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Recollections of the life of Lord Byron : from the year 1808 to the end of 1814; ... Taken from authentic documents, in the possession of the author. By the late R. C. Dallas, Esq.
by Dallas, Robert Charles (1754-1824)
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About This Item
London : printed for Charles Knight, Pall-Mall-East [by William Clowes, Northumberland-Court] MDCCCXXIV [1824], 1824. First Edition. Hardback. Provenance; armorial bookplate of C.E.J. Esdaile. Finely bound in contemporary half aniline calf over marble boards. Gilt-cross bands with the title blocked direct in gilt. Spine compartments uniformly blind-tooled. Bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and toned as with age. Scans on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 344 pages; Physical description; 12, xcvii, [3], 344 p., plate : folding front.; 8vo. Subjects; Byron, George Gordon Byron Baron 1788-1824 - Biography. Poets, English - 19th century - Biography. Genre; Biographies - England - 1824. Reference: Morbey 75. The facsimile inserted after the preliminaries is entitled ""Stanza 9th"" and begins ""There thou whose love & life together fled have left me here to love and live in vain ...""
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- MW Books Ltd.
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- 223766
- Title
- Recollections of the life of Lord Byron : from the year 1808 to the end of 1814; ... Taken from authentic documents, in the possession of the author. By the late R. C. Dallas, Esq.
- Author
- Dallas, Robert Charles (1754-1824)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : printed for Charles Knight, Pall-Mall-East [by William Clowes, Northumberland-Court] MDCCCXXIV [1824]
- Date Published
- 1824
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