Lord. Don Juan.

by BYRON

£250 · Offered by Henry Sotheran Ltd

First edition with these illustrations BYRON, Lord. Don Juan. London: John Lane The Bodley Head . 1926. Large 8vo. Publisher's cream cloth, spine lettered and ornamented in gilt, upper board lettered in gilt with colour illustration; in the original dustwrapper, lettered and illustrated in black; upper edge gilt, others untrimmed; pp. [iv], v-xi, 408; with numerous leaves of plates of illustrations; light discoloration to cloth; slight toning to spine of wrapper, with chipping to top edge of wrapper, with a 75mm vertical tear to flap hinge of lower panel; bookseller's sticker to front paste-down; light spotting throughout; a very good copy, rare in the dust jacket. First edition thus. With full-page illustrations and vignettes throughout by John Austen (1886-1948). Austen was a prolific illustrator known widely for his contributions to literature through his distinctive style. Active during the early to mid-twentieth century, Austen was highly regarded for his ability to capture the mood and essence of a tale through his illustrations, often employing a delicate and ethereal style that lends itself superbly well to the satirical tone of Bryon's Don Juan . This Bodley Head edition of Byron's epic exemplifies the Press's fine limited editions of literature and poetry. SKU: 2119853

• Binding: Hardcover

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