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Sep. 16, 2026
The Works of Lord Byron. Complete in one volume. BYRON, George Noel Gordon,
Est: €50 - €80
The Works of Lord Byron. Complete in one volume. BYRON, George Noel Gordon, Baron. Published by John Murray. 1840. Gilt lettering and decoration with SIGNATURE of Warwick Gould
Purcell Auctioneers
Jul. 09, 2026
[FINE BINDINGS AND SETS]. BYRON, George Gordon, Lord (1788-1824). The Works of Lord Byron... London: John Murray, 1832-1833.
Est: $800 - $1,200
[FINE BINDINGS AND SETS]. BYRON, George Gordon, Lord (1788-1824). The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals and His Life, by Thomas Moore, Esq. London: John Murray, 1832-1833. Small 8vos. All volumes illustrated with frontispieces and engraved title-pages. All volumes, except for volumes I and IX, have the half-titles. Complete in 17 volumes. Bound by William Brown in contemporary half green levant morocco over green cloth boards, spines ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, top edges gilt, marbled endleaves.
Potter & Potter Auctions Inc.
Feb. 25, 2026
Byron, George Gordon, Lord (1788-1824)
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Byron, George Gordon, Lord (1788-1824) Autograph manuscript fragment single sheet (6.5 x 18.1cm, folded in half), containing a few lines of the end of narrative poem ‘Oscar of Alva,’ part of Byron's second collection of poems, Hours of Idleness (Newark, 1807), containing slight differences in the text of the fragment and the published version of the poem, the sheet is enclosed in a folded sheet of paper pasted in to the album on which has been written: ‘Lord Byron’s writing, a portion of the original poem of Oscar of Alva, E.B. Pigot, Southwell, Sept. 22d, 1846;' Elizabeth Bridget Pigot (1783-1866) was a neighbour, friend and correspondent of Byron, the poet having lived in Burgage Manor in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, between 1804-07; Pigot made fair copies of all the poems Byron had printed when he was at Southwell, with the fair copies being sent to the Newark bookseller John Ridge for publication. In an autograph album, 19th century, 16mo, green embossed cloth, gilt edges, including fragments of the writing of John Ruskin, Thomas Carlyle, an Arabic translation of the New Testament speech of Jesus on the cross ‘Forgive them father,’ and approx. 30 additional signatures The publication of Byron's Hours of Idleness (1807) was subject to the scathing attack in The Edinburgh Review in 1808 which in turn provoked Byron to write English Bards and Scotch Reviewers.
Lyon & Turnbull
Jan. 16, 2025
[FINE BINDINGS]. BYRON, George Gordon, Lord (1788-1824). Th...
Est: $300 - $600
[FINE BINDINGS]. BYRON, George Gordon, Lord (1788-1824). The Works of Lord Byron. London: John Murray, 1823. 12mos. 5 volumes. Later nineteenth century full red straight-grain morocco, boards ruled in gilt and blind, spines ruled, tooled, and lettered in gilt in compartments, four raised bands, gilt board edges and turn-ins, plain brown endleaves, all edges gilt (spines a bit toned, some minor occasional edgewear or rubbing to binding, occasional faint soiling to endleaves, some minor occasional foxing in text, 1 signature in volume IV re-inserted and extending a bit beyond the text block). Fine. Gift inscription to Christian de Ligné IV, Xmas 1943, on first blank of volume I.
Potter & Potter Auctions Inc.
Oct. 16, 2024
;The drawing-Room edition of the Poetical Works of Lord Byron : with illust
Est: €80 - €120
;The drawing-Room edition of the Poetical Works of Lord Byron : with illustrative notes and a memoir of the life of the author / by William Anderson Complete in 2 Volumes Byron, George Gordon Byron Baron (1788-1824) Published by London : A. Fullarton & Co,Gladstone and his contemporaries : sixty years of social and political progress / From 1830 to the end of the parliamentary session of 1889, and to the year 1890 by Thomas Archer.Gladstone and his contemporaries : sixty years of social and political progress / From 1830 to the end of the parliamentary session of 1889, and to the year 1890.Vol 1-4 (6)
Purcell Auctioneers
Jul. 13, 2024
Byron & Dampier - Great Volcano of Peli, at Hawaii
Est: $500 - $1,500
This lovely hand-colored, aquatint engraving was done by Robert Dampier as part of George Anson Byron's Voyage of H.M.S. Blonde to the Sandwich Islands in the Years 1824-1825. The work was published in London by John Murray in 1826. The engraving is on India paper which is mounted to a larger sheet with 1826 Whaman watermark. The work was an account of the voyage to Hawaii to return the bodies of King Kamehameha ll and Queen Kamamalu, who passed away from measles while on a state visit to London in 1824. It detailed the King's visit as well as the history of British exploration to the Hawaiian islands. Sir Peter Buck described the voyage as "one of the most gracious acts that one country has ever extended to another." (Forbes) “Captain George Anson Byron was the cousin of the famous poet and succeeded to his title. This expedition, his last appointment afloat, was undertaken to convey back to the Hawaiian Islands the remains of their King Kamehameha II and his Queen, who had died from measles during their state visit to England." (Sabin 100816)
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books
Mar. 28, 2024
Byron (Lord George Gordon Noel, sixth Baron Byron) Autograph address panel signed to Dr Samuel Butler, Headmaster of Shrewsbury School, remains of red wax seal, on reverse a draft letter from Dr ...
