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London: John Murray (Vols I-IV, IX); Knight and Lacey (Vol V); Printed for John and Henry L. Hunt (Vol VI-VIII), 1821-25. Later Editions in nine Volumes.
Volume VIII has a second title page date 1821 and is the first edition of the works Marino Faliero, Prophecy of Dante; Volume IX, 1821, is the first edition of the works Sardanapalus, The Two Foscari, Cain A Mystery.
Attractive full calf leather binding with black leather title labels, the volume number and contents in gilt, gilt lined compartments, some wear to extremities, attractive polished calf boards with triple gilt filet to the edges, marbled end papers and page edges.
Pagination: Volume I ? [1823], half title, xi, [iii], 303pp, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage;
Volume II ? [1823], [iv], 359pp, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, The Giaour, The Bride of Abydos;
Volume III ? [1823], [iv], 345, [3]pp, The Corsair, Lara, The Siege of Corinth, Parisina, The Prisoner of Chillon, Beppo;
Volume IV ? [1823], viii, 372pp, Mazeppa, Manfred, Hebrew Melodies, Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte, Monody on the Death of the Sheridan, Lament of Tasso, Poems;
Volume V ? [1824], xiii, [iii], 154, 9, [1], vi, 54, 45-47, [1], vii, [i], 61, [1]pp, Hours of Idleness, Translations and Imitations, Fugitive Pieces, English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, Miscellaneous Poems ;
Volume VI ? [1824], [ii], 286pp, The Age of Bronze, The Island, The Vision of Judgement, The Deformed Transformed;
Volume VII ? [1824], vi, [ii], 9-308, [2]pp, Werner, Heaven and Earth, Morgante Maggiore;
Volume VIII ? [1825, 1821], xxi, [i], 261, [1]pp, Marino Faliero, Prophecy of Dante;
Volume IX ? [1821], viii, 439, [1]pp, Sardanapalus, The Two Foscari, Cain A Mystery.
Nine volumes made up of ?The Works? in four (stated to the title of Vols I-IV), then seven (stated to the title of Vol VI) then eight (stated to the title of Vols VII and VIII) volumes dated 1823 to the first four volumes, then 1824 to volumes V to VII. Volume VIII with a ?Works? title page dated
Early edition of Byron?s works, handsomely bound. An attractive set.
Provenance: no signatures or bookplates.
Approximately 8 ½ inches (22cm) tall.
Condition Report
Externally
Spine ? good condition ? faded, with gilt titles to black title labels, four gilt raised bands, worn not the top and base.
Joints ? good condition ? gently worn.
Corners ? good condition ? bumped and worn.
Boards ? good condition ? full polished calf boards with triple gilt filet, worn and marked.
Page edges ? good condition ? marbled page edges, top edge darkened.
Binding ? good condition ? solid and strong.
See above and photos.
Internally
Hinges ? good condition ? sound.
Paste downs ? good condition ? marbled.
Front end paper ? good condition ? marbled.
Title ? good condition ? some foxing, tanned.
Pages ? good condition ? some minor foxing, tanned, stained by silk markers.
See photos.
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