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36514SHELLEY Percy Bysshe. SELECTED POEMS OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY. London: Oxford University Press 1924. 12mo. Decorated cloth. viii 479 pages. First published as one volume of The World's Classics in 1913. Bound in distinctive decorator binding. Very good. unknown books
1944321904Golden Cockerel 1944. One of 50 copies with the facsimile letters; signed by the editor Walter Sidney Scott. With portraits; and an added gathering of 7 facsimile letters and view of the shop of Monday and Slatter. 1 vols. 4to. Full tan niger morocco t.e.g. by Leighton-Straker. A few chips to endpapers. Very good. One of 50 copies with the facsimile letters; signed by the editor Walter Sidney Scott. With portraits; and an added gathering of 7 facsimile letters and view of the shop of Monday and Slatter. 1 vols. 4to. Handsome volume recording the correspondence of a key period in Shelley's life. Golden Cockerel unknown books
1944309503Golden Cockerel 1944. One of 50 copies with the facsimile letters; signed by the editor Walter Sidney Scott. With portraits; and an added gathering of 7 facsimile letters and view of the shop of Monday and Slatter. 1 vols. 4to. Full tan niger morocco t.e.g. by Leighton-Straker. One of 50 copies with the facsimile letters; signed by the editor Walter Sidney Scott. With portraits; and an added gathering of 7 facsimile letters and view of the shop of Monday and Slatter. 1 vols. 4to. Handsome volume recording the correspondence of a key period in Shelley's life. Golden Cockerel unknown books
185924910London: Smith Elder 1859 1859. First edition. NCBEL III 315. Cloth slightly worn; front hinge skillfully repaired; nearly fine copy. 8vo original decoratively blind-stamped blue cloth gilt decorations and lettering. Frontispiece. 34-page publisher's terminal catalogue. ¶ An important collection of pieces about Shelley and his association with the other principle romantics. <br/><br/> London: Smith, Elder, 1859 hardcover books
1932030191London: Humphrey Milford 1932. Edited with an introduction by John Shawcross. xlvii 244p. original green cloth. Reprint of the 1909 edition. Humphrey Milford unknown books
6293LONDON FABER 1930. 1/950; SLIPCASE VERY GOOD. LONDON, FABER, 1930 unknown books
6292LONDON FABER 1930. FIRST EDITION THUS GOOD-VERY GOOD. F. LONDON, FABER, 1930 unknown books
1819219217Livorno Italy: Printed for C. and J. Ollier Vere Street Bond Street 1819. First edition one of 250 copies without initial blank. 104 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 9-1/8 x 5-3/4 inches: 232 x 146 mm. Bound in full green morocco gilt spine t.e.g. by Riviere & Sons professionally rebacked in invisible fashion spine gilt very slightly sunned else fine. Bookplate of Robert Hoe and Blairhame. First edition one of 250 copies without initial blank. 104 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 9-1/8 x 5-3/4 inches: 232 x 146 mm. Hoe Copy of Shelley's verse drama. First edition of Shelley's dramatization of this dark tale of parricide child abuse and incest - based on actual events - and arguably the most enduring Romantic verse-play. Only 250 copies were printed according to Shelley himself. According to Granniss "With the exception of Queen Mab The Cenci is the only one of Shelley's works which reached a second edition during his lifetime ." On the other hand the play was never staged until the Shelley Society produced it on the occasion of Robert Browning's birthday on May 7 1886. Granniss 50; Ashley V 69; not in Tinker Printed for C. and J. Ollier Vere Street, Bond Street unknown books
1821226038Livorno Italy: C. and J. Ollier 1821. Second edition but the first to appear in England; the book was first printed in Livorno Italy in 1819 in an edition of only 250 copies. xvii 103 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Later half red morocco spine gilt t.e.g. others uncut. Fine copy. Second edition but the first to appear in England; the book was first printed in Livorno Italy in 1819 in an edition of only 250 copies. xvii 103 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Ashley Library V p. 69; Wise: A Shelley Library p.51 C. and J. Ollier unknown books
190140982Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1901. Cambridge edition 8vo pp. xliii 651; engraved portrait frontispiece; contemporary three-quarter black morocco over blue marble boards gilt-stamped spine in 6 compartments t.e.g. marble endpapers; spine toned to a dark brown upper cover nearly detached general light shelf wear else a very good attractive copy. Forms part of the series The Cambridge Edition of the Poets. Printed at the Riverside Press. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
18995827Boston. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1899. Handsomely bound in 3/4 burgundy grain morocco and marbled boards. Triple gilt-ruled spine compartments with decorative gilt-tooled motifs. Raised bands. Gilt titles. Marbled endsheets. t.e.g. 8vo. Illustrated with monochrome frontis and title plates. . Full page tape repairs to prelims frontis and title pages mild rubbing to extremities else a Very Good copy. Houghton Mifflin Company. hardcover books
1933030131New York: Oxford University Press 1933. Edited by Thoma sHutchinson. With introduction and notes by benjamin P. Kurtz. lvi 928p. original burgundy cloth. Oxford standard edition. Oxford University Press unknown books
1892318687Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press 1892. Large Paper Edition limited to 250 numbered copies inscribed by the editor on the ffep of Volume I: "To Mr. and Mrs. Lewis S. Bigelow/ from their friend/ G.E.R. Woodberry/ April 13 1901. 8vo. Bound in modern half brown morocco over marbled boards spines gilt with burgundy and green calf title labels some foxing to endpapers uncut and largely unopened else fine. Large Paper Edition limited to 250 numbered copies inscribed by the editor on the ffep of Volume I: "To Mr. and Mrs. Lewis S. Bigelow/ from their friend/ G.E.R. Woodberry/ April 13 1901." 8vo. Centenary Edition. Printed at the Riverside Press unknown books