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Byron (Lord George Gordon Noel, sixth Baron Byron, poet, 1788-1824) Autograph address panel signed to Dr Samuel Butler, Headmaster of Shrewsbury School, remains of red wax seal, on reverse a draft letter from Dr Butler in the hand of his daughter Harriet, tear along one side where opened, folds, slightly browned, 250 x 165mm., February 1814; and 4 others, comprising: another autograph address panel from Byron to Scrope Berdmore Davies and 2 engraved portraits of Byron, v.s., v.d. (5). *** First mentioned relating to a correspondence between Byron and Dr Butler, referring to Butler's translation of Lucien Bonaparte's, Charlemagne. Second mentioned to Byron's university friend Scrope Berdmore Davies; Byron later dedicated his poem "Parisina" to Davies, and described him once as "One of the cleverest men I ever knew in conversation".
Forum Auctions - UK
Jun. 17, 2023
ANTIQUE 19TH C BRONZE SCULPTURE OF LORD BYRON
Est: $100 - $150
An antique 19th-century patinated bronze sculpture. The piece represents a young man with a hat and walking cane. The figure portrays the young George Gordon Byron, known simply as Lord Byron, 1788 to 1824, an English romantic poet. European Sculpture And Decor, Antiquarian Collectibles.
Antique Arena Inc
Nov. 12, 2020
ENGLISH ROMANTIC POETS: BYRON, COLERIDGE, WORDSWORTH. 3 titles: 1. BYRON, GEORGE GORDON. 1788-1824. The Works of Lord Byron. London: John Murray, 1832-1833.
Est: $700 - $900
This lot is to be sold with no reserve ENGLISH ROMANTIC POETS: BYRON, COLERIDGE, WORDSWORTH. 3 titles: 1. BYRON, GEORGE GORDON. 1788-1824. The Works of Lord Byron. London: John Murray, 1832-1833. 17 volumes. 12mo. Green morocco gilt, labels to spines. 2. COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR. 1772-1834. The Poetical Works.... London: William Pickering, 1834. 3 volumes. 12mo. Polished calf, black labels lettered and decorated in gilt. 3. WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM. 1770-1850. Poems.... AND The Prelude. London: Edward Moxon, 1842 and 1851. 2 volumes. 12mo. Polished calf, red labels, spines decorated and lettered in gilt. For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Oct. 21, 2020
BYRON, GEORGE ANSON. 1789-1868. Voyage of H.M.S. Blonde to the Sandwich Islands in the Years 1824-1825. London: John Murray, 1826.
Est: $700 - $1,000
BYRON, GEORGE ANSON. 1789-1868. Voyage of H.M.S. Blonde to the Sandwich Islands in the Years 1824-1825. London: John Murray, 1826. 4to (267 x 210 mm). 15 plates comprising a folding aquatint frontispiece; a folding map; a wood-engraved plate; a full-page plan of Kilauea volcano; and 11 aquatint portraits & views. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt. Dampstaining throughout, several creases to frontispiece, covers detached, general wear to binding. Provenance: John Biddulph [South African explorer 1796-1837?] (ownership signature to title); Aubrey Penderel Janion (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Recounts Byron's journey to return the bodies of King Kamehameha II and Queen Kamamalu to Hawaii. The voyage, described by Sir Peter Buck as 'one of the most gracious acts that one country has ever extended to another' (Forbes), was commissioned by the British government with Byron in command. This copy with interesting provenance, quite possibly from the collection of John Burnet Biddulp, South African explorer who arrived with the 1820 Settlers, and likely a ancestor of Aubrey Penderel Janion. Abbey Travel 597; Forbes 630; Hill 231; Sabin 100816. For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Jan. 23, 2020
Lord Byron Signature with His Wax Seal
Est: $400 - $600
No mere patron of the Romantic Movement was George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)—to be sure, he was a leader. This poet was more wordsmith than even the most “enlightened” of his essayist contemporaries, and, too, his poetic works remain among the most influential of all 19th Century literary pieces. Here offered is an impressive example of Lord Byron’s rare signature. Penned along a 1.5 x 3.5 slip with wax seal, the subject wrote “Byron” with an emphatic flair. Though portions of his graceful penmanship have faded slightly, the signature projects nicely against its off-white medium.
One of a Kind Collectibles Auctions, LLC
Dec. 13, 2018
* Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord, 1788-1824). A piece of red damask material from the bed curtains of the bridal bed of Lord and Lady Byron, 1815,
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
approximately 14 x 21 cm, loosely window-mounted in card held by two butterfly clips with a typed initialled note by Harold Nicolson pasted to verso, 'This piece of damask was given me by James Pope-Hennessy. It comes from the bed at Seaham [Hall, County Durham], in which Byron spent his bridal night. There was a fire in the room and the red curtains were drawn round the bed. Byron woke up to see the flames playing through the curtains [of the flickering candlelight]. He said "Am I in Hell?" Lady Byron was much wounded by this remark. H.N. 1939', preserved in a contemporary quarter morocco folder - Quantity (1)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Nov. 29, 2017
BYRON, George Gordon (1788-1824). Cheque/Payment Request, inscribed in Byron's hand for One Hundred Pounds. 'Messrs. Sitwell & Sons Pay Myself or Bearer One Hundred Pounds on Account £100' SIGNED 'Byron'. The cheque is dated 'London 6th July 18[20] and cancel clipped at the top right-hand corner, removing part of the date.
