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The Prisoner of Chillon, The Prisoner of Chillon,

BYRON, George Noel Gordon, Baron. The Prisoner of Chillon, and other poems. FIRST EDITION, 1st issue. John Murray. 1816
Half title, final ad. leaf & 4pp cata. (Nov. 1816). Uncut in orig. drab wrappers; tiny nick at head of spine, but still an exceptionally well-preserved copy as originally issued in later maroon cloth folder. [vi], 60, [61-62], [4]pp.

¶Coleridge 285.I.; Randolph p.61 (State A); Wise I.113. The first issue, with p.61 blank, and the list of poems on p.62. This copy has an additional four page catalogue, dated Nov. 1816, not mentioned by Coleridge, Randolph, or Wise.
Stock #62515
£1000


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