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189235119London: Hildesheimer & Faulkner 1892. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good. Alice Havers. Circa 1892. 1st edition. A Good copy. 4to. 40 pp. bound in publishers decorated green cloth. Cloth has overall rubbing and light soiling with some fading. Decorative gilt is dulled in spots. Hinges show webbing. Previous owners name on title page. Paper is toned especially at edges. Illustrations are bright and unmarked. Hildesheimer & Faulkner hardcover
1858mon0003989808New York: W.R.C. Clark & Co. 1858. Hardcover. Good. . cover shows minor wear and rubbing. pages lightly foxed. scarce. New York: W.R.C. Clark & Co. hardcover
188792800The Shelley Society 1887. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. dr2. The Shelley Society's Publications Extra Series No. 5. Covers very worn with bare spots along the edges. Interior in good shape. The Shelley Society hardcover
1893621699New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co 1893. Hardcover. Very Good. Selected and arranged by Stopford A. Brooke. 16mo. lx 336pp. Black and white frontispiece. Half white cloth decorative paperboards gilt arabesque on the white cloth of the front board and gilt decoration along the spine. Spine dulled boards worn and toned and the title page partially detached very good. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co hardcover
18884719London: Reeves and Turner. Good with no dust jacket. 1888 1891. Softcover. The Shelley Society's Publications. First Series No. 1. Original green wraps 8vo untrimmed at right and bottom edges. Part I includes an Appendix containing The Society's Annual Reports. ; 5-3/4" x 8-3/4"; 179 30 177-396 pp; Covers edgeworn and lacking small pieces creased etc. Paper lightly toned. Part I a bit cocked with small cover stain three pages with brief annotations in light pencil. Part II with binding splitting still well-held by cords between pp 272-3. . Reeves and Turner paperback
1892mon0000974428Boston Houghton Mifflin Co. 1892. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Pages clean and bright no markings light wear to edges. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co. hardcover
188765158London published for the Shelley Society by Reeves and Turner 1887. BY THE HERMIT OF MARLOW PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY. FAC-SIMILE OF THE HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY H. BUXTON FORMAN. 4to. 6381pp. Frontispiece and 18 leaves of facsimiles of Shelley's manuscript. PRESENTATION COPY FROM DENNIS SKINNER MP for Bolsover WITH A ONE PAGE TYPED LETTER FROM HIM on House of Lord's headed notepaper c.1992 loosely inserted: 'You will be pleased to know I have received hundreds of letters backing my position on the monachy.I am not alone! Dennis Skinner was Labour MP for Bolsover. Includes a facsimile of Shelley's manuscript. The Shelley Society Publications Extra Series No. 5. unknown
1898927T92London: John Lane at The Bodley Head 1898. Hardback. Good. 9" by 6". None. A smart copy of this collection of poetry from Percy Bysshe Shelley and his sister Elizabeth Shelley. Scarce edition. With a facsimile of the original title page of this work published in 1810. A collection of sixteen poems and a fragment of a poem. Percy wrote eleven of the poems including seven lyrical poems four Gothic poems and the political poem while Elizabeth wrote five comprising three lyrical poems and two verse epistles. Controversy surrounded the work as one of the poems "Saint Edmond's Eve" originally appeared in the anonymously published Tales of Terror attributed to Matthew Gregory Lewis. Fearing a plagiarism lawsuit the volume was withdrawn from publication and suppressed. In 1859 Richard Garnett was able to substantiate that the volume had been published but was unable to locate an extant copy. The collection was reprinted and revived in this 1898 publication by John Lane once a copy had been found. Written by Percy Bysshe Shelley an English writer who is considered as one of the major English Romantic poets and his sister Elizabeth Shelley an English poet. Edited by Richard Garnett an English scholar librarian biographer and poet who was keeper of printed books at British Museum. In the original paper covered boards. Externally sound with rubbing and light chipping to the extremities. Sunning to the spine with minor loss to the spine label. The odd small mark to the boards with light loss to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Good John Lane at The Bodley Head hardcover
