Antique Books Featuring Lord Byron and More
Item Details
A collection of antique books featuring a copy of The Poetical Works of Lord Byron With Life published by Edinburgh, Gall & Inglis. The book features six engravings on steel, an engraved cover page, gilded pages and an ornately gilded cloth cover. Also included are copies of The Thirty Years’ War by Samuel Rawson Gardnier published by Charles Scribner and Sons in 1896 for the ‘Epochs of History’ series signed and dated by the owner; The Life and Writings of Charles Dickens by Phebe A. Hanaford published in 1875 by E.C. Allen; The Life of Major John Andre by Winthrop Sargent published in 1871 by D. Appleton & Co.; a copy of the _Rubiyait of Omar Khayyam illustrated by Edmund Dulac published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1909 and more. Two of the texts are in French.
| Binding | Cloth on board |
| Number of Books | 15 |
Condition
- wear visible along book edges and some spines, some foxing; Byron missing cover; general moderate to heavy wear.
Dimensions
- measured Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (biggest book)
Item #
18SWF001-121
