Lord Byron
Carr reported in the History of the QTP (1987) that he had published two editions of the poems of George, Lord Byron (1788-1824). Two editions have been seen which have different covers and some different content, so that they could be described as editions rather than impressions, perhaps. Carr also reported that he designed the covers.
(Last updated on 13/1/2021)
SBP-BYR1: First edition
Cover title: Poems. Lord Byron
Publisher: J.L. Carr Publisher, 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering
Year: 197?
ISBN: None
Size: 127 x 94 mm
Pages: 16
Staples: one
Binding: White matt printed card covers
Paper: pale cream
Editor: (J.L. Carr)
Cover artist: none stated
Illustrations: 10 decorations throughout the text
Internal illustrations: none stated
Number in series: none given
Colophon: none
Telephone number: none
Printing history: none stated
Number of other titles listed: 39
Printed by: none
Content: Dates and biography. Poems: She walks in beauty; Stanzas for music; The isles of Greece; When we two parted; There was a time, I need not name; Maid of Athens, ere we part; The destruction of Sennacherib; The prisoner of Chillon. Titles in the series, inside the rear cover.
Rear and front covers (click to enlarge)
Inside rear cover (click to enlarge)
Notes: This edition was probably printed by G. Smith (Thrapston) as were several other volumes which list 39 other titles including impressions of Keats, Tennyson and Wordsworth.
SBP-BYR2: Second edition
Cover title: Lord Byron
Publisher: J.L. Carr, 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering
Year: 1986/7?
ISBN: None
Size: 129 x 95 mm
Pages: 16
Staples: two
Binding: White glossy printed card covers
Paper: white
Editor: (J.L. Carr)
Cover artist: none stated
Illustrations: 12 decorations throughout the text
Internal illustrator: none stated
Number in series: 95
Colophon: sun face 1964
Telephone number: (0536) 514995
Printing history: none stated
Number of other titles listed: none
Printed by: none
Content: Dates and biography. Poems: She walks in beauty; Stanzas for music; So, we'll go no more a-roving; The isles of Greece; From Don Juan. Sun face colophon inside rear cover; two lines in facsimile handwriting; Carr's explanation of his small books; number 95 in series
Rear and front covers (click to enlarge)
Inside rear cover (click to enlarge)
Notes: This is one of seven titles numbered 95. The others are: Belloc, Stevenson, Pleasing Instructor, the Young Women's Old Testament, Margaret Wells, and the Dictionary of English Cricketers volume 2.