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Auction archive: Lot number 217

BYRON, George Gordon Noel. A collection of later editions of his works, approximately 55 volumes, 8 o (except where noted), most in original bindings, including: English Bards and Scotch Reviewers . London, 1810. Disbound. Spurious third edition. -- ...

Auction 22.05.2001
22 May 2001
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$4,000
Price realised:
US$4,700
Auction archive: Lot number 217

BYRON, George Gordon Noel. A collection of later editions of his works, approximately 55 volumes, 8 o (except where noted), most in original bindings, including: English Bards and Scotch Reviewers . London, 1810. Disbound. Spurious third edition. -- ...

Auction 22.05.2001
22 May 2001
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$4,000
Price realised:
US$4,700
Beschreibung:

BYRON, George Gordon Noel. A collection of later editions of his works, approximately 55 volumes, 8 o (except where noted), most in original bindings, including: English Bards and Scotch Reviewers . London, 1810. Disbound. Spurious third edition. -- The Bride of Abydos . London, 1813. Original wrappers. Fourth edition. -- Works . London, 1815. 4 volumes, 12 o. Contemporary green straight-grained morocco gilt. -- Works . London, 1815. 2 volumes, 8 o. Contemporary blue straight-grained morocco gilt. -- The Corsair . London, 1814. Contemporary calf (rubbed). Fourth edition. -- The Lament of Tasso . London, 1817. Disbound. Second edition. -- English Bards and Scotch Reviewers . Paris, 1818. 12 o. Original wrappers, uncut. -- Beppo . London, 1818. Disbound. Third edition. -- Hours of Idleness . London, 1820. Original boards (cover detached). Pirated version of the authorized 1820 reprint. -- The Curse of Minerva . Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1821. 12 o. Disbound. -- Letter to **** ****** . London, 1821. Disbound. Second edition. -- Another edition. London, 1821. Disbound. Third edition. -- The Island . London, 1823. Disbound. Third edition. -- The Age of Bronze . London, 1823. Disbound. Third edition. -- Works . London, 1827. 6 volumes, 12 o. Contemporary gray polished calf gilt (rubbed). -- Don Juan . London, n.d. 12 o. Colored plates by Robert Cruikshank Contemporary blue morocco gilt. [ With :] American editions of Byron's works, including: Poems . Philadelphia, 1813. 12 o. Contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt. First American edition of Byron's first American publication. -- Werner . Philadelphia, 1823. 12 o. Original printed boards. First American edition. -- Pilgrimage to the Holy Land . Philadelphia, 1817. 12 o. Original boards. First American edition. -- The Prophecy of Dante . Philadelphia, 1821. Disbound. -- The Island . Philadelphia, 1823. Original boards. Provenance : W.W. Chew (signature on title). -- GALT, John. The Life of Lord Byron . Philadelphia, 1830. 12 o. Original cloth-backed printed boards. First American edition. (55)

Auction archive: Lot number 217
Auction:
Datum:
22 May 2001
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

BYRON, George Gordon Noel. A collection of later editions of his works, approximately 55 volumes, 8 o (except where noted), most in original bindings, including: English Bards and Scotch Reviewers . London, 1810. Disbound. Spurious third edition. -- The Bride of Abydos . London, 1813. Original wrappers. Fourth edition. -- Works . London, 1815. 4 volumes, 12 o. Contemporary green straight-grained morocco gilt. -- Works . London, 1815. 2 volumes, 8 o. Contemporary blue straight-grained morocco gilt. -- The Corsair . London, 1814. Contemporary calf (rubbed). Fourth edition. -- The Lament of Tasso . London, 1817. Disbound. Second edition. -- English Bards and Scotch Reviewers . Paris, 1818. 12 o. Original wrappers, uncut. -- Beppo . London, 1818. Disbound. Third edition. -- Hours of Idleness . London, 1820. Original boards (cover detached). Pirated version of the authorized 1820 reprint. -- The Curse of Minerva . Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1821. 12 o. Disbound. -- Letter to **** ****** . London, 1821. Disbound. Second edition. -- Another edition. London, 1821. Disbound. Third edition. -- The Island . London, 1823. Disbound. Third edition. -- The Age of Bronze . London, 1823. Disbound. Third edition. -- Works . London, 1827. 6 volumes, 12 o. Contemporary gray polished calf gilt (rubbed). -- Don Juan . London, n.d. 12 o. Colored plates by Robert Cruikshank Contemporary blue morocco gilt. [ With :] American editions of Byron's works, including: Poems . Philadelphia, 1813. 12 o. Contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt. First American edition of Byron's first American publication. -- Werner . Philadelphia, 1823. 12 o. Original printed boards. First American edition. -- Pilgrimage to the Holy Land . Philadelphia, 1817. 12 o. Original boards. First American edition. -- The Prophecy of Dante . Philadelphia, 1821. Disbound. -- The Island . Philadelphia, 1823. Original boards. Provenance : W.W. Chew (signature on title). -- GALT, John. The Life of Lord Byron . Philadelphia, 1830. 12 o. Original cloth-backed printed boards. First American edition. (55)

Auction archive: Lot number 217
Auction:
Datum:
22 May 2001
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
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