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1911144323London: William Heinemann 1911. First Robinson edition deluxe issue in vellum retaining the rare dust jacket. Quarto. Tipped in colour frontispiece with tissue guard 17 similar plates and numerous illustrations in text. Original vellum titles and pictorial decoration to spine and front board gilt top edge gilt pictorial endpapers. With dust jacket. Very light discolouration to vellum front hinge a little tender covers very slightly bowed still a near-fine copy; jacket restored with some loss. hardcover
189587912Chicago: Donohue Henneberry 1895. Hardcover. 1895 8vo. Original brown cloth decorative border and lettering in silver. Attractive 1890s edition of Shelley's sci-fi horror classic. Contemporary ownership inscription dated May 24 1895 some toning; cloth slightly softened at head of spine but overall an attractive copy. No jacket Donohue, Henneberry hardcover
34901ITALY OFFICINA BODONI 1923. LIMITED TO 222 COPIES PRINTED ON VELLUM-PAPER WITH THE ORIGINAL TYPES OF GIAMBATTISTA BODONI BOUND IN FULL VELLUM GILT TITLES AND MOTIF TO FRONT BOARD. BOOKPLATE OF ROBERT ELWELL TO FRONT PASTEDOWN. SMALL INSCRIPTION TO FEP. VERY GOOD IN A WORN AND DAMAGED SLIPCASE. ITALY, OFFICINA BODONI, 1923 hardcover
2019190039San Francisco: Arion Press 2019. Signed limited edition number 106 of 281 copies only numbered and signed by the illustrator. To create his atmospheric ink artworks Hawkinson built a contraption of a hypodermic needle stylus and wall-mounted turntable in order to reflect the "gothic novel's themes of technology nature and consciousness as well as the pursuits of the novel's titular inventor" Haines Gallery. Since 1974 Andrew Hoyem's Arion Press has been producing fine limited editions in the heart of San Francisco using letterpress equipment dating from the 1910s. Overseeing every aspect of book production in-house they are the only unified hot-metal type foundry letterpress workshop and book bindery in the United States. Hoyem won the San Francisco Living Treasure Award in 2010 for his decades of contribution to both book arts and the city. Octavo. Nine plates in black and white and title-page vignette in colour after Tim Hawkinson. Original grey leatherette decorated in white on spine and covers endpapers blue fore edge untrimmed. With sleeve and slipcase as issued. Board corners a little rubbed; a near-fine copy. Haines Gallery A New Chapter: Arion Press at Haines. hardcover
1888SHELLEYM014142Routledge London. 1888. New edition issued in Routledge's Pocket Library series. 16mo. pp 317 1 1 adverts. Cloth-backed marbled boards.Covers rubbed at the edges. Spine darkened. Head and tail of spine slightly scuffed. Good. Routledge, London. hardcover
1818184058London: John Murray 1818. The author. often leaves us in doubt whether he is not as mad as his hero First edition of the first review notoriously scathing of Frankenstein. Croker a serial foe of young Romantics and Jacobins condemns the presumed male author and damns the novel as "a tissue of horrible and disgusting absurdity". He continues by noticing that the novel "is piously dedicated to Mr Godwin and is written in the spirit of his school. The dreams of insanity are embodied in the strong and striking language of the author notwithstanding the rationality of his preface often leaves us in doubt whether is is not as mad as his hero. Mr. Godwin is the patriarch of a literary family whose chief skill is in delineating the wanderings of the intellect and which strangely delights in the most afflicting and humiliating of human miseries. His disciples are a kind of out-pensioners of Bedlam and like 'Mad Bess' or 'Mad Tom' are occasionally visited with paroxysms of genius and fits of expression which make sober-minded people wonder and shudder." Octavo 211 x 131 mm pp. vi 554; the review is on pp. 379-85. Contemporary diced russia spine lettered in gilt with volume number blue marbled sides brown speckled edges. Joints with superficial split but holding firm minor rubbing light foxing to contents. A very good copy. unknown
1826AQ31162London: William Benbow 1826. 2 144pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Later full calf ruled in gilt and blind contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Marbled endpapers. Lightly rubbed and marked upper board sunned. Bookplate of John A. Radford to FEP leaves browned and stained title and frontispiece chipped and small marginal loss to upper edge of terminal leaf. An early pirated edition of Shelley's poetry one of many publications produced by radicals and Reformists to spread Shelley's poetry affordably to a working-class audience. As such the typesetting is far from perfect with the running title being inverted on one occasion. The collection contains mostly shorter lyrics particularly sonnets dirges and other songs as well as multiple fragments. William Benbow 1787-1864 was linked to the piracy of Shelley as early as 1815 due to his association with George Cannon pseudonym Erasmus Perkins editor of the Theological Enquirer a periodical which reprinted substantial portions of Queen Mab. A nonconformist preacher and major figure of the Reform Movement Benbow was imprisoned several times for alleged political and publishing offences but never charged. . 8vo. William Benbow unknown
