Notes on Captain Medwin's Conversations of Lord Byron
Published by [London: Privately printed by John Murray, 1824.], 1824
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Brick Row Book Shop, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Brick Row Book Shop, ABAA
AbeBooks seller since September 17, 1997
Condition: Used - Fine
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8vo, modern red morocco, gilt lettering. A rare privately printed pamphlet by Byron's publisher John Murray, compiled and written in response to Thomas Medwin's Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron at Pisa (1824), which was notorious for its inaccuracies. Chew describes Medwin's work as a "trumpery affair, giving a fairly amiable impression of Byron, but full of errors and frivolities . . . the whole testimony of Medwin, unless corroborated by reliable persons elsewhere, is worthless." Among those Medwin succeeded in offending was John Murray, who responded by quoting directly from Byron's letters in his possession in the "deadly parallel" format, and in the process revealed interesting publication details about Byron's books and life. The self-wrappers title-page, which did not bear an imprint, lacks the upper and lower blank margins, which have been skillfully replaced. From the library of Byron collector and bibliographer Francis Lewis Randolph (1951-1974), with his bookplate on the front paste-down and his Ablè Library note in pencil on the rear pastedown. NCBEL III, 297; Chew, Byron in England, page 211.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Notes on Captain Medwin's Conversations of Lord Byron
- Author
- MURRAY, JOHN
- Publisher
- [London: Privately printed by John Murray, 1824.]
- Publication year
- 1824
- Condition
- Fine copy.
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Edition
- First edition.
- Seller catalogs
- English Literature, Privately Printed Books, Romantics
Brick Row Book Shop, ABAA
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The Brick Row Book Shop is one of the oldest antiquarian book businesses in the United States. We specialize in first editions, rare books and manuscripts from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries, with a strong emphasis on English and American Literature. We maintain a shop open by appointment or chance near Union Square in downtown San Francisco; we issue catalogues; and we participate in antiquarian book fairs in New York, Boston and Northern and Southern California. Enjoy your visit to our website or if in San Francisco, come visit us in person. Calling ahead for an appointment is always advisable.…
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