Byron’s Letters and Journals 1798-1824
BYRON, Lord
Edited by Leslie A Marchand.
COMPLETE EXTENDED SET OF FIRST EDITIONS IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
Published: John Murray, [1973-1994]
Stock code: 46417
Price: £885.00
13 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome frontispieces; original red cloth gilt, gilt backs, red tops, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper.
A SPLENDID SET, INCLUDING THE SCARCE SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUME, WITH ALL VOLUMES FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE MURRAY IMPRINT, AND ALL IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS. Marchand's edition presents the complete and unexpurgated text of all the letters available in manuscript and the full printed text of all others. This set includes the scarce supplementary volume. 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; Vol. XIII: Supplementary Volume. EXTENDED SETS ARE NOW EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.