18214025London: W. Clark 1821 1821. 8vo. 230x140mm. pp. 182 2. First published albeit pirate edition printed by William Clark assisted by the book pirate Thomas Moses whose "T.M." monogram appears below Clark's imprint on the final page of the text. Original drab boards backed with green cloth remains of paper label on joints. Corners worn and edges a little rubbed boards marked in places. Hinges cracked with some loosening. Slightly foxed but otherwise very good internally. Front pastedown has booklabel of Christopher Clark Geest. First published in a small edition with a dedication to Harriet in 1813 Queen Mab was then printed twice without Shelley's permission in 1821. This copy is the version with the notes printed in full and with the dedication removed. It also has the final advertising leaf and some intentionally missing words on pp146-148. A scandalous work published scandalously "pounced upon" by the Society for the Prevention of Vice and resulting in the imprisonment of Clark the printer and bookseller. It also led to Shelley's radical ideas on subjects including vegetarianism and atheism being openly discussed in the public forum. Always dangerous. Granniss 19. London: W. Clark 1821 hardcover
1891WW9178Frederick Warne & Co 1891. Original maroon cloth spine slightly marked and faded. Crack to gutter at title page front hinge slightly slack. Mild foxing to prelims. Endpapers uncracked at gutters. Bookplate of Frances and Gilbert Chesterton to inside front board. Inscribed 'Frances Blogg Christmas 1893'. Frances met Chesterton in 1896 and they married in 1901. Robust packaging. Tracking can be added to overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 1st edition thus. Hardcover. Good/Fine. xvi 656pp. Frederick Warne & Co Hardcover
1973Q-0674806123Harvard University Press 1973-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harvard University Press hardcover
69901New York: The Mershon Company Publishers. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 294pp. Sextodecimo 15 cm Red cloth over boards decorated in silver. Covers a bit cocked. Spine sunned. Slight fraying to cloth at spine ends. Pages age toned. With Preface and Preface to the Last London Edition. Scarce 19th-century edition attributed to 1893. Mershon issued a number of bindings for their edition of Frankenstein. A pivotal work in the Gothic and science fiction genres written by English romantic novelist Mary Wollenstonecraft Shelley 1797-1851. The work was first published in 1818. Often considered as one of the first science fiction novels it is the story of a scientific genius who brings to life a horrifying monster that persecutes his creator. Shelley's story has been adapted countless times and has influenced pop culture immensely. The Mershon Company Publishers hardcover
1919203268699208Oxford University Press 1919. Hardcover. Very Good. BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND BY RIVIERE IN STUNNING FULL CRUSHED MOROCCO WITH BRIGHT GILT RULE AND PATTERNS TO BOARDS SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD MARBLED END PAPERS PASTE DOWNS AND BRIGHT GILT END PAGES. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN WITHOUT MARKS AND NO FOXING. 912 PAGES BOOK MEASURES 7.75"x5.5". 102 YEARS OLD. A STUNNING BOOK IN REMARKABLE CONDITION. Oxford University Press hardcover
1847204240822666Edward Moxon 1847. Hardcover. Near Fine. THIS COMPLETE THREE VOLUME SET IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND BY BAYNTUN IN 3/4 POLISHED CALF WITH SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD MARBLED END PAPERS AND PASTE DOWNS. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN WITHOUT MARKS AND VERY LITTLE FOXING. BOOKS MEASURE 6.5"x4.5". 176 YEARS OLD. A BEAUTIFUL SET IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. Edward Moxon hardcover
