Penguin Book 982 Byron: The Years of Fame by Peter Quennell Romantic Heroic Poet

Here is a first Penguin edition of Penguin Book 982 - Byron: The Years of Fame by Peter Quennell, 1954, 279 pages covering the years of the Poet's life between 1811 when he returned in triumph from the Near East to see his Childe Harold run through seven editions in scarcely five weeks until, hounded by public opinion and ostracised by fashionable society, he left England for the last time under the storm of hostility provoked by the allegations of incest with his half-sister Augusta Leigh, all in good condition.  I have hundreds of first Penguin editions for sale at my Kongwak store in South Gippsland which is open every Sunday - keep watching for further listings.