First Edition. Half title. Orig. brown cloth. Ink signature on leading f.e.p. v.g. With a bibliographical note by Marcel Kessel. Contains 'To Mary', which, except for a limited facsimile of 'Fugitive Pieces', supervised in 1886 by H. Buxton Forman, has never been reprinted. The objections to this poem by the Reverend J.T. Becher, who considered the poem too voluptuous, led Byron immediately to suppress the edition, burning almost every copy himself. There are only three known complete copies of the first (suppressed) edition. Seller Inventory # 23357
Title: Fugitive Pieces. Reproduced from the
Publisher: New York: Columbia University Press. (The Facsimile Text Society, series I, vol. VIII.) [1806] 1933
Publication Date: 1806
Binding: Hardcover
Book Description First Edition. Half title. Orig. brown cloth. Signature & booklabel of Alex Bridge. v.g. With a bibliographical note by Marcel Kessel. Contains 'To Mary', which, except for a limited facsimile of 'Fugitive Pieces', supervised in 1886 by H. Buxton Forman, has never been reprinted. The objections to this poem by the Reverend J.T. Becher, who considered the poem too voluptuous, led Byron immediately to suppress the edition, burning almost every copy himself. There are only three known complete copies of the first (suppressed) edition. Seller Inventory # 50627