Byron / Elizabeth Longford
1976, 1st Edition. London: Hutchinson in association with Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #345410
ISBN: 0091273005
Physical description: xii, 231 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations, portraits; 23 cm. Contents: List of illustrations -- Author's note -- Acknowledgments -- 1. 'Hot youth' 1788-1809 -- 2. The air of Greece 1809-11 -- 3. 'Byr'n ... Byr'n ... Byrn'n ... ' 1811-13 -- 4. Courtship and marriage 1814-15 -- 5. Separation and exile 1816 -- 6. Abandonment to Venice 1816-19 -- 7. Don Juan's last attachment 1819-21 -- 8. A nest of singing birds 1821-23 -- 9. Sons of the Greeks, arise! 1823 -- 10. The Byronic vision : 1824 and after -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index. Subjects: Byron, George Gordon Byron Baron 1788-1824. Byron, George Gordon Byron Baron Biography. Poets, English 19th century Biography.
Price: €10.95