‎Shelley ‎

‎Shelley Percy Bysshe‎

‎The Sensitive Plant‎

‎London/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

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‎Shelley Percy Bysshe‎

‎To A Skylark‎

‎Undated but likely 1950-1967. Hard cover. Paper over boards. Octavo. Unpaginated but ii 14pp. Fore-edge untrimmed. Opening line in gilt.<br /><br />This book has been designed printed from hand-set type and case bound by Thelma & John Evans at The Goose Rumped Roan Press now situate at Este Es the Northern Edge of the Black Forest near Hilltop near Parker Colorado. Approximately sixty copies have been completed for private distribution as keepsakes. Goose Rumped Roan Press (Este Es) hardcover books‎

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‎Shelley Percy Bysshe‎

‎We Pity the Plumage but Forget the Dying Bird." An Address to the People on the Death of Princess Charlotte. By The Hermit of Marlow‎

‎London: Reprinted for Thomas Rodd Great Newport Street Compton & Ritchie Printers Middle Street Cloth Fair 1843. First edition. 16 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Sewn as issued. In half blue morocco slipcase and chemise. Fine. First edition. 16 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. 'Liberty is dead!' - Political Tract by Shelley. 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."<br/>Political essay arguing that the death of Princess Charlotte in childbirth was "a private grief" while the execution of three weavers for high treason in Derbyshire was a national tragedy.<br/>"The execution of Brandreth Ludlam and Turner is an event of quite a different character from the death of Princess Charlotte . It is a national calamity that we endure men to rule over us who sanction for whatever ends a conspiracy which is to arrive at its purpose through such a frightful pouring forth of human blood and agony . Liberty is dead!"<br/>Uncommon. Ashley V p. 64; Granniss Shelley pp. 43-44; Wise Shelley p. 46 Reprinted for Thomas Rodd, Great Newport Street (Compton & Ritchie, Printers, Middle Street, Cloth Fair) unknown books‎

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‎Shelley Percy Bysshe‎

‎ZASTROZZI A ROMANCE‎

‎London: The Golden Cockerel Press 1955. Hardcover. Very good-/No dust jacket. London: The Golden Cockerel Press 1955. Introduction by Phyllis Harnoll Engravings by Cecil Keeling. Numerous b/w engraving. 131 pp. Hardcover. Large 8vo size. Black embossed cloth over red marbled paper covered boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Extremities slightly bumped and rubbed; corners worn. Very slight scattered foxing and soiling only to endpapers. Else quite good; clean and bright binding tight. Very good-/No dust jacket. Oversized - extra shipping charges apply Insurance required to ship this item. The Golden Cockerel Press hardcover books‎

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‎Shelley Percy Bysshe selected edited and introduced by Stephen Spender illustrated with wood engravings by Richard Shirley S‎

‎The Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley‎

‎Norwalk: Heritage Press 1974. Hardcover. xxvii 313p. introductionillustrations very good Heritage Press edition in powder blue cloth boards and plain cream slipcase Sandglass newsletter laid-in ownership bookplate of Jane Trahey affixed on pastedown endpaper. Trahey was the first woman to own and run an advertising agency and was a writer as well. Her semi-autobiographical book was the basis of Hayley Mills "The Trouble With Angels Heritage Press hardcover books‎

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‎Shelley Percy Bysshe and Rose Freeman Ishill‎

‎The divinity of poetry fragment by Percy Bysshe Shelley Poem by Rose Freeman-Ishill‎

‎Berkeley Heights NJ: The Oriole Press 1966. 8p. fine condition in wraps. One of a hundred copies. The Oriole Press unknown books‎

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‎Shelley Percy Bysshe decorated by Charles Ricketts‎

