Giaour by Byron, First Edition (7 results)

Couverture souple. Condition: Bon. Edition originale. broché.

London, printed for John Murray, 1815. 4 Bll., 75 S. (22 x 13,5 cm). Privat. LEDER d. Zt. mit ornamentaler Gold- u. Blindpräg. sowie Ganzgoldschnitt. Druckwidmungen an Samuel Rogers (1763-1855), Lord Holland, Thomas Moore (1779.1852). - // ANGEBUNDEN: The bride of Abydos. Tenth [10.] edition. Ebda. 1814. Titel, 71 S. // UND: The corsair; a tale. Ninth [9.] edition. Ebda. 1815. XI, 112 S. // UND: Hebrew melodies. Ebda. 1815. 3 Bll., 53 S. Erste Ausgabe. - // UND: Lara, a tale. Fourth [4.] edition. Ebda. 1814. Titel, 70 S. - Provenienz: Gestoch. Wappen-Exlibris des wohlhabenden englischen Bankers u. Politikers Stephens Lyne[-Stephens] (1801-1860), u. mit dessen hs. Namenszug auf hint. Vors.; zweifarbig gedrucktes Besitzer-Etikett des britischen Lehrers u. Mathematikers Norman Routledge (1928-2013), Eton College. - Leicht berieben, Ecken bestoßen; gutes Exemplar.

Disbound. Condition: Fair. 1st. Five original Byron titles, bound together, 2 are first editions. Published London: John Murray, 1812 - 1816. Includes: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, a Romaunt: and other poems. Fourth Edition, 1812, xii+300pp. fold-out facsimilie letter in Greek bound in; Canto the Third. First edition, 1816, 79pp. plus 1pp. publisher's ad - List of the Poems half-title present; The Giaour. Third Edition with Considerable Additions, 1813, 53pp.+ 1pp. publisher's ad - "Books Lately published"; The Bride of Abydos. Third Edition 1813, 72pp.; The Siege of Corinth. Parisina. First edition 1816, 89pp. 2pp. Advertisment inserted between pp. 6 and 7. All titles bound as one volume, disbound from boards with covers lacking, leather backing chipped and worn. Title page of Childe Harold age toned with chipping at corners and edge. Some toning/soiling along edges of page block, else pages clean and bright with ocassional soil/creasing but no foxing. Text sharp, unmarked. Suitable for rebinding, good or better internally.

John Murray. London. Three works bound in one volume. Full diced tan calf, professionally and handsomely rebacked in later calf. Marbled endpapers. The Corsair: 1814. First edition. xi, [i], 100 pages.The Bride of Abydos. 1813. Fourth edition. [ii], 72 pages.The Giaour. Third edition with Considerable Additions. [ii], 53 pages plus [1] page advert. Slight signs of use to boards, pages browned, prelims foxed, blind round ownership stamp. A clean and very sound copy.

First trade edition, first issue of Byron's The Giaour; bound with a second edition of The Bride of Abydos and a rare first edition, first issue of The Corsair. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable bound in contemporary calf and with two rare first issues. "Byron is to a far greater degree than the other romanticists the poet of humankind. He conveys with tremendous power the majesty and desolation of history, the vanity of pomp and pride, the transitoriness of fame. And he is the poet of contemporary society, keen to discern the false and the corrupt, courageous in denunciation yet with pity for the young and innocent⦠As a poet he mirrored brilliantly and without distortion an absorbingly interesting world" (Baugh, 1229).

