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DON JUAN
by BYRON, LORD GEORGE GORDON
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1971. AEG. Covers and spine designeds and lettered in gilt. Silk bppkmark sewn-in. A copy of Notes From The Archives is laid-in. Illustrations by Hugo Steiner-Prag. This satirical epic poem was first published in 1819. Lord Byron (1788-1824) was an English peer, a poet and politician, one of the leading figures in the Romantic movement. 358pp.. The Collector's Library of Famous Editio. Full Green Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Royal Octavo.
Synopsis
Byron’s exuberant masterpiece tells of the adventures of Don Juan, beginning with his illicit love affair at the age of sixteen in his native Spain and his subsequent exile to Italy. Following a dramatic shipwreck, his exploits take him to Greece, where he is sold as a slave, and to Russia, where he becomes a favorite of the Empress Catherine who sends him on to England. Written in ottava rima stanza form, Byron’s Don Juan blends high drama with earthy humor, outrageous satire of his contemporaries, and sharp mockery of Western societies, with England coming under particular attack. This authoritative edition now includes a completely new and substantially longer introduction that discusses the mythology of the Byronic hero Extensive annotation covers points of interest, selected variant readings, and the historical allusions Byron wove into his poem
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014896
- Title
- DON JUAN
- Author
- BYRON, LORD GEORGE GORDON
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- The Collector's Library of Famous Editio
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1971
- Size
- Royal Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English Literature, Lord Byron, Fine Binding, Poetry
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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- Spine
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- AEG
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- Octavo
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- Laid-in
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