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BYRON, George Gordon Noel. Hours of Idleness: Newark: S. and J. Ridge, 1807.
Crown 8o (190 x 120 mm). Half-title. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces. (Light spotting.) Original two-toned drab boards, paper spine label (hinges cracked, rubbed). Provenance: Martin Preston (inscription on pastedown: "I recommend this book to be kept in its present state and condition, as affording a striking contrast to many of the subsequent and magnificent editions of Lord Byron's Poems.")
FIRST EDITION, IN ORIGINAL CONDITION. The present copy bears all the points of the first edition: the sheets are watermarked "LL 1806"; D3 has been cancelled (reset and without footnote); p.5 lines 2-3 read "where , where"; p.114 has the misprint "thnnder" in line 4; and p.181 has the misprint "Thc" in the penultimate line. Hayward 218; Randolph, p.9; Wise Byron I, pp.7-8.
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FIRST EDITION, IN ORIGINAL CONDITION. The present copy bears all the points of the first edition: the sheets are watermarked "LL 1806"; D3 has been cancelled (reset and without footnote); p.5 lines 2-3 read "where , where"; p.114 has the misprint "thnnder" in line 4; and p.181 has the misprint "Thc" in the penultimate line. Hayward 218; Randolph, p.9; Wise Byron I, pp.7-8.