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BYRON, George Gordon Lord (1788-1824). The Corsair. London: J. Murray 1814. Half-title and 2ll. advertisements at end. (Half-title and title detaching, tear in half-title, B2 stained at margin, spotting and faint staining to quire C, C3 with internal tear at margin.) Original drab wrappers (spine worn, stitching weak); blue cloth case. Provenance : 'From Hely Hutchinson, 23 February 1814' (gift inscription at head of title). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE . Wise I, p. 92: 'of considerable rarity … In all probability the first issue, although printed, never actually passed into general circulation.' [ With 5 other works by Byron :] The Bride of Abydos . London: J. Murray 1813. Errata slip. (Title lightly spotted and crinkled.) Polished calf gilt by Riviere, gilt edges (light scuff marks, slightly bowed). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE . Wise I, p. 85 -- Poems . London: J. Murray 1816. Half-title. (A little spotting.) Polished calf gilt by Riviere, gilt edges (light scuff marks, slightly bowed). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE . Includes the first authorised edition of 'Fare Thee Well,' following the privately printed quarto. Wise I, p. 111 -- The Siege of Corinth. London: J. Murray 1816. (A little soiling.) Original drab wrappers, uncut (split in spine, corners creased); blue cloth case. FIRST EDITION . Wise I, p. 106 -- The Prisoner of Chillon . London: J. Murray 1816. Half-title, 3ll. advertisements at end. (Waterstained.) Original blue wrappers, uncut (spine worn); blue cloth case. Provenance : Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough (1761-1821; signature on front wrapper). FIRST EDITION , second issue. Wise p. 113 -- Hours of Idleness . London: Sherwin, 1820. Half-title. Engraved frontispiece view of Harrow. Later blue half calf (endpapers spotted). Unauthorised edition, a substantial part of this collection was first published as Fugitive Pieces , 1806. Wise p. 15. All 8º, all first editions but the last, all with the bookplate of Oliver Nowell Chadwick-Healey (1896-1960).
BYRON, George Gordon Lord (1788-1824). The Corsair. London: J. Murray 1814. Half-title and 2ll. advertisements at end. (Half-title and title detaching, tear in half-title, B2 stained at margin, spotting and faint staining to quire C, C3 with internal tear at margin.) Original drab wrappers (spine worn, stitching weak); blue cloth case. Provenance : 'From Hely Hutchinson, 23 February 1814' (gift inscription at head of title). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE . Wise I, p. 92: 'of considerable rarity … In all probability the first issue, although printed, never actually passed into general circulation.' [ With 5 other works by Byron :] The Bride of Abydos . London: J. Murray 1813. Errata slip. (Title lightly spotted and crinkled.) Polished calf gilt by Riviere, gilt edges (light scuff marks, slightly bowed). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE . Wise I, p. 85 -- Poems . London: J. Murray 1816. Half-title. (A little spotting.) Polished calf gilt by Riviere, gilt edges (light scuff marks, slightly bowed). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE . Includes the first authorised edition of 'Fare Thee Well,' following the privately printed quarto. Wise I, p. 111 -- The Siege of Corinth. London: J. Murray 1816. (A little soiling.) Original drab wrappers, uncut (split in spine, corners creased); blue cloth case. FIRST EDITION . Wise I, p. 106 -- The Prisoner of Chillon . London: J. Murray 1816. Half-title, 3ll. advertisements at end. (Waterstained.) Original blue wrappers, uncut (spine worn); blue cloth case. Provenance : Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough (1761-1821; signature on front wrapper). FIRST EDITION , second issue. Wise p. 113 -- Hours of Idleness . London: Sherwin, 1820. Half-title. Engraved frontispiece view of Harrow. Later blue half calf (endpapers spotted). Unauthorised edition, a substantial part of this collection was first published as Fugitive Pieces , 1806. Wise p. 15. All 8º, all first editions but the last, all with the bookplate of Oliver Nowell Chadwick-Healey (1896-1960).