THE POETICAL WORKS OF LORD BYRON 1960 FINE BAYNTUN-RIVIERE BINDING

[BYRON, LORD (b.1788-d.1824)]. The Poetical Works. London: Oxford University Press, 1960.

Hardcover. Leather-bound. Reprint [originally published in Oxford Standard Authors series in 1904]. Octavo (180 x 125 mm.), pp. [ix], (1), 923. English text in double columns printed on india paper. Exquisitely bound for Asprey & Co. Ltd. by Bayntun-Riviere (signed on the front endleaf with an ink pallet) in polished calf, the covers with a gilt border composed of two fillets. The spine divided into six panels with gilt compartments, lettered in the second on a red goatskin label, the others tooled with flowers and sprigs, the edges of the boards and turn-ins similarly ruled and tooled, hand-marbled endleaves, all page edges gilt, initial and terminal blanks plus half-title present, publisher's title-page vignette. Condition: FINE. An absolutely immaculate copy and without previous ownership markings. Scarce thus.