Published by John Murray, London, 1853. Fine leather binding with no mention of binder, 8vo, gilt to all edges, pp xii, 311.
CONDITION A very good copy in a handsome binding. The leather binding is in very good condition and there is no cracking to the hinges. Binding firm and square. Endpapers very good. Front endpaper with a small neat inscription. All contents present and pages clean throughout. Just a couple of mild spots to the title page (see images). Overall a lovely and presentable copy.
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt is a long narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. The poem was published between 1812 and 1818. Dedicated to "Ianthe", it describes the travels and reflections of a young man disillusioned with a life of pleasure and revelry and looking for distraction in foreign lands. In a wider sense, it is an expression of the melancholy and disillusionment, which was felt by a generation weary of the wars of the post-Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras. The title comes from the term childe, a medieval title for a young man who was a candidate for knighthood.