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BYRON, George Gordon Noel, Lord. Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte. London: W. Bulmer for John Murray, 1814.
8o (209 x 128 mm). Half-title, advertisement leaf at end. (Some light spotting.) Modern quarter calf, marbled boards. Provenance: purchased from Falkner Greirson, London, 16 December 1971.
FIRST EDITION. "Very rare, in any condition--the half-title is usually lacking" (Randolph). "Of all the pamphlet-poems published by John Murray in octavo size the Ode to Napoleon is by far the rarest. It is now almost impossible to find a copy in the original printed wrappers" (Wise Byron I, pp.98-99). Randolph, p.40.
8o (209 x 128 mm). Half-title, advertisement leaf at end. (Some light spotting.) Modern quarter calf, marbled boards. Provenance: purchased from Falkner Greirson, London, 16 December 1971.
FIRST EDITION. "Very rare, in any condition--the half-title is usually lacking" (Randolph). "Of all the pamphlet-poems published by John Murray in octavo size the Ode to Napoleon is by far the rarest. It is now almost impossible to find a copy in the original printed wrappers" (Wise Byron I, pp.98-99). Randolph, p.40.