Condition: Very Good. London: John Murray, 1813-1814. Mixed Editions (see below). Octavo (22pp); mixed pagination. Later full calf with gilt ruled border, decorated spine in six compartments with spine labels reading "Byron's Works" and "Poems," marbled endpapers and page edges. Armorial bookplate of Charles Daubeny to front pastedown, with another ownership stamp of an H.A. Neek (?) on verso of front free endpaper, and slip mounted to flyleaf listing the contents in ink written in an older hand and the editions noted in pencil beside. Boards bumped at corners with rubbing to surface and along joints, and a brief split just starting near front tail. Giaour sheets a uniformly and lightly toned with scattered foxing, with a few flattened corner creases throughout the volume. Binding is sound. Contents include: The Giaour - Sixth Edition, 1813. [iii]-[viii],66pp. Notable as one of the first mentions of vampirism in English literature (lines 757-768). [WISE Vol 1, p. 83; RANDOLPH p. 28]. The Bride of Abydos: A Turkish Tale - Second Edition, 1813. [iv],72pp. [WISE Vol 1, p. 89; RANDOLPH p. 31] The Corsair: A Tale - First Edition, Second Issue, 1814. [iii]-[xii],100pp. No publisher's imprint on p. 100, with paper showing W. Balston watermarks for both 1812 and 1813 and without the four leaves of supplemental poems seen in other issues. Though there is some disagreement between Wise and Randolph (citing Metzdorf's Tinker Library catalogue), this volume appears to conform to the second issue in either's estimation. Other issues of the First Edition are extended to 108pp with the inclusion of six additional poems, with the publisher's imprint appearing variously on p. 100 or p. 108 and pages watermarked 1812, 1813, or both. Wise suggests the First Issue was printed but uncirculated, with the sheets repurposed and final signature replaced for a 108pp Second Issue; Randolph claims there were four distinct issues all appearing on the same day and disambiguates between issues only to determine printing order. The lack of the additional poems here does seem to support Randolph's take on the matter, unless they were purposely omitted during this binding. At the heart of the variance was Byron's poem "To a Lady Weeping," which stirred up a fair bit of controversy when first printed anonymously in 1812. John Murray ordered this and the other supplemental poems excised from the volume, but Byron found out and insisted they be restored, not wanting to appear scared to have his authorship known. [WISE Vol 1, p. 92; RANDOLPH p. 34] Lara: A Tale - Fourth Edition (First Separate Edition), Second Issue with additional note, 1814. [iv],74pp. The second issue's added pages (71-74) include a long note on the 24th section of the Second Canto, regarding the burial of the Duke of Gandia. Lara was published together with Jacqueline through its first three editions, with this fourth being its first published as a standalone. [WISE p. 101-102; RANDOLPH p. 45-46].

Fine Binding. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). First edition. A beautifully bound collection of Lord Byron's poetry. A selection of first edition issues of his poems, with a finely executed fore-edge painting depicting the castle of Chillon. With two plates to the Siege of Corinth, one plate to the Prisoner of Chillon, one plate to Manfred. The plates are marked 'proof' to the corner. Comprising of eleven poems total which are: The Giaour (1813), The Siege of Corinth A Poem Parisina A Poem (1816), The Prisoner of Chillon and Other Poems (1816), Poems on Domestic Circumstances (1816), Monody on the Death of The Right Honourable R B Sheridan (1817), The Lament of Tasso (1817), Manfred A Dramatic Poem (1817), Mazeppa (1819), Beppo A Venetian Story (1818), The Age of Bronze (1823). With a fore-edge painting of the Castle of Chillon which has been finely executed. In a beautiful straight-grained morocco binding with silk doublures. Held in a very smart custom built cloth covered slipcase. The Giaour is the third edition, The Siege of Corinth, a Poem, Parisina a Poem is a first edition, The Prisoner of Chillon is a first edition, later issue. Poems on Domestic Circumstances is a first edition. 'Monody' is a New Edition. The Lament of Tasso is a third edition. Manfred is a first edition, third issue. Mazeppa is a first edition. Beppo A Venetian Story is a fifth edition. The Age of Bronze is a third edition. The Siege of Corinth. has with the two pages of advertisements, three pages of notes following Corinth and one page of notes following Parisina as called for. The Prisoner of Chillon has been bound without the half-title and adverts 'Poems on Domestic Circumstances' is an unusual imprint and has been published by Bumpus rather than the typically stated Hone. This copy has been bound without the half title. Manfred has been bound without the half-title and adverts, and is a third issue with the two line quotation from Hamlet to the title page. Mazeppa is lacking pages 70-71 which are usually blanks with the imprints. A beautiful copy of Lord Byron's poetry. In a full straight grained morocco binding with silt doublures. With an exquisite fore edge painting depicting the castle of Chillon, from Byron's poem 'The Prisoner of Chillon'. The fore edge is bright with a very detailed image. Externally, generally smart with patches of light rubbing to the joints and to the spine. Small splits to the head of front joint. Front hinge is strained but firm. Prior owner's stamp to the verso of front endpaper, HNF. First gathering, comprising of endpapers and half-title of Giaour is loosening. The title page to 'The Giaour' is loosening also. Neat inscription to the verso of front endpaper, 'The Castle of Chillon'. The same is written to the half-title of 'The Giaour'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with occasional scattered spots, and minor offsetting. Very Good Indeed. book.