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[BINDING]. BYRON, George Gordon, Lord (1788–1824). Poems of Lord Byron... London: Chatto & Windus at the Florence Press, 1923. 8vo. Preface by H.J.C. Grierson. Contemporary calf with blue morocco and brunette leather inlays depicting the Acropolis of Athens and the column ruins of the Temple of Olympian Zeus, blue top edge, HAND-SIGNED (twice) BY H.B. KUOBEL (light sunning to upper edge of lower cover, few spots of rubbing to spine). Provenance: engraved bookplate of “Knobel” with the subheading “member of the National Book League”. Lord Byron is considered by most Greeks to be their national hero and a symbol of disinterest patriotism after the poet joined the Greek resistance movement, fighting for the country’s freedom against the Ottoman Empire.