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Item Details
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| Author: |
Byron, Lord [George Gordon Noel] |
| Title: |
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt |
| Place: |
London |
| Publisher: |
Printed for John Murray |
| Date: |
1812 |
| Item # : |
192153 |
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| Sale Number |
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377 |
| Lot Number |
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14 |
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| Fine Literature; Beats, Bukowski & the Counter Culture; Sci-Fi & Detective Fiction |
| Sale Date |
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04/03/2008 |
| Sale Time |
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1pm PST |
| Low Estimate |
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$ 700 |
| High Estimate |
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$ 1,000 |
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| Description: |
| vi, [2 fl. - errata and facsimile Romaic letter], 226 pp. (4to) 10½x8½, half modern burgundy morocco & marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition, later issue. |
| The first edition of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, containing the first 2 Cantos of Byron's first great literary success was published in an edition of only 500 copies which were sold within 3 days. Contains 14 additional poems and an appendix relating to Romaic books and authors. The facsimile leaf is described in the final paragraph on the last page as a letter, "signed and sent by the Bey of Corinth . . ." Randolph's 2nd variant, this copy without the ads; page 189/190 is integral, but with corrected heading (Written Beneath a Picture). Randolph p. 19; PMM 270. |
| Condition: |
| Scattered stains and foxing, with spatters to facing pages 104/105, last 50 pages with moderate staining to upper margin; generally very good. |
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