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187748147Edinburgh: David Douglas 1877. 1st Edition. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. TEG. Square & tight. Modest extremity wear. Period pos to half-title page. A VG copy. x 2 249 7 pp. Adverts last 6 pages. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/> David Douglas hardcover books
18201262131Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott 1820. first edition. Quarto in green and black hardcovers; VG; moderate soiling or shelf wear; beautiful illustrated end pages in black and white; paper text and color illustrations clean with minimal fading; pp. 127; shelved in Case # 14; DC consignment. 1262131. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. J.B. Lippincott unknown books
1830314911London: Saunders and Otley 1830. Second edition. 3 vols. 8vo. Near contemporary half-calf and marbled boards. Covers detached spines perished. Second edition. 3 vols. 8vo. Shelley family copy. From the library of Sir Percy Florence Shelley 1819-1889 the only surviving child of Percy and Mary Shelley. Sir Percy who inherited the family baronetcy in 1844 on the death of his grandfather also inherited his father's papers on the death of Mary Shelley; he and his wife Jane Lady Shelley created at Boscombe Manor something of a shrine to the poet's memory and had much to do with shaping the Victorian cult and myth of Shelley. Margaret Shelley 1801-1887 who owned this copy prior to her nephew was one of the poet's four younger sisters. The book combines two novels by Griffin issued together for this second edition the year after their first appearance. Provenance: Margaret Shelley ownership signature to titles dated 1839; Percy Florence Shelley bookplate in each volume Saunders and Otley unknown books
18801329929London: C. Kegan Paul 1880. Large Paper Edition #41/50. Hardcover. Octavo 393 pages; VG; bound by Maltby Oxford in full dark blue calf gilt titling and rules to spine light gilt to boards; gilt turn-ins; mild sun-fading and wear to spine; marbled endpapers; top edge gilt;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> "This Large-Paper Edition consisting of Fifty Copies all of which are numbered was printed in the month of November 1880. This Copy is No. 41" / Signed by the printer Charles Whittingham Co.; Printed at the Chiswick Press: C. Whittingham and Co.;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> shelved case 0. 1329929. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. C. Kegan Paul hardcover books
18761287891London: Reeves and Turner 1876/1877. Hardcover. Octavos. 4 volumes; VG; 3/4 bound in dark green leather marbled boards; paneled spines with gilt lettering tooling; marbled endpapers; top edges of text blocks gilt; very mild wear to boards spines; frontispieces with tissue guards; shelved above Holocaust studies. 1287891. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Reeves and Turner hardcover books
18962263721Thomas Y. Crowell & Company 1896. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Spine faded hinge beginning to weaken ink name and date on front flyleaf 'K.C. Bryant Malden Nov. 1896'. viii 705 3 pp. 8vo. No copyright date late 19th century circa 1896. A collection of poetry by the major figure in the English Romantic period close friend of fellow poet Lord Byron and husband to Mary Shelley the author of Frankenstein. Edited with an introduction by Edward Dowden and including the preface by Mary Shelley from the 1830 first collected edition the postscript from the 1839 second edition and the preface by Mary Shelley to the volume of posthumous poems published in 1824. Notes a list of Shelley's principal writings the order of poems and indices to the poems and their first lines follow text. Thomas Y. Crowell & Company hardcover books
1847Embry 167867Edward Moxon 1847. Small green stain to lower leading edge of first few page in volume one minor cosmetic touch-up overall a fine and handsome set. One half green calf by Bayntun spine compartments with decorative rectangular surrounds and red title and volume labels. Edward Moxon, 1847. 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
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
