Byron, Robert
First editions and rare books by Robert Byron.
BYRON, Robert.
The Road to Oxiana. 1937
£3,750
First edition, first impression, in the first issue binding. "an enquiry into the origins of Islamic art presented in the form of one of the most entertaining travel books of modern...
Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Frontispiece and 15 other plates, 5 full-page maps. Cloth very bright and fresh. An excellent... Read more
BYRON, Robert.
The Station. Athos: Treasures and Men. 1928
£3,250
First edition, first impression of one of Byron's earliest titles. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the title page dated the year before he died. Byron...
Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Illustrated with numerous photographs. Obituary clippings to both sides of the free endpaper... Read more
BYRON, Robert.
The Station. 1928
£2,500
First Edition, First Impression of one of Byron's earliest titles. Very scarce in the dust jacket.
Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Illustrated with numerous photographs. Some minor spotting to the fore-edge and the odd page... Read more
BYRON, Robert.
The Road to Oxiana. 1937
£1,375
First Edition, First Impression of Byron's masterpiece.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled... Read more
BYRON, Robert & David Talbot Rice.
The Birth of Western Painting. 1930
£1,250
First edition, first impression. One of a limited edition of 650 numbered copies.
Quarto. Original red cloth with white cloth backstrip, titles to spine gilt, roundel to upper board in blind, red top-stain. With the dust jacket. Frontispiece and 93... Read more
BYRON, Robert.
How We Celebrate the Coronation. 1937
£775
First edition, first impression of a pamphlet opposing the destruction of historic London buildings. Robert Byron (1905-1941), the journalist, art critic, and author is best known...
Octavo. Original yellow wrappers printed in red. Illustrations from photos throughout. Wrappers a little rubbed and tanned, front hinge cracked. A very good copy. Read more
BYRON, Robert.
First Russia Then Tibet. 1933
£750
First edition, in a remainder binding with the Macmillan's Miscellany dust jacket.
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Frontispiece and 24 plates. Ownership inscription partially erased from front free endpaper.... Read more
BYRON, Robert.
Europe in the Looking-Glass. 1926
£275
First Edition, First Impression of the author's first book.
Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine gilt. Trivial spotting to the fore edge, tiny loss to the margin of one leaf, spine a little faded and with some minor... Read more