Est: £700 - £1,000
BYRON, George Gordon (1788-1824). Cheque/Payment Request, inscribed in Byron's hand for One Hundred Pounds. 'Messrs. Sitwell & Sons Pay Myself or Bearer One Hundred Pounds on Account £100' SIGNED 'Byron'. The cheque is dated 'London 6th July 18[20] and cancel clipped at the top right-hand corner, removing part of the date.
Chiswick Auctions
Oct. 15, 2017
Three Sets of Leather-Bound Books
Est: $600 - $900
Three Sets of Leather-Bound Books Including George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1827), Works, 17 volumes, London: John Murray, 1832-1833, in full green calf with gilt fillet, the spines with red panels with gilt lettering and decoration, with marbled endpapers and bookplate of John Barclay de Courcy, 6-3/4" x 4-1/2"; Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), The Waverly Novels, complete in 48 volumes, Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1879, illustrated, in green half leather on marbled boards, the spines with red panels with gilt lettering and decoration, 6-7/8" x 4-3/4"; and Charles Lever (1806-1872) Novels, 17 volumes, London: Chapman & Hall, 1873, illustrated, in tan half leather on marbled boards with gilt fillet, the spines with red and green panels with gilt lettering and decoration, bookplate of Wade Hampton Hays, 8-5/8" x 5-7/8". 82 books total
New Orleans Auction Galleries
Sep. 27, 2017
BYRON, George Gordon (1788-1824). A free front from an envelope inscribed: 'Mr Teyeant Mcualthice (?) J. White Hall Place' and SIGNED 'Byron' on the bottom left side.
Est: £300 - £500
BYRON, George Gordon (1788-1824). A free front from an envelope inscribed: 'Mr Teyeant Mcualthice (?) J. White Hall Place' and SIGNED 'Byron' on the bottom left side.
Chiswick Auctions
Sep. 27, 2017
BYRON, George Gordon (1788-1824). Cheque/Payment Request, inscribed in Byron's handæfor One Hundred Pounds. 'Messrs. Sitwell & Sonsæ Pay Myself or Bearer One Hundred Pounds on Account £100' SIGNED 'Byron'. The cheque is dated 'London 6th July 18[20] and cancel clipped at the top right-hand corner, removing part of the date.
Est: £700 - £1,000
BYRON, George Gordon (1788-1824). Cheque/Payment Request, inscribed in Byron's handæfor One Hundred Pounds. 'Messrs. Sitwell & Sonsæ Pay Myself or Bearer One Hundred Pounds on Account £100' SIGNED 'Byron'. The cheque is dated 'London 6th July 18[20] and cancel clipped at the top right-hand corner, removing part of the date.
Chiswick Auctions
Jun. 07, 2017
BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD. 1788-1824. Autograph Document Signed (Byron),
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD. 1788-1824. Autograph Document Signed (Byron), being a payment receipt for 50 pounds to John Hanson, with notary blindstamp, light toning, matted beneath: Autograph Document Signed (C.G. Byron)[Catherine Gordon Byron, the poet’s mother], 1 p, Southwell, 11th April/ 1807, being a payment order to John Hanson, countersigned to the verso, with notary blindstamp, some soiling, wear to the corners.
Bonhams
Jun. 14, 2016
[BYRON, GEORGE GORDON NOEL, LORD - BYRONIANA]. DELAVIGNE. MESSENIENNE. 1824
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Pamphlet, 8vo (8 3/8 x 5 1/8 in.; 213 x 130 mm). Bound with other pamphlets; condition varies. Half brown morocco gilt; worn and rubbed.
Sotheby's
May. 13, 2016
*Byron (Lord George Gordon Noel, 1788-1824).
Est: £150 - £200
*Byron (Lord George Gordon Noel, 1788-1824). Commemorative medal on the Death of Lord Byron, by A. J. Stothard (possibly from a design by Thomas Stothard), 1824, copper with dark brown patina, bust left with bead and reel border, reverse: lightening striking branches, lettered edge in Greek, one or two minor marks to rim of reverse, otherwise extremely fine, 64mm, late 19th century cream velvet mount and framed & glazed BHM 1231; Grueber 260/5. Possibly minted at the Royal Mint and dedicated by William Pickering and William Worthington. (1)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Apr. 05, 2016
BYRON, George Gordon Noel Lord: Briefumschlag, eigenhändig datiert "London Septr thirtieth" (1814), adressiert und signiert "Byron"
Est: -
BYRON, George Gordon Noel Lord, 1788-1824. Briefumschlag, eigenhändig datiert "London Septr thirtieth" (1814), adressiert und signiert "Byron". Quer-8°. Mit Blindsiegel und Poststempeln. Links beschnitten, Ausriss an der nicht beschrifteten hinteren Lasche. An seinen Freund und Verleger John Murray und dessen Schwager (Cornelius?) Elliot in Edinburgh. "To Mr Murray Mr Elliot Northumberland St Edinburgh". S e h r s e l t e n .
Stargardt Autographenhandlung
Apr. 04, 2016
BYRONS WORKS 1833 17 VOLUME BOOK SET
Est: $800 - $1,600
George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824), 'The Works of Lord Byron: with his Letters and Journals, and His Life," Thomas Moore Esq., London: John Murray, 1833. Complete set of seventeen volumes, with engravings by William Finden (1787-1852), in green half leather with densely marbled boards, the spine with gilded details, marbled end papers and edges. 6.75"h x 4.25"w.
