BYRON, George Gordon Noel. Hebrew Melodies. London: John Murray, 1815. 8o. Half-title. Inserted after p.56 are half-titles and titles to be used in binding the pamphlet editions of Byron's poems into two volumes. (Some scattered spotting.) Original drab wrappers, uncut; folding cloth portfolio. FIRST EDITION, first issue, sheets watermarked "11 Smith 1814" or "11 Smith 1815," with the publisher's advertisement at end listing Rogers' Jacqueline and Campbell's Selected Beauties. Of the first edition, both issues, 6000 copies were printed. Randolph, pp.50-51 (this copy); Wise Byron I, pp.103-104. -- BYRON. Beppo, A Venetian Story. London: John Murray, 1818. 8o (220 x 135 mm). Half-title. Modern green quarter morocco. FIRST EDITION, with the final imprint leaf, without the publisher's advertisements. "Beppo is one of the rarest of Byron's first editions, especially when the final imprint leaf is present" (Randolph, p. 68). Wise Byron I, p. 125. (2)

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BYRON, George Gordon Noel. Hebrew Melodies. London: John Murray, 1815. 8o. Half-title. Inserted after p.56 are half-titles and titles to be used in binding the pamphlet editions of Byron's poems into two volumes. (Some scattered spotting.) Original drab wrappers, uncut; folding cloth portfolio. FIRST EDITION, first issue, sheets watermarked "11 Smith 1814" or "11 Smith 1815," with the publisher's advertisement at end listing Rogers' Jacqueline and Campbell's Selected Beauties. Of the first edition, both issues, 6000 copies were printed. Randolph, pp.50-51 (this copy); Wise Byron I, pp.103-104. -- BYRON. Beppo, A Venetian Story. London: John Murray, 1818. 8o (220 x 135 mm). Half-title. Modern green quarter morocco. FIRST EDITION, with the final imprint leaf, without the publisher's advertisements. "Beppo is one of the rarest of Byron's first editions, especially when the final imprint leaf is present" (Randolph, p. 68). Wise Byron I, p. 125. (2)

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