My Dearest Augusta: A Biography of Augusta Leigh, Lord Byron's Half-Sister.
by GUNN, Peter
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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ELLSWORTH, Maine, United States
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About This Item
First American edition, octavo, pp. 272 plus colophon. Illustrations. This copy complete with the uncommon three panel fold-out Byron family tree at rear. The story of Byron's half-sister, who was the poet's great love and a most compelling force in his life. A handsome volume with attractive sienna-colored end-papers, VERY GOOD in the publisher's gilt-lettered brown cloth spine over brown boards with blind-embossed upper board lettering. Dust jacket GOOD and ensconced in a protective sheet or archival mylar.
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- Bookseller
- T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0001360
- Title
- My Dearest Augusta: A Biography of Augusta Leigh, Lord Byron's Half-Sister.
- Author
- GUNN, Peter
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Atheneum, 1968.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
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About the Seller
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Biblio member since 2013
ELLSWORTH, Maine
About T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Thomas Brennan was established professionally as a Bookseller in 1998 and still exhibits annually at several antiquarian book fairs. He has 25 years full-time experience in the Book Trade and is a member in good standing of The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA); The Ephemera Society of America; and The Manuscript Society.
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