18911774863462ADAMacmillan and Co. 1891. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1891. No Edition Remarks. 708 pages. Half bound in brown leather; paper-covered boards with repeating floral pattern and matching endpapers. Bound by Riviere & Son their stamp to FEP. Edited by Edward Dowden. B&W frontis of Shelley. Top edge gilt. Gilt flowers to spine. Some pages still uncut. Pages have slight foxing tanning and thumbing. Slight gutter cracking. Binding firm. Bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Minor inscriptions to FEP second leaf and half-title. A few dog-eared corners. Large tear to pp409-412. Block edges tanned scratched and slightly nicked. Boards have some edge wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners while spine ends are moderately crushed. Approx half inch of leather missing from head of spine. Slightly scratched rubbed and marked overall. Slight joint splits. Minor ink spots. Mild edge peeling. Gilt is bright. Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1897000230<p><strong>The beautifully made book combines Burns poems with photos of places that inspired him photographs by the author. The book comes in its own original box and covering paper. First Edition. </strong></p><p><strong>Description:</strong> Publisher's cloth decorated and titled in gilt to upper board and spine. Black endpapers. Original cardboard box. 16mo 16 × 11 cm; pp. 148. Illustrated with a lithographed frontispiece and b/w photographs. Top edge gilt others uncut.</p><p><strong>Condition:</strong> Externally excellent with just some minor shelfwear to corners. The box later re-covered with paper rubbed and bumped. Internally tightly bound throughout and largely bright and clean. A lovely copy.</p> G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
185942566Boston: Ticknor Fields 1859. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition thus. Bookplate else very good with the edges of the spinal extremities missing. Ticknor Fields hardcover
189231666London: Bernard Quaritch. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. University library withdrawl with hinges bolstered by tape; front hinge loosening; text block tight and square in steel blue boards with gilt spine titles; contents bright and unmarked. ; 818 pages . Bernard Quaritch hardcover
1890000014890London: Macmillan and Co 1890. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 5 vi-xliv 1 2-708 4 pp. Half contemporary sheep over marbled paper boards spine in six compartments with a brown sheep label lettered in gold on the spine; top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait of the author. Edited by Edward Dowden. The front hinge cracked but the binding is holding. Notable rubbing to the extremities. A name from 1893 on the first blank leaf. Macmillan and Co hardcover
1880tr005.069GB: Reeves & Turner 1880. AN EX LIBRARY SET WITH TYPICAL LIBRARY MARKINGS. Recently badly stored with minor binding faults and smelling a little musty. In the scarce original cloth and probably worth restoring. SOLD AS IS as a reading set. Inspection invited. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY GB £8. Packed weight 3900g. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Good/No Dw. Reeves & Turner Hardcover
1887109London: Reeves & Turner 1887. Fac-simile of the holograph manuscript. Hardcover. Good. Introduction by H. Buxton Forman. Octavo 27 x 20.5 cm; 14 unnumbered 52 4 24 facsimile pages 2 10 advertisements pp. Pages clean and unmarked. Frontispiece has some tears on edge of page. Boards in fair condition some exposure of the spine plus numerous chips tears fading and soiling. Binding loose but intact. Staining to endpapers as well.<br /> <br /> Published for the Shelley Society; The Shelly Society's Publications Extra Series No 4. Limited to 500 copies. Frontispiece present. A 48 page introduction by H. Buxton Forman followed by a 2 page letter from Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley to John Bowring followed by the facsimile of Shelley's manuscript.<br /> <br /> Now known as the Peterloo Massacre cavalry charged into a crowd gathered to listen to Henry Hunt urge parliamentary reform after years of economic hardship. Up to 18 were killed and hundreds injured. Originally written in 1819 it was not published until 1832 10 years after Shelley's death. A rallying cry of nonviolent resistance it has been recited during recent political movements from Tiananmen to Tahir Square. Reeves & Turner hardcover
