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BYRON, George Noel Gordon, Baron.. Werner, a tragedy.. John Murray. 1823, 1823.
Price: US$84.66 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, 2nd issue. Disbound. Contemp. pencil signature of Henry Talbot on title. Randolph p.79; Wise II.43-44. The second issue, with The End and the imprint on p.188.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
BYRON, George Noel Gordon, Baron.. Werner, a tragedy.. John Murray. 1823, 1823.
Price: US$84.66 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, 2nd issue. Half title; first & last leaf sl. dusted. Disbound. Renier signature. Randolph p.79; Wise II.43-44. The second issue, with The End and the imprint on p.188.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Byron, Lord [George Gordon Noel].. Werner, a tragedy.. London, John Murray, 1823.
Price: US$87.91 + shipping
Description: London, John Murray, 1823. VIII, 188 S. Ldr. d. Zt. mit Goldpräg. Erste Ausgabe. - Druckwidmung für Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. - Die Tragödie erschien im gleichen Jahr in Paris bei Galignani; u. der Hamburger Georg Lotz veröffentlichte "Byron's Werner als Novelle" (auch unter dem Titel "Werner, der Verirrte" (Schröder 2330, 20). - Rücken fachmännisch ersetzt, jedoch mit abweichendfarb. Braunton, Original-Lederdeckel beschabt u. fleckig, neue Vorsatzbll., Papier stellenw. braunfl.
Seller: Antiquariat Reinhold Pabel, Hamburg, Germany
Byron, George Gordon, Baron. Werner, a tragedy. John Murray, London, 1823.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: viii, 188 p. First edition, second issue, with "The end" followed by the imprint on p. 188. Rebound in half linen over decorative paper-covered boards, with leather spine label and new endpapers. Boards square and bright, corners sharp, gold-stamped lettering to spine label fresh; a few faint splatter stains to half-title and to title-page, else internally fine. A very satisfactory copy, though not in its original binding.
Seller: Carothers and Carothers, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
Byron George Gordon Noel, Lord. Werner: A Tragedy. John Murray, London, 1823.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Finely bound in later full green calf, inner dentelles, burgundy endpapers. Light sunning to spine, hinges slightly rubbed, circular discoloration to rear board. The second issue with imprint of p188. 188pp. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Poetry. Inventory No: 047081.
Seller: Pazzo Books, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Byron, Lord (George Gordon). Werner. A Tragedy. John Murray, London, 1823.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first issue without imprint at base of page 188. 1 vols. 8vo. Presentation From the Publishers. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE PUBLISHERS with"From the Publishers" at the top of the title. [Bound with] A First edition of Harriet Lee's "The Three Strangers. A Play." London, 1826. A dramatization of "Kruitzner." Byron's tragedy was based upon Harriet Lee's "Kruitzner, or the German's Tale" in "The Canterbury Tales" by Sophia and Harriet Lee. Randolph p. 79; NCBEL 3:742 (Lee); Wise "Byron" p. 43 Later half calf, black calf label. Quite rubbed, wear to joints and head of spine, lacking half-title, dedication and preface leaf, some light spotting and browning, else a very good copy First edition, first issue without imprint at base of page 188.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Byron, George Gordon [Lord]. Werner. John Murray, London, 1823.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition, 2nd issue, with imprint at foot of p. 188. Brown paper wrappers, with paper backing added later. Some bumps and rubbing, else very good.
Seller: Biblioctopus, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Byron, Lord (George Gordon). Werner, a Tragedy. John Murray, London, 1823.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, second issue, with imprint at foot of p. 188. viii, 188 pp. + 7 pp. ads. 1 vols. 8vo. Wise, pp. 76-77 Original gray wrappers, uncut. One inch chip from foot of spine, otherwise a fine copy in maroon cloth slipcase with chemise viii, 188 pp. + 7 pp. ads. 1 vols. 8vo First edition, second issue, with imprint at foot of p. 188.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
George Gordon, Lord Byron. Werner, a Tragedy. John Murray, 1823.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first and second issues bound together in one volume. 8vo in 1/4 red morocco on marbled paper, raised bands, title and decorations in gilt, marbled endsheets, new endpapers. Light foxing throughout the second issue, ancient p.o. signature at the top of the first issue title page. The odd thing is that the binder got stuff out of order. The second issue ('the end' and imprint on page 188) is first in the volume, followed by the first issue, and then followed by the November 1822 ads that accompanied the second issue. The sheets in the first issue and the ads have been trimmed to 203mm; the second issue sheets remain 210mm.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Byron, Lord (George Gordon). Werner, a Tragedy. John Murray, London, 1823.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, second issue, with imprint at foot of p. 188. viii, 188pp. + 7pp ads. 1 vols. 8vo. Wise, pp. 76-77 Original gray wrappers, uncut. Upper wrapper splitting, otherwise a fine copy in quarter brown morocco slipcase with chemise viii, 188pp. + 7pp ads. 1 vols. 8vo First edition, second issue, with imprint at foot of p. 188.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
BYRON, George Noel Gordon, Baron.. Werner, a tragedy.. John Murray. 1823, 1823.
