WERNER,; A Tragedy
by BYRON, Lord [George Gordon]
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Lanesborough, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1823. First Edition, First state. 8vo, pp. 188, 7. Contempoorary ownership signature: "D. M. Moss, 1823" on the top of the title-page. Bound in publisher's "brown drab wrappers with no label" (soiled and stained, corners chipped and some bent, rear loose, spine worn. Stained on the front blanks and half-title, a good copy in the original, as issued, format. This is the first issue without "the end" and the imprint on page 188 and with 7 pages of adv in the rear dated November, 1822. Wise I, 163.; Randolph p. 79. A tall copy, Wise notes that his copy is wraps is 8-7/8 this is more like 8-15/16 x 5-1/2 in. This was issuied in an edition of 5000 copies. This verse drama is a retelling of Kruitzner, or the German's Tale in Harriet Lee's Canterbury Tales.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Life Books Inc (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48550
- Title
- WERNER,; A Tragedy
- Author
- BYRON, Lord [George Gordon]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First state
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1823
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Lanesborough, Massachusetts
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