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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.
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.