Astarte: A Fragment of Truth Concerning George Gordon Byron, Sixth Lord Byron

Astarte: A Fragment of Truth Concerning George Gordon Byron, Sixth Lord Byron by Milbanke, Ralph, Earl of Lovelace — front cover
Binding:Hardcover
Size:6 - 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Volume Condition:Very Good
Dust Jacket:No
Language:English
Publisher Name: Christophers
Publication Year:1921
Publication Place:London, UK
SKU:012578
Categories: Autobiography and Biography , Literary History and Criticism
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xxx, 364pp, eight black and white plates (inc. frontispiece). Green cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on front and spine.ย  8vo. Bumped spine ends; cloth torn at spine head. Sun faded spine. Outer and bottom edges untrimmed. Foxing to prelim pages. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. A new edition with many additional letters, edited by Mary, Countess of Lovelace. The book was originally printed in 1905 by Lord Byron's grandson to uphold the truth that Byron had an incestuous relationship with his half-sister prior to his marriage and that it was her knowledge of this that led to his wife demanding a separation.
Keywords: Byron Lord Bryon

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