vols, 4to, from a limited edition of 250, original blue cloth and quarter leather gilt, top edge gilt, deckled page edges, numerous engraved plates, bookplates for Thomas J Barratt; Marchland (Leslie A) Byron: A Biography, New York and London: Alfred A Knopf and John Murray, 1957, 3 vols, 8vo, original cloth gilt, numerous lithographic plates. (10)

Not collated. Works: some clear wear to binding, including rubbing, bumping with some discolouration and warping; internally, there is some foxing, but contents generally bright; some fading to edge gilt and foxing to the deckled page edges. Biography: some prominent sunning to spines, with some fading and oxidation to the boards more generally; internal contents generally bright with mild foxing.

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