Rare-Era
Feb. 14, 2016
FORE-EDGE PAINTING. BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD. 17
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
FORE-EDGE PAINTING. BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD. 1788-1824. The Giaour, a Fragment of a Turkish Tale. BOUND WITH: The Siege of Corinth. AND: The Prisoner of Chillon. AND: Poems. AND: Poems on Domestic Circumstances. AND: Monody of the Death of ... Sheridan. AND: The Lament of Tasso. AND: Manfred. AND: Mazeppa. AND: Beppo. AND: The Age of Bronze. London: Printed by T. Davison, for John Murray (except as indicated), 1813; 1816; 1816; 1816; for J. Bumpus, 1816; 1817; 1817; 1817; 1819; 1818; for John Hunt, 1823. 11 works in one volume. 8vo (210x131mm). With four engraved plates. Black straight-grain morocco, all edges gilt, fore-edge painting. Custom fleece-lined slipcase. Some offsetting to leaves adjacent to plates, light uniform browning in “Manfred,” small split to upper joint at head of spine. Provenance: Helmut N. Friedlaender (book label). WITH FORE-EDGE PAINTING OF THE CASTLE OF CHILLON. First editions of “Corinth,” “Chillon,” “Poems,” “Manfred” (second issue), and “Mazeppa.” Third editions of “Giaour,” “Tasso,” and “Bronze.” Fifth edition of “Beppo.” “New” edition of “Monody.” Presumably later edition of “Domestic Circumstances.”
Bonhams
Dec. 01, 2015
BYRON, George Gordon, Lord (1788-1824) The Corsair London: J Murray, 1814 H
Est: -
BYRON, George Gordon, Lord (1788-1824) The Corsair London: J Murray, 1814 Half-title and 2ll advertisements at end (Half-tit...
Christie's
Sep. 17, 2015
Byron - Autograph payment note signed "Byron", countersigned "Barclay & Co
Est: £800 - £1,200
(George Gordon Noel, sixth Baron Byron, poet, 1788-1824) Autograph payment note signed "Byron", countersigned "Barclay & Co." folds, browned, framed and glazed, 82 x 201mm., Cambridge, 28th October 1811. "Cambridge Octr 28th 1811 Sir, Please to pay Mr Litchfield or bearer the sum of twenty one pounds sterling yr. very obedt. Servt Byron Jno. Hanson Esqre. 6 Chancery Lane London." Byron was on a visit to Cambridge in October 1811.
Dreweatts 1759
Apr. 19, 2014
Byron, George Gordon, Lord
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
Byron, George Gordon, Lord. (1788-1824) Legendary British poet who was instrumental in creating the Romantic Movement; he died fighting for Greek independence. Autograph manuscript, being four lines from his first major poem "Oscar of Alva," reading: "And Mora's eyes could Allen move/She bade his wounded pride rebel/Alas! that eyes which beamed with love/Should urge the soul to deeds of hell." Fine, with an interesting history, and two corrections, showing that this was his actual working manuscript. He originally began the second line with "Love," changing it to "She," and the next to last word in that line he changed to "Pride" from an indistinguishable original word. The piece is mounted to a larger sheet on which is written, "The above is Lord Byron's writing and is the 74th verse of the poem entitled 'Oscar of Alva,' published in his 'Hours of Idleness,' written when he was at Southwell and is a part of the Original M.S." This is in the hand of Elizabeth Pigot, a longtime friend whose house Southwell was virtually Byron's adopted home, and with whom he exchanged verses and books. When he left her, they parted on close terms and continued to correspond. He gave her the manuscript of "Oscar of Alva" to transcribe for publication, and she later cut it up to give out. Only 14 of these cut slips of verses from this poem are known to exist, and many of them are in institutions. Manuscripts of Byron are of the greatest rarity. At the bottom of the page, Elizabeth has written out and signed her own poem in praise of Byron, beginning "Byron! I knew thee in thy early day, When yet thy Sun had scarcely shown a ray...." The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000.
Goldberg Coins & Collectibles
Apr. 11, 2014
Byron, George Gordon, Lord: 2 Gedicht-Zeilen
Est: €800 - €1,200
Byron, George Gordon, Lord, englischer Dichter (1788-1824). Ausschnitt aus einem eigh. Gedicht-Manuskript. 2 Zeilen. 2,9 x 16 cm. (Athen 1811). "The Cypress saddening by the sacred Mosque / The whiter turret of the gay Kiosk". Zwei Zeilen aus dem berühmten, am 17. März 1811 im Athener Kapuzinerkloster entstandenen Gedicht "The Curse of Minerva". Mit 2 Verbesserungen; so ist in der ersten Zeile "shadowing" in "saddening" geändert. Später im Druck ist dann auch noch "The whiter turret" durch "The gleaming turret" ersetzt. - Die Verse wurden 1814 in "The Corsair" wiederverwendet. - Manuskripte Byrons sind im Handel von größter Seltenheit.
Bassenge Auctions
Feb. 10, 2014
BYRON, GEORGE GORDON. 1788-1824.- Written by Lord Byron at the Crown Hotel, Harrowgate, 1806. To a Beautiful Quaker.... [N.p., n.d., after 1833].
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
No description available
Bonhams
Dec. 18, 2012
George Noel Gordon, Lord BYRON (1788-1824). L.A.S., Newstead Abbey 7 août 1811, [à son ami James Wedderburn WEBSTER]; 4 pages in-4 ; en anglais.
