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Sardanapalus, A Tragedy - The Two Foscari, A Tragedy - Cain, A Mystery
by Byron, [George Gordon] Lord
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Two bookplates; scattered spots of foxing; edge wear and soil to covers; edges of label rubbed, with loss of one corner affectin
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1821. First Edition. Two bookplates; scattered spots of foxing; edge wear and soil to covers; edges of label rubbed, with loss of one corner affecting the first letter of the title. 8vo, viii, 439pp; original cloth-backed boards with publisher's paper spine label. An untrimmed copy in publisher's boards, half title present, with armorial Rycroft bookplate on the front pastedown and, above it, the small leather label of writer and dramatist Alfred Sutro (the leather has left a mark of offsetting on the facing blank leaf). One of Sutro's last books was a musing on Byron's name, printed by the Grabhorn Press in 1932.
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- Bookseller
- Locus Solus Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 206487
- Title
- Sardanapalus, A Tragedy - The Two Foscari, A Tragedy - Cain, A Mystery
- Author
- Byron, [George Gordon] Lord
- Book Condition
- Used - Two bookplates; scattered spots of foxing; edge wear and soil to covers; edges of label rubbed, with loss of one corner affectin
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1821
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