BYRON, GEORGE GORDON NOEL, Lord. Hebrew Melodies, 1815. Original drab wrappers, uncut, virtually separated in two at spine, cloth case. FIRST ISSUE -- The Prisoner of Chillon, and Other Poems, 1816. Original brown wrappers, uncut, spine a bit chipped, brown half morocco slipcase. FIRST STATE -- Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. Canto the Fourth, 1818. Modern boards, half calf slipcase. Second Issue, a freak variant with the rare proof sheets of the first signature (with the Preface ending on p. xiii rather than on p. xiv); this copy ends with the Errata on p. [236] and lacks pp. 237-57 containing the "Poems." Bookplates of Myrtle A. Crummer and Frank J. Hogan -- English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, [1809]. Red morocco gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, green silk endleaves, original printed paper (repaired) from the original boards backed and bound in, by Zaehnsdorf, front cover detached. FIRST ISSUE with "Despatch" on p. 5; paper watermarked "E & P 1805." Bookplate of Frank J. Hogan -- And 3 first edition and 1 third edition, 1810-1821, various leather bindings, some defects. All London. Together 8 volumes, 12mo-8vo, various bindings FIRST EDITIONS, except as noted. (8)

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BYRON, GEORGE GORDON NOEL, Lord. Hebrew Melodies, 1815. Original drab wrappers, uncut, virtually separated in two at spine, cloth case. FIRST ISSUE -- The Prisoner of Chillon, and Other Poems, 1816. Original brown wrappers, uncut, spine a bit chipped, brown half morocco slipcase. FIRST STATE -- Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. Canto the Fourth, 1818. Modern boards, half calf slipcase. Second Issue, a freak variant with the rare proof sheets of the first signature (with the Preface ending on p. xiii rather than on p. xiv); this copy ends with the Errata on p. [236] and lacks pp. 237-57 containing the "Poems." Bookplates of Myrtle A. Crummer and Frank J. Hogan -- English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, [1809]. Red morocco gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, green silk endleaves, original printed paper (repaired) from the original boards backed and bound in, by Zaehnsdorf, front cover detached. FIRST ISSUE with "Despatch" on p. 5; paper watermarked "E & P 1805." Bookplate of Frank J. Hogan -- And 3 first edition and 1 third edition, 1810-1821, various leather bindings, some defects. All London. Together 8 volumes, 12mo-8vo, various bindings FIRST EDITIONS, except as noted. (8)

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