Price: US$352.74 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, 2nd issue. Half title. Expertly rebound in half tan calf, gilt spine, olive green leather label. A v.g. handsome copy. Randolph p.80; Wise II.43-44. The second issue, with the words 'The End' on p.188.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
BYRON, George Noel Gordon, Baron.. Werner, a tragedy.. John Murray. 1823, 1823.
Price: US$352.74 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, 1st issue. 7pp cata. (Nov. 1822). Recent grey wrappers. v.g. Randolph p.79; Wise II.43-44. The SCARCE first issue, without 'The End' or an imprint on p.188.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Byron, Lord George Gordon. Werner. A Tragedy.. John Murray, London, 1823.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first state of Byron's retelling of Kruitzner, or the German's Tale in Harriet Lee's Canterbury Tales without "the end" and the imprint on page 188. Octavo, bound in full polished calf with five raised gilt bands to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles. Lacking the publisher's advertisements. In very good condition. "Byron is to a far greater degree than the other romanticists the poet of humankind. He conveys with tremendous power the majesty and desolation of history, the vanity of pomp and pride, the transitoriness of fame. And he is the poet of contemporary society, keen to discern the false and the corrupt, courageous in denunciation yet with pity for the young and innocent⦠As a poet he mirrored brilliantly and without distortion an absorbingly interesting world" (Baugh, 1229).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Byron, Lord George Gordon. Werner. A Tragedy.. John Murray, London, 1823.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first state of Byron's retelling of Kruitzner, or the German's Tale in Harriet Lee's Canterbury Tales without "the end" and the imprint on page 188 and with 7 pages of advertisements at rear dated November, 1822. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards, marbled endpapers. From the library of English astronomer, politician, ornithologist, bibliophile and philatelist James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford with his bookplate to the pastedown. "Byron is to a far greater degree than the other romanticists the poet of humankind. He conveys with tremendous power the majesty and desolation of history, the vanity of pomp and pride, the transitoriness of fame. And he is the poet of contemporary society, keen to discern the false and the corrupt, courageous in denunciation yet with pity for the young and innocent⦠As a poet he mirrored brilliantly and without distortion an absorbingly interesting world" (Baugh, 1229).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
BYRON, Lord [George Gordon]. WERNER,; A Tragedy. John Murray, London, 1823.
Price: US$476.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 188, 7. Contempoorary ownership signature: "D. M. Moss, 1823" on the top of the title-page. Bound in publisher's "brown drab wrappers with no label" (soiled and stained, corners chipped and some bent, rear loose, spine worn. Stained on the front blanks and half-title, a good copy in the original, as issued, format. This is the first issue without "the end" and the imprint on page 188 and with 7 pages of adv in the rear dated November, 1822. Wise I, 163.; Randolph p. 79. A tall copy, Wise notes that his copy is wraps is 8-7/8 this is more like 8-15/16 x 5-1/2 in. This was issuied in an edition of 5000 copies. This verse drama is a retelling of Kruitzner, or the German's Tale in Harriet Lee's Canterbury Tales.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, viii, 188, 7 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good ephemera. Bound in contemporary brown leather covered with elaborate gilt tooling and titling. Six-band embossed spine; burgundy silk end papers. Text block is age-toned with dusty deckled edges. First end page has a tipped-in folded letter (forged) from Goethe about a contribution to Lord Byron's Monument. Second end page has a folded, lengthy note from W.C. Macready concerning a personal legal matter (Macready was the best actor performing Werner for twenty years (1830-1850) both in England and the U.S.). A previous owner's penciled inscription on top of inside first end paper. VK Consignment. Shelved in Case 0. 1260395. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.