202270148Zagreb Croatia: Amaranthine Books 2022. The Doctor Edition Limited to 300 Numbered and Signed Copies. Fine. SIGNED. 354pp. The covers of The Doctor Edition embody the harsh nature of the vain doctor. With smooth aluminum on the cover symbolising the operating table with a real surgeon’s needle blocked on the front it is quarter-bound in finest goatskin leather with silver foil blocked on the spine. All edges silver. Decorative endpapers. Black ribbon page-marker. This edition comes in a solander box bound in a material made of 85% genuine leather fibers with metal plate on the spine. Inside of it is lined with purple velvet akin to the doctor’s tool bag from that era. Also comes with an informational leaf a scalpel bookmark with detailed embossing a small ruled blank notebook and a laid-in color print 16 cm x 23.5 cm. A fine press edition of Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus. Number 109 in an edition of 300. Frankenstein was first published by Lackington Hughes Harding Mavor & Jones in 1818. The revised third edition was published by Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley in 1831. The text of this limited edition combines elements of the first and the third edition with minor emendations.<br /> <br /> From the publisher-<br /> <br /> "Each of our books is a product of love but this one has another layer of it instilled on its pages.<br /> <br /> "Each illustration has thermochronic ink screen-printed over the full colour illustration giving it two phases when human touch heat is applied. The ink is manufactured to react at 25 degrees Celsius 77 degrees Fahrenheit or higher so it can work or not depending on the temperature of your surroundings and how warm or cold your hands are. Amaranthine Books unknown
1911002991William Heinemann / J.B. Lippincott Co. 1911 London: William Heinemann / Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co. circa 1911 first edition. 4to; 216 pp. Green boards lightly rubbed tips pictorially stamped in gilt 18 tipped-in colour plates tissue guarded illustrations pictorial end papers and jacket superficial tear at front gutter light damp stained and soiled covers with 5 .25-.5 inch short tears at folds. Printed at the Ballantyne Press. Very good in a very good dust jacket. A beautifully presented edition with distinctive pre-Raphaelite inspiration quite rare in the original jacket. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. William Heinemann / J.B. Lippincott Co. hardcover
1843400585London: Reprinted for Thomas Rodd 1843. First edition. Fine. 8vo. Gatherings stitched; red morocco slipcase. According to Wise: "In 1843 when advertising the present pamphlet for sale Rodd asserted that it was a facsimile reprint of an alleged original edition of which the author had printed twenty copies in 1816. No example of this mysterious original has ever been unearthed; no trace of it beyond Rodd's own statement has ever been discovered; and no mention of any kind either of its printing or distribution is to be found in the correspondence of Shelley or any of his friends. My own opinion is that no original ever existed that the private impression of twenty copies was a myth and that Rodd's so-called facsimile reprint of 1843 is in fact the actual princeps of the Address" Ashley V p.64. Granniss Shelley pp.43-44; Wise Shelley p.46. Reprinted for Thomas Rodd unknown
202247647Folio Society 2022. 8vo. First Edition thus with coloured frontispiece title-vignette and 7 coloured plates; full blue leather blocked and lettered in silver and black silver edges blue laid endpapers white ribbon marker a fine copy in publisher's blocked board slip-case. EDITION LIMITED TO 750 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST THIS COPY No. 41. Folio Society, hardcover
1951z0271New York: Exposition Press 1951. Scarce novel of the Japanese-American immigrant experience one of the first books in English by a Japanese-American author on the Japanese immigrant experience in America preceding Okada's No-No Boy by some six years. Beginning with a young couple's decision to leave stifling Japan for Hawaii a place of opportunity the novel follows the husband's struggles in the cane fields & a poor immigrant neighborhood to eventual property-ownership & success family drama and the unpleasant choices forced by internment during World War Two. Cheung/Yogi Asian American Literature 1090. . Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo. Exposition Press Hardcover
202230<p><em>Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus</em> is a seminal work of Gothic literature and one of history's most iconic horror novels. Written by Mary Shelley the novel was first published anonymously in 1818 in London by Lackington Hughes Harding Mavor & Jones. Its full title reflects its themes of creation ambition and the consequences of defying natural laws. The story of Victor Frankenstein a young scientist who creates a monstrous being through unorthodox scientific experiments has since become a cultural touchstone inspiring countless adaptations in film literature and popular culture.</p><p><br />Mary Shelley born Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin in 1797 was just 18 years old when she began writing Frankenstein. The novel's origins are famously tied to a ghost story challenge during the summer of 1816 often called the "Year Without a Summer." Shelley her future husband Percy Bysshe Shelley Lord Byron and John Polidori stayed at the Villa Diodati near Lake Geneva Switzerland. Due to unseasonably cold and stormy weather—caused by the eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815—the group was confined indoors. To pass the time Byron proposed they each write a ghost story. This creative spark led Mary to conceive the tale of Victor Frankenstein and his creature born from her fascination with science the supernatural and the ethical boundaries of human ambition.