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188660258London: Reeves & Turner 1886. Second edition with the notes of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Thick 8vo. 2 volumes: xcvii 3 572; xiv 2 580 14 publisher's catalogue pp. Frontispiece to each volume. Noted lawyer Clarence Darrow's copy with his signature in both volumes bookplate in volume one and library stamp in volume two. Darrow 1857-1938 was best known for his defense of John Scopes in what became known as the Scopes "Monkey" Trial Eugene Debs arrested during the Pullman strike and Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb tried and convicted of murdering a 14-year old boy as well as for his work with the American Civil Liberties Union. Dark blue cloth some wear to spine ends particularly at the head of volume one with beautifully gilt illustrated covers. Front joint of volume one split approximately 3 inches at the top and 1 inch at the bottom short split to upper joint of volume two and some separation at hinge of several signatures but a very good copy with a wonderful association. <br/><br/> Reeves & Turner hardcover books
181834239London: Printed for C. and J. Ollier 1818. First edition revised issue of "Laon and Cythna" with the cancels and new title this copy with the 1818 date. With leaf d1 bearing the Pindar quote and "Revolt of Islam" title lacking blank b2 as usual and the errata leaf at end. Pp. ii v-xxxii 2 270 errata. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half black morocco marbled boards. Some rubbing upper joint starting some offsetting and spotting else very good from the library of James Lorimer Graham with his bookplate. First edition revised issue of "Laon and Cythna" with the cancels and new title this copy with the 1818 date. With leaf d1 bearing the Pindar quote and "Revolt of Islam" title lacking blank b2 as usual and the errata leaf at end. Pp. ii v-xxxii 2 270 errata. 1 vols. 8vo. James Lorimer Graham was the fourth Duke and seventh Marquis of Montrose. At this time he was the Marquis of Graham. He was a statesman serving as privy councillor a commissioner of the India board lord steward of the queen's household chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster postmaster-general where he was involved in several important changes including the Electric Telegraphs Bill which put the telegraphic communication system in the hands of the post office and also Chancellor of the University of Glasgow. Granniss 43-44; Ashley 5:68 Printed for C. and J. Ollier unknown books
19113764London/Philadelphia: William Heinemann/J.B. Lippincott Co 1911. First Thus. First U.K. Robinson-illustrated Deluxe edition a Heinemann "Xmas Art Book" that originally sold for 15 shillings. Publisher's deluxe binding of full vellum over boards front cover and spine elaborately stamped and lettered in gilt pictorial end-papers top edge gilt. In the scarce original pictorial dust jacket with just some very minor rubbing at extremities. Small neat and inoffensive ink stamped signature on half-title and title-page. Quarto 10 3/8 x 7 3/4 in; 264 x 195 mm. Collating xii 4 17-127 1. Eighteen full color tipped-in plates including frontispiece with captioned tissue guards. Small color halftone or black and white some full page illustrations to each page. Housed in the original green cardboard slipcase with the color illustration from page 61 on front panel. A tight bright and Fine copy of this generously produced volume.<br/><br/>"No more tastefully illustrated book of verse could be desired than the elaborately artistic edition of Shelley's Sensitive Plant edited by Mr. Edmund Gosse illustrated with much richness of coloring and gracefulness of design by Mr.<br/>Charles Robinson and imported by the Lippincott Co. Mr. Gosse's introduction throws new light on the ' Lady the wonder of her kind' who played the part of 'an Eve in this Eden ' where grew the sensitive plant. Drawing upon Medwin's notes to a never-published second edition of his life of the poet he tells us that this paragon of her sex was a certain Countess of Mountcashell an Irish lady about fifty years of age of sufficient unconventionality to be welcomed by Shelley and his company as a congenial spirit. The notes on this lady and the editor's gleaning of facts concerning the mimosa pudica or sensitive plant celebrated bythe poet are interesting. The illustrations large and small accompanying the slender thread of text form the conspicuous feature of the book and make it one of the most sumptuous gift volumes of the year. The cover design is a thing of beauty"The Dial 1911. William Heinemann/J.B. Lippincott Co unknown books