‎The Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley‎

‎London and New York: Sold by Hacon & Ricketts The Vale Press and John Lane Printed at The Ballantyne Press under the Supervision of Charles Ricketts 1901. First edition. Full Leather. VG front hinge starting at top of Volume 1. A lovely set with dates at base of leather spines Vol. 12: 1901 Vol. 3: 1902. Custom full leather with 5 raised bands signed by The Knickerbocker Press back boards and G.P. Putnam's Sons front boards elaborate gilt tooling inside covers front and back. T.e.g. untrimmed edges12 ccxpp.; 12 clxxxviii pp.; 12 clxxxviii pp. A very attractive three-volume set. Vols. 12 are copyrighted 1901 Vol. 3 is copyrighted 1902. Some minor chipping at leather in tiny spots here and there not bad. The bindings appear entirely contemporary with the books. Sold by Hacon & Ricketts, The Vale Press and John Lane (Printed at The Ballantyne Press under the Supervision of Charles Ric hardcover books‎

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‎Shelley Percy Bysshe Hitchener Elizabeth‎

‎Letters of Elizabeth Hitchener to Percy Bysshe Shelley‎

‎New York: For Carl Pforzheimer and His Friends by the Pynson Press 1926. One of 155 numbered copies this being number 131. 1 vols. 4to. Patterned cloth. Fine in slipcase in original glassine. One of 155 numbered copies this being number 131. 1 vols. 4to. Scarce. [For Carl Pforzheimer and His Friends by the Pynson Press] unknown books‎

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‎Shelley Percy Bysshe Thomas J. Wise ed.‎

‎Wise Thomas J. Hellas. A Lyrical Drama. Edited by Thomas J. Wise‎

‎London: 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

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‎Shelley Percy Bysshe translator‎

‎Rogers Bruce: Way and Williams- 75 Copies Only on French Paper The Banquet of Plato‎

‎Chicago: 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

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‎SHELLEY Percy Bysshe.‎

‎New Shelley Letters.‎

‎London: Bodley Head. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1948. Hardcover. Edited by W. S. Scott. First edition thus. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper else very good in a very good minor edge wear short closed tear at the top of the front panel snag on rear panel dust jacket. . Bodley Head hardcover books‎

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‎Shelley Percy Bysshe.‎

‎Note Books of Percy Bysshe Shelley. From the Originals in the Library of W. K. Bixby. Deciphered Transcribed and Edited with a Full Commentary by H. Buxton Forman.‎

‎Boston: The Bibliophile Society 1911. One of 465 printed at The DeVinne Press on Van Gelder paper. Set of three volumes. Octavo vellum-backed boards uncut xiv 209 pp vii 187 pp vi 179 pp. Near-Fine unopened; some light foxing here and there particularly to Volume I slip case of Volume I broken. The Bibliophile Society, 1911. One of 465 printed at The DeVinne Press on Van Gelder paper. hardcover books‎

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‎Shelley Percy Bysshe.‎

‎Ode to the West Wind.‎

‎Small 4to. Florence Italy: The L-D Allen Press 1951. Small 4to 16 pp. printed in brown with floral decorations to every page. Original pink wrappers front cover titled in black. Edges slightly faded otherwise as new. § From the introduction: “This ode described as the most perfect of English lyrics illustrates Shelley’s superior gift of expression. In 1819 he also composed Prometheus Unbound cited as the most radiant of all Utopian visions and The Cenci greatest of the tragedies since Shakespeare. That these three poems each taking a supreme place among its own kind should have been produced by one man and in a single year of his life is one of the astonishing accomplishments of literary biography.†The L-D Allen Press unknown books‎

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‎Shelley Percy Bysshe.‎

‎The Dramatic Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley Arranged in Chronological Order with a Preface by C. H. Herford. with The Lyrical Poems and Translations of Percy Bysshe Shelley Arranged in Chronological Order with a Preface by C. H. Herford.‎

‎New York: Brentano’s 1924. Two volumes printed at The Florence Press. 2 volumes. Octavo bound at Brentano’s in 3/4 red crushed levant & pink linen gilt-decorated spines with floral devices top edges gilt uncut marbled endpapers xi 412 pp xxvi 480 pp. Near-Fine a bit rubbing along joints and corners head of spine of Dramatic Poems shows some wear. Brentano’s, (1924). Two volumes, printed at The Florence Press. unknown books‎

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‎Shelley Percy Bysshe.‎

‎The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Three Volumes.‎

‎Edward 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

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‎Shelley Percy Bysshe.‎

‎The Selected Poetry and Prose of Percy Bysshe Shelley.‎

‎Modern Library 1951. Fine in near fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Modern Library, 1951. unknown books‎

