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London: John Murray, 1855. Later Edition. Leather bound. Very good. With a fore-edge painting, a later edition of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage by Lord Byron.. Quarto, [4], 275pp, [4]. Frontispiece portrait. Solid text block, light wear to corners and joints. Foxing to endpapers, occasional foxing throughout. Complete with 30 full-page plates. Bound by Tho. Atkinson of Kendal, with bookseller label on rear endpaper. Fore-edge painting with six English frigates seeking "refuge from John Paul Jones off Flamborough Head." Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is poem in four-parts by Lord Byron. It was first published between 1812-1818 by John Murray of London.

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a lengthy narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron, published between 1812 and 1818. The poem describes the travels and reflections of a world-weary young man who believes his country to be corrupt and embarks on a journey to foreign lands in a quest for spiritual renewal.