Paris: Albert Savine. Very Good+. 1890. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 356 & [1] pages; Contemporary brown pebble-grained morocco leather spine over marbled boards, flat spine lettered, ruled and decoratively stamped in gilt. This handsome and well preserved binding shows only moderate wear and rubbing along the edges of the boards -- the morocco spine is fresh and fine. First edition of this biography of the active lovelife of George Gordon, sixth Lord Byron. This text is more often seen in the centenary memorial edition, published in 1924. OCLC Number: 651221932 .

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Bookseller: Antiquarian Book Shop (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 39619
Title: Les Maîtresses Authentiques de Lord Byron
Author: Rabbe, Félix
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: Albert Savine
Place of Publication: Paris
Date Published: 1890
Size: 12mo.
Keywords: George Gordon, sixth Lord Byron, Literary Biography, Love life of poets
Bookseller catalogs: 19th Century; Antiquarian Books; Biography and Autobiography;

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At The Antiquarian Book Shop, located in Georgetown - an historic neighborhood of Washington, D.C. we have been buying, selling & appraising rare, interesting and scholarly books in Georgetown for more than 30 years. Over those many years we have taken great pleasure from satisfying our customers' eclectic literary requirements in the shop and hope to continue in that tradition now that we have moved our operation on-line.Currently, our catalogued inventory includes about 4,000 books from the sixteenth century through the twentieth century in a variety of subject areas. Our stock comprises antiquarian books, collectible books and scholarly books, as well as a selection of antique prints and ephemera.The books listed here represent only a small portion of our total inventory. We are in the process of cataloguing the extensive holdings in our warehouse (15,000+ books) and hope to flesh out these pages over the months to come. Our new format allows us to expand & update our listings frequently. We have included images of many items listed to better convey their quality and condition.

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Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Morocco: Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Edges: 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...
Marbled boards: ...
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.