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262
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SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE.
The Poetical Works.
4 volumes. Edited by Mary
Shelley. Engraved frontispiece portrait to volume 1 (light offsetting to facing title-page);
half-titles. 12mo, later full burgundy straight-grain morocco, covers ruled in blind, spine in
compartments, gilt title in 1, all edges gilt, by Maclehose; minor rubbing to spine tips and
corners, few minor stray marks; housed in cloth slipcase.
FIRST COLLECTED EDITION
.
London: Edward Moxon, 1839
[600/900]
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[SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE.]
St. Irvyne; or, the Rosicrucian: a Romance.
12mo, later full red morocco, triple-fillet gilt covers, spine gilt in compartments, board
edges and turn-ins gilt, by Riviere & Son, top edges gilt; facsimile half-title and title leaves,
slightly trimmed.
London: J.J. Stockdale, 1811
[4,000/6,000]
FIRST EDITION
, in an attractive binding, of Shelley’s second gothic romance, written
before he went to Oxford. A scarce title appearing infrequently on the market,
ABPC records no copies sold at auction since 1996.
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SHELLEY, MARY WOLL-
STONECRAFT.
Frankenstein or, the
Modern Prometheus.
6 illustrations
from the James Whale film, and fron-
tispiece featuring Boris Karloff as the
Monster. 8vo, publisher’s red cloth with
titles stamped in black, top edge stained
green; dust jacket, some age-toning, spine
panel and folds with small chips at edges,
two closed tears along upper front panel
folds, but illustration still bright and
appealing; ownership inscription to front
free endpaper, else unmarked.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1931]
[800/1,200]
FIRST PHOTOPLAY EDITION
and one of the
most sought-after in the series. Scarce in origi-
nal dust jacket.