Est: €8,000 - €10,000
George Noel Gordon, Lord BYRON (1788-1824). L.A.S., Newstead Abbey 7 août 1811, [à son ami James Wedderburn Webster]; 4 pages in-4 ; en anglais. Lettre pleine de colère, écrite sous le choc de la mort de sa mère (1er août 1811), alors que Byron revient d'un séjour de deux ans en Grèce (arrivé à Londres le 14 juillet, il partit le 2 août pour Newstead Abbey, ayant reçu la nouvelle du décès). Cette lettre semble inédite. Il a reçu sa lettre indignée et ne comprend pas, puisqu'il s'agissait d'une voiture, l'objection à la présence d'un carrossier [il s'agit de la commande par Byron d'une voiture, puis de l'achat d'une voiture appartenant à Webster pour venir de Londres à Newstead Abbey]. Il n'est pas dans son pouvoir de l'offenser, et face au refus de Byron, qu'il s'appelle son ancien ami suggère qu'il soit son futur ennemi. Pourtant l'ami ne saurait avoir une opinion plus humble de Byron que Byron lui-même, et Byron trouve dans le style de son épître quelque chose de si teuton, que l'on pourrait supposer que son tuteur allemand ne l'eût pas relâché : elle commence par une insulte et se termine par une absurdité... Il le remercie de ses efforts pour sa défense, et cite plaisamment une épigramme de Prior... Pourquoi W. le défend-il et pourquoi l'attaque-t-il ? Tout est si mélangé, c'est à peine si Byron distingue entre les deux. Il n'a ni le caractère ni les qualités pour se rendre un objet incessant de débat, il n'imagine pas qu'en disant à d'autres hommes qu'ils sont des sots, il prouve que lui-même est sage, et il sait que sa vie future a peu à espérer de ses folies passées (on eût pu dire vices), pourtant il compte être jugé seul... Son amitié ou son inimitié valent si peu que Byron ne l'insultera ni en lui proposant l'une, ni en le menaçant de l'autre, mais il souhaite que toutes futures communications soient écrites dans la langue d'un gentleman, parce que, sans se sentir dégradé par l'extravagance de ses expressions, les coutumes du très vilain monde dans lequel ils vivent, les obligent à adopter de sottes mesures en conséquence de protestations excessives... Et de conclure, brutalement, que sa mère repose morte dans la chambre même où a couché l'ami lorsqu'il fit à Byron l'honneur de sa compagnie à l'abbaye. Qu'il songe donc à ses sentiments, et qu'il s'arrête ! « I have received your indignant letter. - As our subject was a carriage why object to the presence of a coachmaker ? - Knowing you so well as I have done, my good friend, it is out of your power to offend me ; I sincerely wish you well, in the capacity of my present or (as you style yourself) my "former friend". - You make me of too much importance by this hint that you may be my future enemy. - You can hardly think more humbly of me, than I think of myself, & my answering such an epistle as your last is a proof of that opinion. - Indeed, from the tenor & style I should hardly suspect it to be your own composition, there is something so Teutonic in the whole, that one might suppose your German tutor had not released his pupil. - It begins with an insult, & ends with an absurdity. - I send you my sincere thanks for your exertions (during my travels) in my defence, & in return recommend the perusal of Prior's epigram. To John I owe great obligation But John unhappily thought fit To publish it to all the nations, So John & I are more than quit ! Why defend me, my dear W. ? Believe me, I am not worth a defence ; - why attack me ? When I have not provoked the assault ? - Your attacks and defenses are so jumbled together that I am hardly able to distinguish which is which. - I have no "character no merits" in my own estimation or that of others, to render me so conspicuous an object of discussion, nor do I at all conceive that by telling other men they are fools, I have proved myself to be wise. - My "future life" I know (without your lucid intimation) has little to hope from my former follies (you might have said vices) yet I trust I shall "stand or fall alone" as I should be sorry to involve others in the latter predicament. - My friendship or enmity are worth so little that I shall not insult you by offering the one, or threatening the other. - If you have any thing more to say on carriages, address it to the coachmaker, if to me, you know my address. - But let your letter be in the langage of a gentleman, because, though I shall never feel myself degraded by the rashness of your expressions, the customs of the very bad world we live in, compel us to adopt foolish measures in consequence of intemperate expostulation. - You are not aware that my mother lies dead in the very chamber where you slept when I had the honour of your company at the abbey. - Think of my feelings, & Pause ! »...
Le Brech & Associés
Dec. 12, 2012
BYRON, George Noel Gordon, Lord (1788-1824). The works of Lord Byron. Londres : J. Murray, 1826.