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‎SHELLEY Percy Bysshe. JENNEY Shirley Carson‎

‎The Fortunes of Heaven‎

‎London Arthur H. Stockwell Limited ca. 1937. 1937. First edition. 8vo. Foreword by Shelley and a second foreword by William Ewart Gladstone. Dust jacket unclipped. Very good. 98 pages. Printed by Bishop & Sons Edinburgh. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. London, Arthur H. Stockwell, Limited [ca. 1937]. hardcover books‎

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‎SHELLEY Percy Bysshe. THOMPSON Francis‎

‎Shelley‎

‎<p>First edition. Thin octavo. Introduction by George Wyndham. Notes by Wilfred Meynell. Title page printed in red and black 1 facsimile. Index. 91 pages. Full gilt stamped Japan vellum t.e.g. uncut. Very good. Enclosed in a tan cloth chemise within a gilt stamped tan morocco over matching cloth slipcase. Printed at the Arden Press.</p> Burns & Oates hardcover books‎

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‎Shelley Percy Bysshe; Dowden Edward‎

‎The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley‎

‎Thomas 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

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‎SHELLEY Percy Bysshe; ESSEX HOUSE PRESS; ASHBEE JR. artist; FARGE Marie Louise binder J. R.‎

‎Prometheus Unbound. A Lyrical Drama‎

‎London: Essex House Press Edward Arnold 1904. Essex House Press Prometheus Unbound<br/>In a Fine Designer Binding by Marie-Louise Farge<br/><br/>SHELLEY Percy Bysshe. ESSEX HOUSE PRESS. ASHBEE C.R. artist. FARGE Marie-Louise binder. Prometheus Unbound. A Lyrical Drama. Printed at Essex House Campden Gloucestershire under the care of C.R. Ashbee. London: Edward Arnold 1904. <br/><br/>Limited to 200 copies on paper of which this is no. 96.<br/><br/>Folio 11 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches; 293 x 213 mm. iv 96 pp. Printed in 'Prayer Book' type in black and red. Woodcut frontispiece by C.R. Ashbee lettered in red.<br/><br/>Specially bound ca. 1925 by Marie-Louise H. Farge stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in. Full maroon crushed levant morocco covers multi-bordered in blind and richly decorated in a fine gilt design front cover lettered in gilt. Smooth spine decorated and lettered in gilt wide decorative gilt turn-ins hand-made marbled endpapers top edge gilt others uncut. Housed in the original fleece-lined beveled-edge brown cloth slipcase. A very fine copy.<br/><br/>Prometheus Unbound is a four-act lyrical drama by Percy Bysshe Shelley first published in 1820. It is concerned with the torments of the Greek mythological figure Prometheus who defies the gods and gives fire to humanity for which he is subjected to eternal punishment and suffering at the hands of Zeus. It is inspired by the classical Prometheia a trilogy of plays attributed to Aeschylus. Shelley's play concerns Prometheus' release from captivity but unlike Aeschylus' version there is no reconciliation between Prometheus and Jupiter Zeus. Instead Jupiter is abandoned by his supportive elements and falls from power which allows Prometheus to be released. Shelley's play is a closet drama meaning it was not intended to be produced on the stage. In the tradition of Romantic poetry Shelley wrote for the imagination intending his play's stage to reside in the imaginations of his readers. However the play is filled with suspense mystery and other dramatic effects that make it in theory performable.<br/><br/>"On 11 March 1818 the Shelleys and Claire left England to take Claire's daughter Allegra to her father Byron who had taken up residence in Venice.He then began the long verse drama Prometheus Unbound a re-writing of the lost play by the ancient Greek poet Aeschylus which features talking mountains and a petulant spirit who overthrows Jupiter. The Shelleys moved between various Italian cities during these years; in later 1818 they were living in Florence in a pensione on the Via Valfonda. Shelley completed Prometheus Unbound in Rome and he spent mid-1819 writing a tragedy The Cenci in Leghorn Livorno." Wikipedia.<br/><br/>Charles Robert Ashbee 1863-1942 was a British architect and designer who was a prime mover of the Arts and Crafts movement that took its craft ethic from the works of John Ruskin and its co-operative structure from the socialism of William Morris. Ashbee set up his Guild and School of Handicraft in 1888 in London while a resident at Toynbee Hall one of the original settlements set up to alleviate inner city poverty in this case in the slums of Whitechapel. The fledgling venture was first housed in temporary space but by 1890 had workshops at Essex House Mile End Road in the East End with a retail outlet in the heart of the West End in fashionable Brook Street Mayfair more accessible to the Guild's patrons. The School closed in 1895 which Ashbee blamed on "the failure of the Technical Education Board of the L.C.C. to keep its word with the School Committee and the impossibility of carrying on costly educational work in the teeth of state aided competition." The following year the L.C.C. opened the Central School of Arts and Crafts. In 1902 the Guild moved to Chipping Campden in the picturesque Cotswolds of Gloucestershire where a sympathetic community provided local patrons but where the market for craftsman-designed furniture and metalwork was saturated by 1905. He was a member of the Order of Chaeronea a secret society founded by penal reformer and poet George Cecil Ives in 1897 for the cultivation of a homosexual ethos. To conceal his sexuality at a time when homosexuality was illegal Ashbee married the accomplished musician Janet Forbes in 1898 and had a rather progressive atypical marriage resulting in four daughters. The pair wrote a collaborative journal and Janet became a valued member of the Arts and Crafts community embracing the wider socialist concepts of the movement by setting up a craft cooperative with her husband. Ashbee also espoused the work of Edward Carpenter philosopher of the simple life and early gay rights campaigner who he considered his mentor. V & A. <br/><br/>Marie-Louise Farge fl. 1890-1939 was quoted first by Crauzat as a young woman bookbinder and then by Fléty in the Decorators and Bookbinders section as an amateur who participated in exhibitions between 1890 and 1939 so we can conclude that Marie-Louise Farge was already active from 1925. In a 1937 issue of the journal Arts et Métiers Graphique Alphonse-Jules Gonon former publisher and having become a bookbinder himself we learn that Madame Farge does everything in her studio from papers to gilding. Her style elegantly combines a certain fin-de-siècle archaism with a very modern sensibility that perfectly suits this "lyrical drama".<br/> <br/>Tomkinson. A Select Bibliography of the Principal Modern Presses. p. 75 Essex House Press # 43; Ransom Essex House Press #43; Franklin. The Private Presses p. 200. London: [Essex House Press] Edward Arnold , 1904 unknown books‎