1964226125New York: Knopf 1964. First edition. 4 271 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth. Fine in dust jacket. First edition. 4 271 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Presentation Copy to John Dreyfus. A notable First edition. In 1962 the Pforzheimer Library bought the Esdaile notebook containing fifty-seven poems of which only 14 had been previously published. Inscribed by Pforzheimer on the front pastedown to the great typographer and designer John Dreyfus: " . in appreciation for the close cooperation in producing a volume so pleasing textually and typographically; and with great admiration and warm regards - Carl Pforzheimer Jr. 11/72. Knopf unknown 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
223295New York: Brentano. hardcover. near fine. Thick 8vo. Magnificently rebound in full burgundy morocco with gold floral designs on the covers and spine t.e.g. New York: Brentano no date circa 1950. A fine copy but for a bookplate neatly removed from inside front cover.<br/><br/> Brentano unknown books
1832000649London: Edward Moxon 1832 1832. FIRST EDITION FIRST BINDING COMPLETELY UNRESTORED. 1 vol. 12mo bound in the original tan boards the secondary binding was cloth printed paper spine label partially present uncut as issued outer hinges starting inner hinges fine internally clean and bright a VERY GOOD UNSOPHISTICATED COPY. Housed in a full green straight grained morocco solider slipcase gilt lettered spine. <br /><br />Written to denounce the state of things that occasioned the notorious 'Peterloo Massacre' at Manchester in 1819 for publication in The Examiner but turned down by the editor Leigh Hunt ".because he thought that the public at large had not become sufficiently discerning to do justice to the sincerity and kind-heartedness of the spirit that walked in this flaming robe of verse." London: Edward Moxon, 1832 hardcover books
194610534Yonkers: Alicat Bookshop 1946. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Pamphlet. Number 4 in the "Outcast" series of chapbooks published by the Alicat Bookshop. 24 pp. Includes selections from The Necessity of Atheism A Letter to Lord Ellenborough A Refutation of Deism and Essay on Christianity by Shelley. A clean near fine example of this uncommon book. <br/><br/> Alicat Bookshop paperback books
188021450London: Printed for Private Distribution 1880. Number 10 of the 50 printed for American distribution from an private issue edition of 100 copies. Engraved frontispiece marked "Proof" title vignette folding pedigree illustrations in text. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary half green morocco original wrappers bound in. Some rubbing original wrappers and adjacent leaves spotted and browned else a good copy from the library of Henry Cabot Lodge. Number 10 of the 50 printed for American distribution from an private issue edition of 100 copies. Engraved frontispiece marked "Proof" title vignette folding pedigree illustrations in text. 1 vols. 4to. Printed for Private Distribution unknown books
1901292613London: Vale Press 1901. Limited. hardcover. very good. Charles Ricketts. Illustrated by Charles Ricketts with initial letters and several elaborate wood engraved border designs. 3 volumes. 8vo white cloth spines sunned as usual. London: Hacon & Ricketts The Vale Press 1901. Limited Edition.<br/><br/> A very good copy with some very light foxing at bottom margins of a few pages otherwise fine & fresh.<br/><br/> Vale Press unknown books
1971229211Cambridge The Limited Editions Club at the University Printing House 1971. 1971. First edition thus. 4to. Illustrated with wood engravings by Richard Shirley Smith. Selected edited and with a 19 page introduction by Stephen Spender. Original 1/2 brown leather with black gilt stamped spine label over terra-cotta cloth with a black leather blindstamped label of Shelley on the upper front cover. 312 pages 1 page index. Enclosed in a black board slipcase with gold spine label stamped in black rubbed; soiling; spine label chipped. Very good book in a good-very good slipcase. No other signatures or bookplates. Number 1346 of 1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator Richard Shirley Smith on the limitation page. Signed by Illustrators. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Cambridge, The Limited Editions Club at the University Printing House, 1971. hardcover 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
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
155649<p>ca. 1900. Octavo. Alphabetical index and index of first lines. 656 pages. Original gilt stamped vellum over light green cloth by Jarrold & Sons spine with art nouveau floral designed stamped in gilt and green gilt stamped brown morocco label covers ruled in gilt t.e.g. Very good. Small bookseller's ticket on the front pastedown. No signatures or bookplates.</p> Frederick Warne and Co. hardcover books
2418London & New York: Macmillan & Co. 1900. Bound in sumptuous midnight blue full levant by Bumpus Binders of Oxford 8vo. 708 pages including index of first lines. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Shelley. The binding is like the poet deeply romantic. The six paneled spine is laden with gilt hearts and sinuous gilt borders punctuated by chaste pointielles. Both upper and lower covers have dual linear borders and gilt hearts the design beautifully mirrored on the turn-ins. All edges gilt. Aside from some light minor wear primarily confined to the lower cover this is an exceptionally handsome binding from the Art Nouveau period of design. A perfect marriage of poetry and the bookbinder's art. books