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The Gallery of Byron Beauties: Ideal Pictures of the Principal Female Characters in Lord Byron's Poems
by Byron, Lord
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1867. Hardcover. Very Good-. 1867 printing of the work originally published in 1860. Large 8vo., rebound in full leather with an intricate black and gilt stamped design, marbled eps, and raised bands on the spine with no jacket. All edges gilt.Very good- (boards bowed, scuffed; edges and corners bumped, rubbed and worn, though the gilt is in excellent shape; hinges beginning to crack; gift inscription, albeit in beautiful handwriting, on flyleaf dated October 29, 1867; plates have left brown ghosts on their tissue covers and following pages; some gilt on the edges is scraped but unbroken). 186pp.
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- Bookseller
- Page 1 Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40158
- Title
- The Gallery of Byron Beauties: Ideal Pictures of the Principal Female Characters in Lord Byron's Poems
- Author
- Byron, Lord
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1867
- Pages
- 186
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
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