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232. Two Books Inscribed by Lord Byron

BAILEY, J. and G. Culley. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Northumberland; with Observations on the Means of Its Improvement. London: Richard Phillips, 1805. Third Edition, octavo, original stiff paper boards, maps including fold-out map of Northumberland 1794, engravings of argricultural tools and livestock. Lord Byron's copy, AUTOGRAPH gift inscription to John Hansom on front paste down and scholia in Bryron's hand on pg 134. John Hansom bought the furniture of Byron for his rooms in Trinity College, Cambridge - April 23rd, 1806 for 75 pounds. LORD BYRON. Poems: The Giaour, Bride of Abydos, Corsair, Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, Poems on his Domestic Circumstances. London: 1813-1816. Octavo, gilt calf. Dawson Turner's copy with his signature on title pages of the poems. Contains a fragment of a LETTER from Lord Byron dated May 25th, 1820 at Ravenna, Italy.



1,000/2,000   Sold $2,127.50
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