Est: €5,000 - €7,000
BYRON, George Noel Gordon, Lord (1788-1824). The works of Lord Byron. Londres : J. Murray, 1826. In-8 (234 x 143 mm). Petite mouillure à l'angle de quelques feuillets, accidents au dernier feuillet. Reliure de l'époque, demi-veau brun,dos lisse orné de motifs dorés, tranches mouchetées. (Restaurée). Provenance : Stendhal (annotations autographes) - Balfin - Gabriac (note manuscrite). PREMIÈRE ÉDITION COLLECTIVE DES OEUVRES DE BYRON. TRÈS PRÉCIEUX EXEMPLAIRE ANNOTÉ PAR STENDHAL. Stendhal fit la connaissance de lord Byron, pour lequel il nourrissait une grande admiration, en octobre 1816, dans la loge que louait son ami Ludovic de Brême à la Scala de Milan. Il fit spécialement relier ce volume des oeuvres complètes du poète anglais en y incorporant à la fin quelques illustrations et des morceaux variés de Virgile, Dante, l'Arioste, le Tasse et Métastase, qui devaient accompagner dans son esprit l'oeuvre du poète anglais. Stendhal a enrichi l'exemplaire d'une vingtaine de notes autographes marginales au crayon, dans lesquelles il commente le texte : "à méditer", "sublime", "by Mr Hobhouse (ami de Byron)" ou encore, à côté d'une note sur le Pèlerinage de Childe Harold : "vu 18 décembre 1827", "Rome". Il a aussi numéroté les strophes d'un des poèmes et, surtout, pris des notes à l'encre sur les gardes. On peut par exemple lire ces convictions de Stendhal sur son art : "1υeυrυe règle : des idées vraies ou intéressantes exprimées clairement. 2υeυmυe règle : quand on fait un ouvrage de l'imaginaire traduit en d'autres tems, la forme ne doit avoir que les [récentes ?] pensées, quoique le vulgaire incapable de discerner le fond, ne voye que la forme". On trouve de sa main des dates et événements très importants à la fin du livre : "20 mai 1830 je corrige la fin [partiellement effacé] of le rouge et le noir ", "17 juin 1821 Matilde ", allusion à sa rupture avec une des grandes passions de sa vie : Matilde Viscontini Dembowski, et encore cette profession de foi en commentaire d'une citation de Byron, à propos des lecteurs : "je crois qu'il suffit dans un roman de les transporter dans un monde un peu moins plat et laid que l'ordinaire" et cette note "21 février 35, 5 jours de confettis et de carnaval à Rome" qui porte la date la plus ancienne. Cet exemplaire a visiblement été son vade mecum pendant son séjour en Italie en tant que consul, de 1830 à 1835. On y trouve d'ailleurs parmi les notes ajoutées à la fin de l'ouvrage, la date "18 mars 1832 Ancône" qui marque le début de sa mission de sous-intendant du corps expéditionnaire français. Une note manuscrite de Paul Gabriac, datée de Paris 1865 précise "Ce livre a appartenu à Henri Beyle, (de Stendhal) qui le légua à son ami Balfin, négociant à Rome, qui le donna à Jeanne-Marie Gabriac, de qui je le tien ". Balfin et Gabriac sont deux négociants cités dans une des lettres de Stendhal au comte Sebastiani, ministre des Affaires étrangères : "J'ai soumis ces deux états aux lumières des négociants les plus instruits (MM. Balfin, La Rosière, Laisné, Dubois, Gabriac)". Précieux ouvrage composé par Stendhal à partir des oeuvres de Byron et contenant des notes personnelles très révélatrices tant sur l'oeuvre du poète anglais que sur la vie privée de Stendhal lui-même. Stendhal, Correspondance VII, Le Divan.
Christie's
Sep. 10, 2012
Portrait of Lord George Gordon Byron (English, 1788-1824), unsigned, oil on canvas, profile of young man, craquelure and surface wea...
Est: $100 - $300
Portrait of Lord George Gordon Byron (English, 1788-1824), unsigned, oil on canvas, profile of young man, craquelure and surface wear, damage to gilt frame, ss: 33" h. x 27 1/2" w.
Winter Associates, Inc.
Jun. 30, 2012
Byron, George Gordon Noel, Lord
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Byron, George Gordon Noel, Lord. (1788-1824) - English poet; a leading figure in the Romantic movement. Free-franked address panel signed "Byron" at lower left, addressed in his hand to Mr. R. Nasmyth in Edinburgh, written from Presteign, January fourteenth 1813, with red circular cancellation, and later buyer's note at left side. Some toning and soiling. The panel is affixed to the inside cover of Manfred, a Dramatic Poem. London: John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1817. 1st edition, 2nd issue. 8vo, 80 pp.; end page missing after Notes. Original wraps have chipping and worn corners. Previous owner's name and date (1880) on first inside page; some ink offset and foxing. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500.
Goldberg Coins & Collectibles
Jun. 13, 2012
Italian School, 19th Century
Est: £400 - £600
A young Gentleman, traditionally identified as Lord George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, (1788–1824), standing before a cliff, wearing sky blue breeches and doublet, the latter with white lace and buttons, white chemise, pale yellow cummerbund, black jacket with pale yellow lining and trim to the shoulders, the hilt of his dagger just visible at his left, his right arm propped up against a tree. Surmouted by an enamel plaque that reads HE SWAYS THE SOUL WITH THAT/ COMMANDING ART/ BYRON'S CORSAIR, gilt-mounted within rectangular red leather travelling case, the exterior with collection label of Desmond Coke. Rectangular, 92mm (3 5/8in) high Provenance: The Desmond Coke Collection
Bonhams
Apr. 23, 2012
†Portrait of Lord George Gordon Byron (English, 1788-1824), unsigned, oil on canvas, profile of young man, cracquelure and surface we..
Est: $300 - $500
Portrait of Lord George Gordon Byron (English, 1788-1824), unsigned, oil on canvas, profile of young man, cracquelure and surface wear, damage to gilt frame, ss: 33" h. x 27 1/2" w.
Winter Associates, Inc.
Oct. 13, 2011
(Decorative Bindings), including: Byron, George Gordon Noel, Lord (1788-182), Works, London: John Murray, 1832-33, fifteen of sevent...
