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SHELLEY Percy ByssheABAA

The Poetical Works; The Prose Works

Mary ShelleyBiblio.com

Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus

202230Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus 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. 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. The first edition of Frankenstein 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. 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 Frankenstein remains a powerful exploration of humanity responsibility and the dangers of unchecked ambition cementing Mary Shelley's legacy as a literary pioneer.DESCRIPTION3 vols octavo 215 x 138 mm.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.Brand new copy.GUARANTEEWe offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions.Please ask for details and conditions. Rambler Press hardcover

Rambler Press · Pologne990,00 $US≈ 837,64 €

Shelley Percy Bysshe; Robinson Charles Illustrator; Gosse Edmund IntroductionABAA

The Sensitive Plant

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. 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". ___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. ___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. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___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 books

Swan's Fine Books · États-Unis990,00 $US≈ 837,64 €

Shelley, Percy Bysshe; Robinson, Charles (Illustrator); Gosse, Edmund (Introduction)Biblio.com

The Sensitive Plant

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. 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". ___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. ___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. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___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

Swan's Fine Books · États-Unis990,00 $US≈ 837,64 €

Mary ShelleyBiblio.com

The British Critic - 1818 Volume IX with a review of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein"

18187290This 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. The rather lengthy review spans seven pages and was quite harsh. "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." .as well as inarguably sexist: "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." Condition: 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. F.C. and J. Rivington hardcover

CraigsClassics · États-Unis950,00 $US≈ 803,80 €

Percy Bysshe ShelleyBiblio.com

Shelley Poetical Works

1968783London: Oxford University Press 1968. Bound by Lewis and Harris of Bath England in full red polished calf. Great. Shelley: Poetical Works Edited by Thomas Hutchinson Oxford University Press London New York Toronto Bibliographic and Printing Details This edition of The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley was published by Oxford University Press with the title page listing London New York and Toronto. Bound by Lewis and Harris bookbinders of Bath England in full red polished calf with double gilt fillet borders elaborately gilt-tooled spine in six compartments with raised bands. Hinges discreetly reinforced with Japanese tissue. Marbled in gray blue and rose with gilt-ruled turn-ins All edges gilt AEG pages are bright and clean without marks and no foxing. Book measures 8.75"x5.75". Contents This edition presents the complete poetical works of Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792–1822 including all the major poems lyrical works fragments and a short biographical note by the editor. Edited and annotated by Thomas Hutchinson this remains one of the most authoritative single-volume scholarly editions of Shelley’s verse. Notable works include: Prometheus Unbound Adonais Ode to the West Wind The Mask of Anarchy To a Skylark The Cloud Queen Mab Epipsychidion Alastor The notes at the bottom of the pages provide textual variants and dates of composition—one of the edition’s scholarly strengths. --- Literary Importance Shelley is among the great English Romantic poets alongside Byron and Keats. His verse is known for its musical rhythm idealism and radical humanism. This edition helped to standardize Shelley’s poetic texts for twentieth-century readers and scholars ensuring the preservation of his complex often politically charged and visionary works. . Oxford University Press unknown

Reagan's Rare Books · États-Unis900,00 $US≈ 761,49 €

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