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‎Shelley Percy Bysshe; Garnett Richard preface‎

‎POEMS‎

‎London: 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

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‎Shelley Percy Bysshe; Robinson Charles Illustrator; Gosse Edmund Introduction‎

‎The Sensitive Plant‎

‎Philadelphia: 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

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‎Shelley Percy Bysshe; Thomas J. Wise ed.‎

‎Letters from Percy Bysshe Shelley to J.H. Leigh Hunt‎

‎London: Privately printed Richard Clay & Sons for T.J. Wise 1894. Two volumes. One of 30 sets on Whatman paper. 6 x 74 2; viii 69 3 pp. With Ashley Library device on final leaves. In original brick red cloth over beveled boards gilt-stamped lettering to spines. Minor rubbing and soiling to boards corners bumped endpapers lightly offset. Bookplate of Louis V. Ledoux to front pastedowns. Todd 268d; Smith p.328 . VeryGood. Hardcover . Privately printed [Richard Clay & Sons for T.J. Wise] 1894 hardcover books‎

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‎Shelley Percy.‎

‎The Poetical Works of Shelley.‎

‎Houghton Mifflin & Co. 1975 First printing thus. Fine. Red cloth no dust jacket. Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1975, First printing thus. hardcover books‎

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‎Shelley Rex‎

‎A River of Roses‎

‎Times Book International 1998. Soft cover. Book Condition: Good Plus. Ex library with laminated covers. Very clean interior. paperback‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 0234403 ISBN : 9812047727 9789812047724