Lady Byron Vindicated. A History of the Byron Controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the Present Time
by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: Sampson Low, Son and Marston [Printed by Spottiswoode and Co], 1870. First English edition. Half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. Original royal blue cloth, title and author and price lettered in gilt on upper cover, covers ruled in blind, spine plain, cream glazed endpapers. Stamp of W. H. Smith on front free endpaper, some rubbing and darkening of cloth, inner hinges starting, else very good. First English edition. Half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. Stowe's very outspoken defence of Lady Byron. NCBEL 3:300; Wise "Byron" II, p. 106
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- Title
- Lady Byron Vindicated. A History of the Byron Controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the Present Time
- Author
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher
- Format/Binding
- Half-title. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original royal blue cloth, title and author and price lettered in gilt on upper cover, covers ruled in blind, spine plain, cream
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Son and Marston [Printed by Spottiswoode and Co]
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1870
- Keywords
- Romanticism | Harriet Beecher Stowe
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