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BYRON, George Gordon Noel. Poems Original and Translated. Newark: S. and J. Ridge, 1808.
12o (172 x 110 mm). Half-title and frontispiece. (Title with loss repaired.) Original blue boards, white paper spine label, uncut (rubbed).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, paper watermarked "1805;" with footnote on page 115 reading "aaid;" page 29, stanza 6 numbered correctly. "Wise notes... 'that every copy of Poems Original and Translated in his original state has pages 151-152 in duplicate.' My copy, unquestionably in original condition, does not have this duplicate. This volume is extremely rare and there is only one other copy recorded in original boards as issued" (Randolph, p.12). Wise Byron I, p.10. VERY RARE.
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FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, paper watermarked "1805;" with footnote on page 115 reading "aaid;" page 29, stanza 6 numbered correctly. "Wise notes... 'that every copy of Poems Original and Translated in his original state has pages 151-152 in duplicate.' My copy, unquestionably in original condition, does not have this duplicate. This volume is extremely rare and there is only one other copy recorded in original boards as issued" (Randolph, p.12). Wise Byron I, p.10. VERY RARE.