</p><p><br />The first edition of <em>Frankenstein</em> was published in three volumes a standard format for novels at the time and consisted of only 500 copies. It included a preface by Percy Shelley who edited the manuscript and was dedicated to Mary's father William Godwin a noted philosopher. The novel's initial reception was mixed; some critics praised its originality while others found its horror and moral transgression themes unsettling. A second edition published in 1823 was the first to bear Mary Shelley's name and a more widely known revised edition appeared in 1831 with significant changes to the text and a new introduction by Shelley detailing the novel's creation.</p><p><br />Frankenstein emerged from a rich intellectual and cultural context. Mary Shelley was influenced by her parents—her mother Mary Wollstonecraft a pioneering feminist and her father Godwin a radical thinker—and the Romantic movement's emphasis on emotion nature and the sublime. The novel also reflects contemporary debates about science particularly the ethics of galvanism and the potential to reanimate life which fascinated the public during the early 19th century. Today <em>Frankenstein</em> remains a powerful exploration of humanity responsibility and the dangers of unchecked ambition cementing Mary Shelley's legacy as a literary pioneer.</p><p><strong>DESCRIPTION</strong></p><p>3 vols octavo 215 x 138 mm.</p><p>Published by Rambler Press in 2022 this exclusive edition is limited to just 25 numbered copies. Printed on luxurious Century Laid cotton paper and set in the elegant Brunel Text No. 2 typeface book is hand-bound in full leather using time-honored techniques and presented in a custom slipcase. Gilded page edges add a refined finishing touch.</p><p>Brand new copy.</p><p><strong>GUARANTEE</strong></p><p>We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions.</p><p>Please ask for details and conditions.</p> Rambler Press hardcover
1901456247London : Printed at the Ballantyne Press 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copies in the original title-blocked cream buckram. Unread with uncut pages. Boards are stained with bumped corners. Foxing to page edges and scattered throughout. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 3 v. ; 24 cm. Contents; V.1. Prometheus unbound. Cenci. --v.2. Adonais. Epipsychidion. Alastor Hellas. The witch of Atlas. The sensitive plant. Ode to the west wind. To a skylark. To night. To the moon. Hymn to intellectual beauty. Hymn of pan. Arethusa. The cloud. An exhortation. ""Chameleons feed on light and air."" Evening. Ponte a mare Pisa. Stanzas written in dejection near Naples. ""Rarely rarely comest thou spirit of delight."" A lament. ""O world! O life! O time."" ""When the lamp is shattered."" Mutability. ""One word is too often profaned."" ""Music when soft voices die."" Time. ""That time is dead forever child."" A song. ""A widow bird satmourning for her love."" The world's wanderers. A dirge. Dirge for the year. Lines to an Indian air. Good night. Summer and winter. Time long past. -- v.3. The revolt of Islam. London : Printed at the Ballantyne Press hardcover
191117110604Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co 1911. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Robinson Charles. First U.S. trade edition as illustrated by Robinson quarto size 128 pp. in original dust jacket. Percy Bysshe Shelley's 1792-1822 "The Sensitive Plant" is a delicate fairy fable about ephemeral beauty and the aspiration to follow dreams when the reality of the senses fails. It was first published in 1820 in "Prometheus Unbound" along with some of Shelley's best known work; here it is re-imagined with the hazy watercolour illustrations of prolific children's book illustrator Charles Robinson 1870-1937. Though paired with Shelley long after his death they are well matched "his black and white illustration reflects the influence of Beardsley and Walter Crane and his watercolour illustrations have delicacy and sensitivity greatly helped by the four colour process early in the century as the alternative to lithography. By incorporating lettering into the page design and in his planning of the book as a whole he developed the Arts and Crafts tradition of the book as a work of art" Peppin Brigid & Micklethwait Lucy "Book Illustrators of the Twentieth Century" p. 265. <br /> <br /> This edition of "The Sensitive Plant" certainly exemplifies that ideal of the artist's hand in all aspects of a book's design with a beautifully composed typeface decorative borders pale pink page numbers and stunning full-color mounted plates. With an introduction by Edmund William Gosse 1849-1928 a poet and author who was influential in the literary world of his day encouraging the careers of Yeats and James Joyce he served as the librarian of the House of Lords and a lecturer at Trinity College eventually serving as the literary editor for the 1911 edition of the "Encyclopaedia Britannica".