Available for the first time in the U.S. in this expanded edition, this is a decisive book on Byron from the author of "Lord Byron's Doctor" and other acclaimed novels. "Few works of literary criticism have been as entertainingly written. Mr. West's prose crackles with wit as well as ideas.... no-one at all interested in Byron can afford to neglect it."--"Western Mail" (U.K.)
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Available for the first time in the U.S. in this expanded edition, this is a decisive book on Byron from the author of "Lord Byron's Doctor" and other acclaimed novels. "Few works of literary criticism have been as entertainingly written. Mr. West's prose crackles with wit as well as ideas.... no-one at all interested in Byron can afford to neglect it."--"Western Mail" (U.K.)
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Add this copy of Byron & the Spoiler's Art to cart. $10.20, very good condition, Sold by Academybookshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Long Island City, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Lumen Books.
Add this copy of Byron & the Spoiler's Art to cart. $11.21, very good condition, Sold by HPB-Emerald rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Lumen Books.
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Add this copy of Byron and the Spoiler's Art to cart. $14.00, very good condition, Sold by Liberty Book Shop rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Avis, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1968 by Chatto & Windus.
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Very Good+ with no dust jacket. Institutional cloth, but NOT x-lib. Residue of price sticker on front, minor notations on rear endpaper.; HB, lg octavo; 156 pages.
Add this copy of Byron and the Spoiler's Art to cart. $14.50, very good condition, Sold by Shelley and Son Books (IOBA) rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hendersonville, NC, UNITED STATES, published 1960 by Chatto and Windus.
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Very Good. A new way to interpret Byron's poetry. This copy belonged to a professor in the Dept of English at the University of Pennsylvania and contains lots of his margin notes.
Add this copy of Byron & the Spoiler's Art to cart. $15.00, very good condition, Sold by Harry Alter Books rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sylva, NC, UNITED STATES.
Add this copy of Byron and the Spoiler's Art to cart. $19.46, good condition, Sold by Halcyon Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from LONDON, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1960 by Chatto & Windus.
Add this copy of Byron and the Spoiler's Art to cart. $22.00, very good condition, Sold by J. Hood, Booksellers, Inc. rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Baldwin City, KS, UNITED STATES, published 1960 by Chatto & Windus.
Add this copy of Byron & the Spoiler's Art--Inscribed to Charles Mann to cart. $34.00, very good condition, Sold by Common Crow Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pittsburgh, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Lumen Books.
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Very good. 8vo, wraps, very good or better, inscribed to Charles Mann, the legendary rare books librarian at Penn State, where West was an English professor for many years.
Add this copy of Byron and the Spoiler's Art to cart. $71.00, very good condition, Sold by Common Crow Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pittsburgh, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1960 by Chatto & Windus.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Inscribed by West! Inscription reads: "For Nan and Charlie, Mum and Dad, With love, from Paul, 2 March 1964" First edition, 1960, hardcover with blue cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 155pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with hint of edgewear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ VG with light sun to spine, spine ends mildly worn, rubbing, front flap price-clipped, St. Martin's Press sticker to bottom of spine, in protective mylar wrap. With laid in pamphlet: The Fantasy Poets--Paul West that is inscribed again by West on front panel, reading: "Charley, If I sign this fugitive piece, its price should escalate from: what? Ten dollars to--what? I shudder to think. Paul" Plus some laid in photos of West and a harp.
