LITERATURE

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Sardanapalus, A Tragedy. The Two Foscari, A Tragedy. Cain, A Mystery. By Lord Byron. London: John Murray, 1821. Three of Byron's greatest works bound in a single volume. First edition. £120.

Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice. An Historical Tragedy in Five Acts, with notes. The Prophecy of Dante, A Poem. By Lord Byron. London: John Murray, 1821. First edition. Original blue boards with beige spine and printed paper label. £295.

Modern Flirtations. By Catherine Sinclair. Edinburgh: William Whyte & Co. 3 Vols. Handsomely bound by the Second Thousand in half-green morocco. Author's presentation copy. From the Colquhoun of Luss collection, with Sir James' bookplate. A very attractive set with lovely gilt tooling to spine. £550.

Areopagitica. By John Milton.
London: Adam & Charles Black. 1911 Printed for Sydney Humphries. I of the first edition of this printing, limited to 500 copies. (not numbered) Folio. Pictorial Dustwrapper over violet cloth stamped gilt. Upper edges trimmed + gilt. Lower and fore-edges untrimmed. [6] (blank); xxii; 94; [1] (colophon); [5] (blank).Some edgewear to dustwrapper with loss in places - now protected. Head and tail of spine bumped; corners lightly rubbed. Some fore-edges uncut. Untrimmed edges are lightly dust-soiled; else internally fine. Very Good - scarce in dutswrapper. £85