19053905London: Henry Frowde Oxford University Press 1905. Thick octavo. Bound in dark green morocco by the W.H. Smith bindery under Douglas Cockerell featuring a subtle but signature Cockerell design in blind and gilt consisting of triple leaf motifs connected to bands across spine and multiple solid gilt dots on both covers. Spine very slightly faded boards a bit bowed. Green marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. <br/><br/> Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press hardcover books
186993832Boston:: Sever Francis & Co. Good. 1869. Hardcover. Third American edition. Small octavo bound in burgundy cloth with the title in gilt lettering on the spine dark brown endpapers. An ex-library copy with typical markings: moderate to heavy shelf wear and aging frayed with loss at the spine ends library book-plate on front paste-down small library stamp on title page library pocket and card on rear paste-down occasional foxing throughout text block else good. ; 177 pages . Sever, Francis, & Co., hardcover books
1818WRCLIT65256London: Printed for C. and J. Ollier 1818. 2v-xxxii2270pp. plus errata. Large octavo. Full ruby-red morocco raised bands gilt inner dentelles t.e.g. by Riviere. Some rubs to joints and tips faint signs of ownership stamp in lower margin of title occasional small marginal spots and tanning; generally a very good copy with the erratab2 bound at the end. First edition second state comprised of sheets from LAON AND CYTHNA equipped with a cancel title and considerably revised via some 26 cancel leaves. A few copies appeared with title-leaves misdated 1817. TINKER 1895. GRANNISS P.50. WISE SHELLEY LIBRARY p.50. Printed for C. and J. Ollier hardcover books
1843260343London: Thomas Rudd 1843. First. unbound. fine. 16 pages stitched as issued. Enclosed in a a half crimson morocco slipcase spine elaborately gilt; inner cloth wrappers. London: Thomas Rudd 1843. First Edition<br/><br/> The publisher states that this is a facsimile reprint of the original edition of 20 copies printed in 1816 but no evidence indicates the existence of such an edition.<br/><br/> Thomas Rudd unknown books
187623925London: Reeves & Turner 1876. 4 volumes 8vo later full green pebble-grain morocco gilt rules on covers fleurons in the corners inner dentelles gilt decorated spines a.e.g. by Little Brown & Co.; Franklin Dexter bookplates; 10 plates and facsimiles; slight rubbing but near fine throughout. <br/><br/> Reeves & Turner unknown books
187095863London: E. Moxon Son & Co 1870. Finely bound example of the Poetical Works of Shelley. Octavo 2 volumes. Bound in full contemporary calf by Zaehnsdorf gilt titles and tooling to the spine morocco spine labels gilt ruled raised bands inner dentelles top edge gilt marbled endpapers. Frontispiece of Shelley to volume one. Folding facsimile manuscript of Shelley's writing to volume two. Carefully revised with notes and a memoir by William Michael Rossetti. In near fine condition. Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major English Romantic poets and is regarded as among the finest lyric poets in the English language and one of the most influential. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views Shelley did not see fame during his lifetime but recognition for his poetry grew steadily following his death. Shelley was a key member of a close circle of visionary poets and writers that included Lord Byron Leigh Hunt Thomas Love Peacock and his own second wife Mary Shelley the author of Frankenstein. E. Moxon, Son, & Co hardcover books
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. <br/><br/> "Reprinted for Thomas Rodd" unknown books
1852299677London: Edward Moxon 1852. hardcover. fine. Edited by Mrs. Shelley. 5 vols. 12mo full tan polished calf decoratively gilt spines black leather spine labels marbled edges. London: Edward Moxon 1852. A charming set. Fine.<br/><br/> Edward Moxon unknown books
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 books
1862295516London: Edward Moxon 1862. First. hardcover. fine. Edited by Richard Garnett. Slim 12mo 191 pages beautifully rebound in full black morocco gilt geometric pattern on spine and front and rear covers a.e.g. London: Edward Moxon 1862. First Edition. Fine.<br/><br/> Scarce First Edition of this compilation of Shelley s poems essays letters and miscellaneous fragments.<br/><br/> Edward Moxon unknown books
19112306London/Philadelphia: William Heinemann/ J.B. Lippincott Co 1911. First edition. First edition. Deluxe Edition in original publisher's full vellum binding with elaborate gilt stamped cover design and decorations and lettering on spine. In exceedingly scarce first state dust wrapper issued with this book bearing "Cash Price in/ Great Britain/ and Ireland/ 15/- Net" on spine later jackets with trade edition omitted this. Charles Robinson's masterpiece with 18 tipped-in full color plates tissue-guarded as well as illustrations in tint on nearly every other page. Illustrated endpapers top edges gilt others uncut. Except for two oil stains to cover near fine. The only copy of the Deluxe Edition we have seen with this wrapper. <br/><br/> William Heinemann/ J.B. Lippincott Co hardcover books