18862636London: Reeves and Turner 1886. Limited to three hundred copies. Octavo. lviii 60 pages with a seven page catalog at the back. Illustrated bookplate of "J.A. Fuller Maitland" on front pastedown together with a type-written analysis of who might have designed the Pre-Raphaelite bookplate. <br/><br/> Reeves and Turner unknown books
18864916London: The Shelley Society Reeves and Turner 1886. First edition thus. First edition thus. Original printed paper covered boards. Portrait frontispiece etching. The rare first edition limited to only 100 copies. An exact type facsimile of the original Shelley 1821 edition. Corners bumped and chipped spine worn but a very good copy of a scarce Wise imprint. The Shelley Society, Reeves and Turner unknown books
1888260925London: Printed for private circulation for the Shelley Society 1888. One of three copies on vellum signed by the printers Richard Clay & Sons. ii 17 9 pp. 8vo 8-1/2 x 5-1/4 inches. Polished tan calf gilt spine front hinge started but holding by Tout. Bookplate of Edwin B. Holden. One of three copies on vellum signed by the printers Richard Clay & Sons. ii 17 9 pp. 8vo 8-1/2 x 5-1/4 inches. Printed for private circulation [for the Shelley Society] unknown 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
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
18851316695London: Reeves and Turner 1885. Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. 12mo; pp 101; G-/no-DJ; light brown spine with black text to paper label; reprint of 1816 first edition; cloth shows some age toning toward edges; cracked front joint. as is; minor chips to spine edges; minor rubbing to corners; text block has deckled edges; slight toning to exterior edges; slight offset to endpapers; some cracking to gutters; light pencil to ffep; interior clean;. 1316695. FP New Rockville Stock. Reeves and Turner hardcover books
189721267New York: Bangs & Co 1897. Frontispiece portrait. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half red morocco. Covers detached repaired with tape rubbed light marginal browning of text a few pencilled notations. Frontispiece portrait. 1 vols. 8vo. Fine Collection of Shelley and Shelleyana. "Mr. Frederickson about 20 years ago conceived the idea of having the larger portion of his buying concentrated on Shelley. We say.that this Shelley library is the most remarkable ever collected in this country" Preface signed by Ernest Dressel North. <br/>Among the great rarities is Mary Shelley's copy inscribed from Shelley of "A Philosophical Poem"1813 with her notes and two manuscript verses describing her love for Shelley. There are also several autograph Byron letters Coleridge autograph letter and poem 24 pages of the original manuscript of Irving's "Life of Washington" two Keats letters each 2 pages several Lamb letters a Poe letter discussing "The Mystery of Marie Roget" about 65 Shelley letters and several Mary Shelley letters. An amazing collection. Bangs & Co unknown books
1840615191840. SHELLEY Percy Bysshe. ESSAYS LETTER FROM ABROAD TRANSLATIONS AND FRAGMENTS by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Edited by Mrs. Shelley. In Two volumes. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard 1840. First American edition same year as British. 8vo. half brown morocco over marbled paper-covered boards; spine in gilt t.e.g. Slight sun some scuffing rubbing to leather mainly to edges. Light foxing throughout. Very good tight copies overall. unknown books
1840410501840. SHELLEY Percy Bysshe. ESSAYS LETTERS FROM ABROAD TRANSLATIONS AND FRAGMENTS. Edited by Mrs. Shelley. In two volumes. London: Edward Moxon 1840. First edition. 8vo. brown cloth; xxvii 319 pp. viii 360 pp. Book plates. Corners slightly bumped wear to heel and crown and small tears at spines on both vols.; mild soiling sunning and rubbing at boards. Hinges tender; one signature starting at vol. I; mild over-opening and soiling at endpapers on both vols. Text very clean. Good. unknown books
1824140941633London: Printed for John and Henry L. Hunt 1824. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition. xi iii 415 1 pp. bound with the errata leaf. Later green calf gilt smooth spine gilt brown decorative morocco lettering-pieces gilt all edges gilt blue marbled endpapers stamp-signed by Zaehnsdorf for A. C. McClurg. Near Fine with slightly sunned spine some minor rubbing to extremities. From the collection of Louis V. Ledoux 1880-1948 poet and Japanese print collector with his bookplate. An attractive copy. One of only 500 copies. Printed for John and Henry L. Hunt unknown books
