Search Results: Mazeppa by Lord Byron

Fantasy and Horror Classics, 2019. Paperback. New. 78 pages. 8.58x5.51x0.32 inches.

España: VISOR. Rústica. Nuevo/Nuevo. MACH

BiblioLife, 2009-06-04. Paperback. Used:Good.

London: John Murray, 1819. First edition, Second Issue. First edition, second issue with imprint on page 72. Half-bound in blue leather and buckram cloth with five raised bands and elaborate gilt embellishments on the spine. This book measures approximately 8.25" x 5.25", with 71 numbered pages. This book is in very good plus condition. Gilt lettering and embellishments are bright and very well preserved. Minor scattered wear and light staining to the boards. "Mazeppa" is a narrative poem written by the English romantic poet Lord Byron in 1819. The poem is based on a popular legend about the early life of Ivan Mazepa who later became a military leader of Ukraine. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(M1-8).

London: John Murray, 1819. First Edition. Second issue with the imprint of the printer on the verso of p. 71, not p. 70. Bound with the 6 pages of adv. See Wise p. 131-132. Issued in an edition of 8000 copies. Original drab wraps (worn along spine), some foxing, untrimmed. A very good copy.

London: John Murray, 1819. First edition, first issue, with imprint on p. [70], leaf of advertisements and the 8 page catalogue, dated July, 1819. Half title present. 69, [3] pp. + [8] pp ads dated July, 1819. 1 vols. 8vo. Original drab gray wrappers, uncut. Some chips from spine, slightly cocked, but internally quite clean. In half morocco slipcase. First edition, first issue, with imprint on p. [70], leaf of advertisements and the 8 page catalogue, dated July, 1819. Half title present. 69, [3] pp. + [8] pp ads dated July, 1819. 1 vols. 8vo. Byron's Heroic Poem. The 'Fragment' of a novel (which appears on pp. 57-69) appended to Mazeppa was there introduced without the sanction of the author. On March 20, 1820, Byron wrote to Murray; "I shall not allow you to play the tricks you did last year with the prose you post-scripted to Mazeppa, which I sent you not to be published, if not in a periodical paper, and there you tacked it, without a word of explanation, and be damned to you". (Wise). Randolph,… Read More