1880251032N.p. 1880. Pp. ii half-title 3-16 lacking title-page interleaved. 1 vols. 8vo. Grey mottled cloth. Bookplate of Henry Francis Redhead Yorke on front pastedown. Pp. ii half-title 3-16 lacking title-page interleaved. 1 vols. 8vo. Signed "C.E. Thompson" on the first blank and extensively annotated throughout with allusions to Vergil and Milton citations in Greek and a transcription of part of Tennyson's In Memoriam. Provenance: Anderson Sale 1504. Purchases in London and Paris of the Late George D. Smith Part I 1920 lot 863; A Catalogue of Original Works By and of Books Relating to Percy Bysshe Shelley. By Brick Row Book Shop New York N.Y. $3.00 unknown books
1979150583Los Angeles: Dick Clark Productions 1979. Final Shooting script for the 1978 television film which aired on ABC on February 11 1979. Annotation of copy number "147" in holograph marker on top right of title page.<br/><br/>One of three television films made by noted film director John Carpenter. Carpenter began working on "Elvis" after wrapping up his 1978 quintessential horror slasher "Halloween" offering him a chance to try his hand at a dramatic biopic. It was the first time Carpenter had worked with Kurt Russell who would become a frequent collaborator starring in Carpenter's "Escape from New York" 1981 "The Thing" 1982 "Big Trouble in Little China" 1986 and "Escape from L.A." 1996.<br/><br/>The television biopic follows the trajectory of Elvis Presley's career from his impoverished childhood to his sudden and unprecedented rise as a Rock and Roll icon to his years as a Las Vegas sensation. Featuring an outstanding performance by Russell as The King.<br/><br/>Nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Television Motion Picture and nominated for three Emmy Awards including Best Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for Russell.<br/><br/>Dark blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated 10/16/78 noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter Anthony Lawrence. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 144. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Dick Clark Productions unknown books
18955051Chicago: Way and Williams 1895. First edition. First edition. 5 x 7" Publisher's dark reddish brown buckram with gilt lettering to spin. Limited to 75 copies printed on French hand-made paper of which this is #48. Title page two initial letters and tailpiece by Bruce Rogers all of which have been colored by hand. "Way & Williams' most notable book of 1895 was an edition of Shelley's translation of Plato's Banquet designed by Bruce Rogers in an obvious imitation of the Kelmscott Press style. The intent of the firm to establish themselves as publishers of fine books in limited editions was clear" Kraus who never examines a copy of this limited edition. Some soiling to edges of title page extending to verso of facing free fly. Corners slightly bumped light rubbing to edges general wear to cloth. Bookplate to front pastedown. Kraus 9. Warde 5. Way and Williams unknown books
1960148524London: Hammer Film Productions 1960. Draft script for the 1961 Hammer film with name of editor John Pomeroy written in holograph ink and struck over with holograph pencil with copy No. 51 noted in holograph pencil all at the top margin of the front wrapper. Three pages of the script have annotations in holograph ink highlighting a section of dialogue and action.<br/><br/>House cat Tabitha witnesses the brutal murder of her mistress and becomes a ferocious killer seeking revenge.<br/><br/>Red untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three flat metal brads.<br/><br/>Johnson and Del Vecchio Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography pp. 203-205. Hammer Film Productions unknown books
