Select Poems by the Right Honourable Lord Byron. Siege of Corinth - Parisina - Prisoner of Chillon - Beppo - Manfred - Childe Harold, Canto 3rd. - Lament of Tasso, &c. London: John Murray, 1823.
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A scarce edition which collects together some of Lord Byron's poems, each with its own title page variously dated and from various editions; Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (third canto) is dated 1816 which is the first edition of that Canto.
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Size: 140 x 219 mm (approx.)
Condition:
Half calf over marbled paper backed boards with a gilt title to the spine in a compartment between raised bands, gilt dulled. Binding rubbed and scuffed. Both boards attached with wear to joints and hinges, front hinge cracked, but the binding is secure. Shelf and edge wear. Marbled page edges dulled. Pencil inscriptions to both pastedowns and main title page. Ink ownership inscription to the title page of the Siege of Corinth. Without preliminary blanks. Text block lightly toned, a little foxed.