Est: $400 - $600
(Decorative Bindings), including: Byron, George Gordon Noel, Lord (1788-182), Works, London: John Murray, 1832-33, fifteen of seventeen volumes, three-quarter blue morocco, 8vo; Morley, Christopher (1890-1957), Works, London: Macmillan and Co., 1907, twelve volumes, three-quarter green morocco, 8vo.
Skinner
Oct. 10, 2011
FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS—ITALY. BYRON, GEORGE GORDON NOEL, LORD. 1788-1824. The Poetical Works. London: John Murray, 1850.
Est: $500 - $700
BYRON, GEORGE GORDON NOEL, LORD. 1788-1824. The Poetical Works. London: John Murray, 1850. * Uniform with: MOORE, THOMAS. The Life of Lord Byron. London: John Murray, 1844. 8vo (230 x 141 mm). viii, 827, [1]; xix, [1], 735, [1] pp. Both volumes with additional engraved title and frontispiece, first title also with engraved dedication and two plates of facsimile handwriting. Period full reddish-brown morocco with heavy gilt decoration, a.e.g., fore-edge paintings to each volume. Joints rubbed, spines somewhat dry, light shelfwear. Provenance: Great Exhibition of 1851 (label); Bernardine Murphy (bookplate). FROM THE CRYSTAL PALACE EXHIBITION. Includes fore-edge paintings of Verona and of Venice. A label on the front pastedown of each volume states that these volumes were "selected from the Great Exhibition of 1851."
Bonhams
Jun. 28, 2011
BYRON, George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron (1788-1824).
Est: £100 - £200
BYRON, George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron (1788-1824). The Works ... In Six Volumes. London: John Murray, 1827 [vol. VII dated 1826]. 7 volumes, 12mo (165 x 104mm). Half titles (one signature starting in vol. one, occasional very light spotting and staining). Attractively bound in 19th-century crimson straight-grained morocco gilt, spines gilt in compartments, gilt edges (stain to upper board of vol. VI, extremities lightly rubbed, a few small scuff marks). Provenance: George Miller (armorial bookplate). Volume VII contains Cantos I to IV (vol. one only) of Don Juan, a work which is not present in the first 6 vols. (7)
Chiswick Auctions
Jun. 23, 2011
BYRON, George Gordon Noel, Lord (1788-1824). The Age of Bronze; or, Carmen seculare et annus ad mirabilis. London: C.H. Reynell for John Hunt, 1823.
Est: $600 - $800
BYRON, George Gordon Noel, Lord (1788-1824). The Age of Bronze; or, Carmen seculare et annus ad mirabilis. London: C.H. Reynell for John Hunt, 1823. 8υo (225 x 137 mm). Half-title. Wove paper, watermarked "1882" or "S", presumably for "H. Smith." (Half-title and final blank dustsoiled, some wear to uncut edges.) Original drab wrappers, uncut (wrappers relined); cloth slipcase. FIRST EDITION of Byron's anonymously published satire inspired by the Congress of Verona. Randolph, p.81; Wise Byron II, pp.41-2.
Christie's
Mar. 29, 2011
BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, Lord (1788-1824, poet)
Est: £800 - £1,000
TWO PORTRAITS: i) BY AN UNKNOWN ARTIST, pencil drawing, head and shoulders, profile facing right, head slightly raised, captioned below on original leaf onto which the drawing is tipped 'An original sketch of Lord Byron' in an early nineteenth-century 'print' (possibly female) hand and with a note on the verso in another nineteenth-century hand 'Original, unpublished sketch of Lord Byron from life (artist unknown)', framed and glazed, size of image 3¾ x 3¼ inches (9.5 x 8 cm), overall size 10¼ x 9 ¼ inches (25.5 x 23.5 cm) [early nineteenth century] Dr Annette Peach published this drawing in her thesis on portraits of Byron and subsequently in the Walpole Society, 2000. She noted: 'In the attention given to the profile line, the sketch resembles that made by Lady Byron in 1815 which also shows the sitter facing to the right, a pose Byron did not adopt with professional artists...in the absence of any known provenance the identification of the sitter remains conjectural.' It is interesting in view of the fact that Byron was known to have a slight malformation of the ear-lobe that Dr Peach notes of this portrait 'ear-lobe indistinct'. ii) BY CRAWFORD, bronzed base metal round medallion, head and shoulders, profile facing left, signed 'Crawford' on the truncation, inscribed on the verso of the frame 'Medallion portrait of the poet... "The Byron is the finest likeness of the Noble Poet we have ever seen" – Edinburgh Evening Post', framed and glazed in a contemporary square miniature frame with ring for suspension, size of image 4¼ inches (11 cm), overall size 6 x 6 inches (15 x 15 cm), [nineteenth century] The following entry under Crawford appears in L. Forrer, Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, 1904: '(Brit.) A Glasgow Die-sinker of the early part of the nineteenth century...'
Bonhams
Mar. 29, 2011
BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, Lord (1788-1824, poet)
Est: £15,000 - £20,000
AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS POEM 'FAREWELL TO MALTA', fifty-six lines written in a fair, cursive hand, with two textual revisions, signed with his initial ('B') and dated 'May 26th. 1811', 4 pages, quarto, slight browning and foxing, wear at folds, four small slips of paper affixed at edges, 1811
Bonhams
Feb. 26, 2011
LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON) (1788-1824) SIGNED LETTER
Est: $20 - $2,000
LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON) (1788-1824) SIGNED LETTER A July 15, 1813 signed AL by Lord Byron possibly to Thomas Clarke. Minor tape marks and repairs.