1894blb02226London/New York: MacMillan & Co. 1894. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Blue cloth on boards with Publishers Device in gilt on front and gilt titling on spine. Blind stamped rulings at bottom and top of front and rear. Book is tight square and mostly free of markings inside and out - prior owners signature on FFEP and 3-5 small notations in text. Page edges slightly yellowed. Small book - 4.25"" x 6.25"". this is one of the Golden Treasury Series. MacMillan & Co. hardcover
1892701697Macmillan and Co. 1892. Collection of the poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley as part of the Golden Treasury Series published by Macmillan. Royal blue cloth binding with decorations and titles in gilt. Some wear to edges spine a bit faded; former owner's name present along with some notes in pen. 4.25 x 6.25 inches with 340 pages. Hard Cover. Good. Macmillan and Co. Hardcover
183577975Paris:: A. and W. Galignani and Co. 1835. old quarter calf and marbled sides. Old institutional stamp on flyleaf and paper label at base of spine; neat donation inscription on title page; slight use to the binding; contents fine. 12mo. A. and W. Galignani and Co., unknown
18883609London: Frederick Warne & Co 1888. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. brown end papers. brown cloth with gilt portrait on front and ggilt titles to spine albion edition reprinted from the early editions with memoir explanatory notes. owner name xv 1 624 pages. 1890 on top of title page. tightly bound corners rubbed. <br/><br/> Frederick Warne & Co hardcover
188661267Reeves & Turner London 1886. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: The Society of Decorative Art. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". xxiv 616pp. 2-volume set complete. Vol 1 rebacked with new end papers fitted. Vol 2 hinges cracked. Foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Edges browned. Covers slightly marked. Corners bumped. Frontispiece in each volume. Illustrator: The Society of Decorative Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Poetry; England; 19th century; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 61267. . Reeves & Turner hardcover
18861400123London: Reeves and Turner 1886. Book. Good/Very Good. Board. Limited. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. " One of a hundred copies printed on fine paper " Reprinted from the original edition of 1822. Edited by Thomas Wise. Published for the Shelley Society. pp viii xi 60 7 Internally very good with a little browning number of leaves uncut. Binding firm Cover sound small label with ink refs on front board some scuffing to spine . Reeves and Turner unknown
188710389London: Shelley Society 1887. original boards. Forman H. Buxton. 4to. original boards. xii 40 17 12 pages. Limited to 500 copies. Cover extremities chipped; soiled. Shelley Society unknown
1886mon0000058030Reeves and Turner 1886-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Pisa with types of didot MDCCCXXI on faded and browned cloth missing spine cover Reeves and Turner hardcover
188621629Reeves and Turner 1886. Good/No Jacket. Red cloths gilt design Worn at extremities. Owner's bookplates. Reeves and Turner hardcover
1898527588London and New York: John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head 1898. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition thus by this publisher. Edited by Richard Garnett. Large octavo. 66pp. Light blue paper-covered boards with publisher's printed label on front cover and spine. Binding has light wear at tips of spine spine label is tanned lightly rubbed at tips of corners else a near fine copy with covers bright. Front flyleaf has a detailed scholarly note in pencil discussing this publication in an early unknown hand with a few light pencil scorings in the text erasable else text is fresh and clean. 1898 facsimile edition of the original 1810 edition with a new introduction by Richard Garnett printed for John Lane by Ballantyne Hanson & Company at the Ballantyne Press.Facsimile edition of Shelley's second book which was suppressed as a result of a controversy regarding the poem "Saint Edmond's Eve" as the poem was based upon Monk Lewis' poem "The Black Canon of Elmham or St. Edmund's Eve" see Granniss 2 for 1810 edition; Wise "Shelley Library" p. 30. John Lane, at the Sign of the Bodley Head hardcover