<br /> <br /> ___DESCRIPTION: Original full green cloth with gilt pictorial upper board and backstrip top edge gilt illustrated endpapers illustrated half-title pictorial title-page first page of the introduction framed in a pictorial border with a large decorative initial eighteen mounted color plates with tissue guards including frontis numerous color and black and white vignettes in text headpieces tailpieces and initials; quarto size 10.5" by 8" pagination: i-vi vii-xii xiii-xvi 17-127 128 the first trade edition as illustrated by Robinson vintage bookseller's ticket on rear paste-down endpaper Brentano's New York. With the scarce original pictorial dust jacket which matches the illustration on the endpapers which is unclipped although as was the general practice of the day with no printed price.<br /> <br /> ___CONDITION: A near fine copy internally bright and complete with only a few light stray marks no prior owner markings other than the bookseller's ticket referred to above the text block is slightly cocked yet remains strong with solid hinges and the gilt covers are marvelously bright and clean; note that the register was slightly off on the decorative title page the illustrations are perfect; just a hint of rubbing to the head and tail of the backstrip and to one corner this copy is near fine; the dust jacket is very good plus clean with only a few small chips at the edges and a small tear along one joint none of which obscures the text or illustrations; overall very good and scarce as such. A stunning production of a lovely children's tale.<br /> <br /> ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br /> <br /> ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. J. B. Lippincott Co hardcover
UNT-REN-355-02853Pearson 5/16/2014 12:00:01 A. spiral_bound. Acceptable. 1.2000 in x 10.7000 in x 8.3000 in. Book Only. Supplemental access codes or CDs are not guaranteed. Water damage. Orders ship the same or next business day. All orders ship with a tracking number. Pearson unknown
2013NOCT17-9780077479824-714McGraw-Hill Education 2013-01-08. Spiral-bound. New. 0x0x0. NEW TEXTBOOK SHIPS WITH EMAILED TRACKING FROM USA McGraw-Hill Education unknown
1821ZB1325656London: W. Clark 1821. Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday June 29 SALE item 182 2 pp. removed from a larger binding and now lacking any prelims but the two rear free endpapers are present; internally clean and tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. London: W. Clark unknown
18187290<p>This is a volume of the publication "THE BRITISH CRITIC" that contains a rare early 1st edition book review of the classic horror tale "FRANKENSTEIN or The Modern Prometheus" by Mary Shelley. 1818; F.C. and J. Rivington; London. Volume IX comprised of six monthly issues January through June. Within the April issue is an anonymous scathing review of "Frankenstein" published only a few months after the January 1818 1st printing of the novel. "Frankenstein" is also listed within the "Table of Books Reviewed" at the front as well as within the "Index" at the back. Three-quarter leather binding with gilt lettering on the spine.<br /><br />The rather lengthy review spans seven pages and was quite harsh.<br />"We need scarcely say that these volumes have neither principle object nor moral; the horror which abounds in them is too grotesque and bizarre ever to approach near the sublime and when we did not hurry over the pages in disgust we sometimes paused to laugh outright: and yet we suspect that the diseased and wandering imagination which has stepped out of all legitimate bounds to frame these disjointed combinations and unnatural adventures might be disciplined into something better."<br /><br />.as well as inarguably sexist:<br />"The writer of it is we understand a female; this is an aggravation of that which is the prevailing fault of the novel; but if our authoress can forget the gentleness of her sex it is no reason why we should; and we shall therefore dismiss the novel without further comment."<br /><br />Condition:<br />There are some stains on the covers. Shelf wear to the edges of the boards. Worn cover corners. The top and bottom edges of the spine are worn. Both covers have partially split from the spine and are loose and shaky and holding only by strings. Nice interior - the pages are mostly clean with only some foxing to the first few and last few pages. "Bath Public Reference Library" label affixed to the front pastedown. Overall the book is in Fair condition due to the covers being loose.</p> F.C. and J. Rivington hardcover