Dirk Soulis Auctions
Nov. 14, 2010
Byron, Lord George Gordon Noel (1788-1824), The Prisoner of Chillon, and Other Poems, London, 1816, first edition, 8vo, (lacking wra...
Est: $150 - $250
Byron, Lord George Gordon Noel (1788-1824), The Prisoner of Chillon, and Other Poems, London, 1816, first edition, 8vo, (lacking wraps, endpapers, E8 and ads, starting, pp. 59/60 loose, title page with light top edge chipping and some browning, scattered spotting).
Skinner
Oct. 04, 2010
BYRON, GEORGE GORDON NOEL, LORD. 1788-1824.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Hours of Idleness. Newark: S. and J. Ridge, 1807. [xiv], 187 pp. 8vo (220 by 140 mm). Original boards, printing to spine. Hinges cracked, light spotting to upper cover, shelfwear. In custom slipcase. First edition, second issue with p 171 misnumbered "71." There is some debate whether this issue is a forgery or simply unauthorized. Randolph p 9. See illustration.
Bonhams
Nov. 15, 2009
(Decorative Bindings), Byron, Lord George Gordon Noel (1788-1824), The Works of Lord Byron, London: John Mur...
Est: $150 - $200
(Decorative Bindings), Byron, Lord George Gordon Noel (1788-1824), The Works of Lord Byron, London: John Murray, 1828, four volumes, gilt lettered and tooled blue calf with red spine labels, 12mo, (minor wear throughout).
Skinner
Nov. 15, 2009
Byron, George Gordon Noel, Lord (1788-1824), The Prisoner of Chillon, and Other Poems, London, 1816,...
Est: $150 - $200
Byron, George Gordon Noel, Lord (1788-1824), The Prisoner of Chillon, and Other Poems, London, 1816, first edition, later state, three-quarter morocco, 8vo, (spotting, bookplate, lightly bumped).
Skinner
Jun. 01, 2009
BYRON, George Gordon, 6th Baron (1788-1824). Autograph letter signed ('Byron') to Captain John Hay, Pisa, 19 January 1822, 'A Thousand and one thanks for the boar -- which has arrived in high order -- and entire', regretting that Hay is not
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
BYRON, George Gordon, 6th Baron (1788-1824). Autograph letter signed ('Byron') to Captain John Hay, Pisa, 19 January 1822, 'A Thousand and one thanks for the boar -- which has arrived in high order -- and entire', regretting that Hay is not there to share in his 'magnifique present', adding that he is writing in haste 'not to keep your man waiting', one page, 8vo. Byron had moved to Pisa at the end of October 1821 to join the Shelleys and Teresa Guiccioli: the circle they formed in Pisa, which included, besides Hay, Edward and Jane Williams and Leigh Hunt and his family, was to be broken by the twin tragedies of 1822, first the death of Byron's five year-old daughter Allegra on 20 April and then the drowning of Shelley, Williams and Charles Vivian on 8 July.
Christie's
Nov. 16, 2008
Byron, Lord George Gordon Noel (1788-1824), Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. A Romaunt., London: John Mur...
Est: $200 - $300
Byron, Lord George Gordon Noel (1788-1824), Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. A Romaunt., London: John Murray, 1841, with sixty-one steel engravings plus frontis portrait and folding map, gilt tooled full morocco, 8vo, (good).
Skinner
Jun. 12, 2008
BYRON, George Gordon Noel, Lord (1788-1824). Works . London: John Murray; New York: Charles Scribner's, 1898-1903.
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
BYRON, George Gordon Noel, Lord (1788-1824). Works. London: John Murray; New York: Charles Scribner's, 1898-1903. 13 volumes, 8o (223 x 155 mm). Illustrated. Contemporary red morocco, spines in six compartments, gilt-lettered in three, red morocco turn-ins with leafy gilt designs, blue morocco doublures, blue silk linings, top edges gilt (occasional very minor soiling at edges). LIMITED EDITION, number 21 of 250 copies, with the 6 volumes of Poetical Works signed by the publisher John Murray. (13)
Christie's
Jun. 06, 2006
[BYRON, George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824)] -- Prince Clemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar
Est: £400 - £600
[BYRON, George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824)] -- Prince Clemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von METTERNICH (1773-1859). Endorsement signed (with initial 'M'), n.p., n.d., on a wrapper enclosing a dossier in French relating to the death of Lord Byron, together 13 leaves, folio; together with an autograph endorsement signed, Vienna, 11 April 1853, on a wrapper lacking contents; the two wrappers numbered 'zu Num. 1261' and 'zu 1262'. The first endorsement reads 'Report of the K.K. Consul Micarelli at Zante on 24 November 1824 relating to the demise of Lord Byron and the talismans carried by him'. The report, in French, gives first a translation of the scroll ('rouleau') which Lord Byron was carrying on his body: 'Le rouleau commence au milieu d'une conversation de Salomon avec Satan. L'écriture est très mauvaise et très incorrecte'; the text ends 'Le Maître et possesseur de ce Talisman est Ybrahim fils de Mustufa'; there follows a description of the seal with which Lord Byron's 'lettre' (presumably the preceding text) is sealed, which bears the name Edward Caitsford or Catchford and the date 1778. The endorsement in Metternich's autograph relates to annexed documents (not present) concerning an ornamental chest found in Cannes, where, he notes, Napoleon landed in 1815 on his return from Elba. (2)
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