Byron’s Letters and Journals 1798-1824
BYRON, Lord
Edited by Leslie A Marchand.
NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
Published: John Murray, [1973-1994]
Stock code: 22611
Price: £540.00
12 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome frontispieces; original red cloth gilt, gilt backs, red tops, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper.
Marchand's edition presents the complete and unexpurgated text of all the letters available in manuscript and the full printed text of all others. The set comprises Vol. I: In My Hot Youth 1798-1810; Vol. II: Famous in My Time 1810-1812; Vol. III: Alas! The Love of Women 1813-1814; Vol. IV: Wedlock's the Devil 1814-1815; Vol. V: So Late into the Night 1816-1817; Vol. VI: The Flesh is Frail; Vol. VII: Between Two Worlds 1820; Vol. VIII: Born for Opposition 1821; Vol. IX: In the Wind's Eye 1821-1822; Vol. X: A Heart for Every Fate 1822-1823; Vol. XI: For Freedom's Battle 1823-1824; Vol. XII: The Trouble of an Index. COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION