first edition Hardcover
1814 · London
by Byron, George Gordon, Lord
London: John Murray, 1814. First edition. Hardcover. Contemporary quarter red morocco, backstrip lettered in gilt and marbled boards. Fine. 14 pages. 21 x 13.5 cm. With half title and one page advertisement. With Francis Lewis Randolph's bookplate and shelf label. "Very rare, in any condition -- the half-title is usually lacking." RANDOLPH p.40.. "Of all the pamphlet-poems published by John Murray in octavo size the Ode to Napoleon is by far the rarest. It is now almost impossible to find a copy in the original printed paper wrappers." TINKER p.545. WISE BYRON, I pp.98-99. Interior contents clean and fresh. (Inventory #: 21862)