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Lot 292
Lot 295
292. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) We r n e r, A tr A g e d y,
first e d i t i o n, first issue without “The End” and imprint on p.188,
half-title, 7pp. advertisements at end, one or two spots, uncut and
unopened in original drab wrappers, a little rubbed, slight fraying to
joints and head of spine, small ink stain to upper wrapper, preserved
in modern cloth drop-back box, [Wise II p.43; Randolph p.79], 8vo,
John Murray, 1823. £150 - £200
293. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) We r n e r, A tr A g e d y, first
e d i t i o n, first issue without “The End” and imprint on p.188, with
7pp. advertisements bound at beginning instead of end (unknown
to Wise or Randolph), half-title, title a little spotted and browned
and with old ink inscription to inner margin, a few leaves with light
staining to outer margin, uncut in original drab wrappers, a little
rubbed, frayed at edges and corners, head of spine worn, preserved
in later cloth folder, ch A d W y c k-he A L e y c o p y with bookplate inside
folder, [Wise II p.43; Randolph p.79], 8vo, John Murray, 1823.
£150 - £200
Lot 296
LONDON
294. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) th e de f o r m e d
tr A n s f o r m e d; A dr A m A , first e d i t i o n, first vA r i A n t with signature
F misprinted as G, half-title, without the advertisements sometimes
inserted at end, some spotting, contemporary half calf, ex-Signet
Library copy with gilt arms in centre of both boards and shelf-label
on front pastedown, rubbed, [Wise II p.45; Randolph p89], 8vo, for
J. and H.L.Hunt, 1824. £100 - £150
295. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord).- Forgery [by Major
Byron] of an autograph letter purportedly from Lord Byron to James
Cawthorn, 1Ωpp., folded sheet, rather soiled and with vertical
crease, preserved in cloth portfolio with related notes loosely
inserted, 4to, “Newstead Abbey, Sept. 1st 1811” [water-marked
“J.Whatman 1805”]. £150 - £200
*** Forgery by the notorious Major Byron, George Gordon de
Luna Byron, who claimed that he was the poet’s illegitimate son
by a Spanish lady, and who, in 1848, sold several forged letters
supposedly by Byron, Keats and Shelley to a London bookseller
through his wife. This letter is recorded in Marchand’s edition
of Byron’s Letters and Journals, vol.2 p.280, along with 3 other
forgeries. James Cawthorn was the publisher of English Bards and
Scotch Reviewers.
296. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord).- Hobhouse (John
Cam, Baron Broughton) A Jo u r n e y t h r o u g h AL b A n i A...to
co n s tA n t i n o p L e, 2 vol., second edition, with engraved frontispiece,
folding map of Hellespontine Phrygia, one facsimile, 2 leaves of
musical notation and 8 hand-coloured aquatints of costumes and
views only (of 25 in total, lacking map of Albania, one facsimile
and 10 plates), some folding, engraved plate of Turkish bath loosely
inserted from another copy, directions to binder leaf loose, some
light browning and offsetting, 4I soiled and with small hole affecting
a couple of letters, contemporary half calf, spine gilt with roan
labels (one chipped), rubbed, [Abbey Travel 202; cf.Atabey 584 &
Blackmer 821, first editions], 4to, 1813; sold not subject to return
£400 - £600
*** John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton (1786-1869), politician
and friend of Byron who accompanied him on this journey to
Constantinople. Hobhouse later acted as Byron’s executor.
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