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 books
1822146161822. in original boards London: Printed and Published by R. Carlile 1822. Original drab paper-covered boards. First Published Edition second issue -- which is to say the sheets of William Clark's 1821 pirated edition with the 1822 cancel title leaf of radical publisher Richard Carlile. "Queen Mab a Philosophical Poem in Nine Cantos with Seventeen Notes" -- Shelley's first major poetic work -- was first privately-printed in 1813. Since it was a radical and revolutionary vision of a utopian world from an atheistic viewpoint Shelley never intended it to go beyond his friends. But in 1821 a stash of the undistributed sheets was discovered by London bookseller William Clark and the result was an 1821 pirated edition with the help of the infamous book pirate Thomas Moses whose monogram also appears here on the final page of text. Shelley tried to suppress this Clark/Moses edition but was unsuccessful because the courts ruled that "books liable to conviction for blasphemy or sedition are not entitled to legal protection." Clark spent four months in prison courtesy of the Society for the Prevention of Vice; Clark's sheets ultimately fell into the hands of his former employer Richard Carlile who issued this edition with his own title leaf in 1822 -- Shelley having just drowned off the coast of Italy in July 1822. This copy includes at the rear Shelley's dedicatory poem "To Harriet which had appeared in his 1813 copies but which Shelley had ever since tried to suppress -- and for good reason. In 1811 19-year-old Shelley had eloped with 16-year-old Harriet Westbrook under her threat that she would otherwise take her own life; in July 1814 -- after the 1813 QUEEN MAB was printed with its dedication -- Shelley fled pregnant Harriet for the Continent with Mary Godwin and after Harriet did in fact take her own life married Mary at the end of 1816. In 1818 Mary's FRANKENSTEIN was published. This copy is still remarkably in the original drab paper-covered boards albeit without spine label; the leaves are uncut and the original endpapers are intact. There is minor edge-wear and one small patch of the spine has chipped away but this is certainly near-fine condition. Housed in a cloth clamshell case with leather label. Incidentally in the legendary eight-day Jerome Kern sale of January 1929 the highest price achieved today just over $1 million was by a copy of QUEEN MAB annotated by Shelley -- thanks to Lee Biondi for this tidbit. unknown books
1821114154London: Clark 1821. First. hardcover. near fine. Later 1/2 brown morocco over marbled boards spine gilt with five raised bands g.t. London: W. Clark 1821. First published edition after a privately printed edition in 1813. Pirated edition printed in 1821 by Clark -- who spent 4 months in prison for it -- without Shelley's authorization.<br/><br/> Title page expertly repaired; although it lacks the advertising leaf and has the bowdlerized text with words being replaced by hyphens on several pages the rare dedication page in verse to Harriet his first wife who had committed suicide in 1816 usually missing is present as is Clark's imprint on the final page of text.<br/><br/> Clark unknown books
18211213New York: J. Baldwin 1821. First American Edition. Full-Leather. 12mo. 1-3 4-181 1pp. publisher's ad; with the engraved title only; page 24 misnumbered 4; bound in full contemporary green straight grained morocco bordered in decorative rolls in blind slightly raised bands with compartments fully gilt decorated red morocco spine label gilt all edges gilt; edges lightly rubbed; neat previous owner's name on front free end sheet; early repair to upper joint. Internally clean without foxing; housed in a cloth slipcase. The first of Shelley's work to be published in America. <br/><br/> J. Baldwin 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
186241242London: Edward Moxon & Co 1862. 12mo pp. xvi 191; later three-quarter green calf over marbled boards gilt-stamped spine in 6 compartments 2 red gilt-lettered morocco spine labels t.e.g. marbled endpapers; spine faded to brown; edges spine head and foot rubbed interior fine. <br/><br/> Edward Moxon & Co hardcover books
