Search Results: sardanapalus a tragedy the two foscari by byron lord

John Murray, 1821. Hardcover. Acceptable. . Scarce in any condition. Boards detached but present. Half of backstrip missing. Occasional minor dampstaining, overall pages clean. Textblock sturdy, could be rebound by an expert.

London: John Murray. Very Good. 1821. First Edition. Hardcover. Recently rebound; new endpages. Includes original first blank. Gilt titled hardcover. Mild scattered foxing, a bit of damping to top forecorner of last few pages. Firm binding. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 439, 4 pages .

London: John Murray, 1821. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Contemporary calf, moderate edgewear, corners rounded, rebacked, date to front blank, old Atwood armorial bookplate inside cover, title page slightly adhered to endpaper in the gutter; generally quite bright and clean internally. 439pp bound without the half title. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Poetry. Inventory No: 047080.

London: John Murray, 1821. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Later half burgundy morocco. Upper cover detached, some chipping to head of spine, light spotting of text, else a good copy. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Wise "Byron" II, p. 32

London: John Murray, 1821. First edition, issue with "Sardanapalus/ A Tragedy". 1 vols. 8vo. Later half burgundy morocco. Upper cover detached, some chipping to head of spine, light spotting of text. First edition, issue with "Sardanapalus/ A Tragedy". 1 vols. 8vo. Byron's tragic poem based upon the Greek version of the myth of Sardanapalus, the last Assyrian King. Byron's addition to the myth was a favorite devoted slave-girl who helped Sardanapalus and at the end throws herself on Sardanapalus' pyre. Randolph p. 75; Wise "Byron" II, p. 32

London: John Murray. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed. Rebacked with new eps. Some foxing. 1821. First edition. Grey hardback boards with paper spine. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). [x], viii, 439pp. Untrimmed. .

London: John Murray, 1821. First Edition. Two volumes bound in one. Octavo (21.75cm.). Contemporary three-quarter maroon marocco over marbled boards, gilt spine in six compartments, all edges speckled red, marbled endpapers. Extremities a bit scuffed, some foxing to preliminaries, else Very Good and sound. Contemporary armorial bookplate of a Robert Frederick Boyle to front pastedown. 1. First edition, second issue, with the Doge's speech on p. 151 twelve (rather than five) lines long. [2],xxi,[1],261pp. WISE II, p. 29-30. 2. First edition. Viii,439pp. WISE II, p. 32-3. Lacking half title.

London: John Murray, 1821. First edition. viii, 439pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Modern half brown morocco, uncut. Fine. First edition. viii, 439pp. 1 vols. 8vo. UNCUT. Wise, pp. 72-73

London: John Murray, 1821. First edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Quarto (9 1/4 x 5 3/4"). Later 19th-century paper covered boards, with printed title on spine. Tipped in on inside of back cover by the binder, three unused original printed labels for the book. First edition, first state of Lord Byron's three dramatic plays drawing on ancient lore and biblical accounts. - "Sardanapalus" (1821) is a historical tragedy in blank verse set in ancient Nineveh and recounting the fall of the Assyrian monarchy and its supposed last king. It draws its story mainly from the "Historical Library of Diodorus Siculus" and from William Mitford's "History of Greece." Byron wrote the play during his stay in Ravenna, and dedicated it to Goethe. It has had an extensive influence on European culture, inspiring a painting by Delacroix and musical works by Berlioz, Liszt and Ravel, among others. "Sardanapalus" was written while the author was living in Ravenna with his lover, Teresa, Countess Guiccioli, and is sometimes… Read More

London: John Murray, 1821. First edition. Hardcover. Late 19th century quarter brown calf and marbled boards. Fine. 439 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. With half and bastard titles. WISE. II p.32-33. Scattered, intermittent foxing mostly marginal, raised bands, black leather spine label printed in gilt.

London: John Murray, 1821. First edition. viii, 439pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Uncut in the original boards, rebacked with rose-colored paper. Slight foxing, else fine. First edition. viii, 439pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Wise, II, pp. 32-3

London: John Murray, 1821. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 439. Without the adv. in the front. Uncut and unopened copy. Original boards, rebacked with new paper spine label partly peeled off. Internally nice. Little foxing. Moderate wear. Wise p. 32.

London: John Murray, 1821. First. hardcover. Half-title, 439 pages. Tall 8vo, 1/2 smooth brown leather over marbled boards. Re-cased, with new end-papers and elaborate gilt spine laid down; marbled edges. London: John Murray, 1821. First Edition.<br/><br/> Clean copy with occasional light foxing.<br/><br/>

London: John Murray, 1821. First Edition. Two bookplates; scattered spots of foxing; edge wear and soil to covers; edges of label rubbed, with loss of one corner affecting the first letter of the title. 8vo, viii, 439pp; original cloth-backed boards with publisher's paper spine label. An untrimmed copy in publisher's boards, half title present, with armorial Rycroft bookplate on the front pastedown and, above it, the small leather label of writer and dramatist Alfred Sutro (the leather has left a mark of offsetting on the facing blank leaf). One of Sutro's last books was a musing on Byron's name, printed by the Grabhorn Press in 1932.