18291092978vo. London: Printed for John Brooks 1829. 8vo xxxii 270 pp. and errata leaf at end. Full brown morocco covers ruled in blind and with gilt corner stamps backstrip with gilt titles and floral stamps in compartments gilt turn-ins marbled endpapers. Backstrip and corners lightly worn scattered foxing. Shelley bookplate of Buxton Forman. § Brooks edition with a new title page using the text of the first edition second issue with the fly-title correctly bound as d1 and the preface ending on p. xxi "The original quires and cancel leaves of the work fell into the hands of John Brooks who issued them in 1829 with a new title." Granniss/Grolier Shelley 46. This copy has the distinction of being from the collection of Buxton Forman the famous editor of Shelley and Keats and the infamous creator of literary forgeries in partnership with Thomas Wise. The poem was first published with the title "Laon and Cythna; or The Revolution of the Golden City: A Vision of the Nineteenth Century" in 1817. Mary Shelley wrote of it: “He chose for his hero a youth nourished in dreams of liberty some of whose actions are in direct opposition to the opinions of the world but who is animated throughout by an ardent love of virtue and a resolution to confer the boons of political and intellectual freedom on his fellow-creatures. He created for this youth a woman such as he delighted to imagine—full of enthusiasm for the same objects; and they both with will unvanquished and the deepest sense of the justice of their cause met adversity and death.†Printed for John Brooks unknown books
192821216Montagnola: Officina Bodoni 1928. leather_bound. Orig. full vellum spine lettered in gilt. Very good. 38 pages. 29 x 20 cm. Limited edition one of 220 copies printed on vellum paper with the original types of Giambattista Bodoni. Verses Addressed To The Noble and Unfortunate Lady Emilio V____ This work was inspired by Shelley's meeting at the end of October 1820 when the author had moved back to Pisa the beautiful young Teresa Viviani 1801--1836 who was being kept in a convent awaiting the outcome of marriage arrangements in which she played little part. But it also reflects the difficulties he was facing in his second marriage to Mary Godwin and looks back to the desolation the poet faced after the suicide of his first wife Harriet Westbrook. Covers slightly splayed bookplate covers and interior fresh and clean. Officina Bodoni unknown books
1904Embry 114140Virtue & Company London and Boston: 1904. One volume with minor insect damage to rear joint and panel volume two of the Keats set with inner hinges cracked labels lightly toned and occasionally rubbed overall very good to near fine. Gray/blue cloth with paper title labels. Virtue & Company, London and Boston: 1904. hardcover books
1927WN67016XLondon: Ernest Benn 1927. Three quarter black morocco five raised bands gilt lettering and rules marbled paper covered boards. Top edges gilt. Some light wear on edges and joints. Some foxing on endpapers but overall clean and good. First Thus. Three Quarter Leather. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ernest Benn Hardcover books
1909259154London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd 1909. First edition Copy no. 4 of 200 Large Paper Copies. lviii 479; xvi 481-1020 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in half publisher's black pebbled morocco and cloth t.e.g rest uncut. Fine. First edition Copy no. 4 of 200 Large Paper Copies. lviii 479; xvi 481-1020 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. EDWARD DOWDEN'S SET PRESENTATION. Inscribed "To Professor Edward Dowden with Roger Ingpen's compliments & thanks Sept 6th 1909." WITH a full page ALS to Dowden from Ingpen tipped in on the same date. Telling him he is sending this copy of his book which was to be published the next day the 7th. One can see his acknowledgement to Dowden's scholarship on p. vi of the Preface and his thanks in this letter. A great association copy. Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd unknown books
190152185London: Sold by Hacon & Ricketts The Vale Press 17 Craven Street Strand & John Lane New York 1901. One of 300 copies. Decorated by Charles Ricketts. 12 ccxpp.; 12 clxxxviii pp.; 12 clxxxviii pp. 3 vols. 8vo. Cream cloth spines faded. With the bookplate of Cortlandt F. Bishop. One of 300 copies. Decorated by Charles Ricketts. 12 ccxpp.; 12 clxxxviii pp.; 12 clxxxviii pp. 3 vols. 8vo. Cortlandt Bishop Copy. Sold by Hacon & Ricketts, The Vale Press, 17 Craven Street, Strand & John Lane, New York unknown books
1839314957London: Edward Moxon Dover Street 1839. First Collected Edition. Engraved frontispiece portrait by Finden. xvi i contents i blank 380 1 printer's imprint i blank; i ads 1 blank 6 347 1 4 ads; viii 314 1 1 printer's imprint; viii 361 1 printer's imprint 2 ads pp. Bradbury and Evans Printer. 3 vols. 8vo. Contemporary purple morocco spines gilt and uniformly faded. First Collected Edition. Engraved frontispiece portrait by Finden. xvi i contents i blank 380 1 printer's imprint i blank; i ads 1 blank 6 347 1 4 ads; viii 314 1 1 printer's imprint; viii 361 1 printer's imprint 2 ads pp. Bradbury and Evans Printer. 3 vols. 8vo. Grannis 88; Ashley V p. 105; Grolier Langland to Wither 88 Edward Moxon, Dover Street unknown books
