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1818réf. 6965This is a volume of the publication "The Quarterly Review" that contains a rare early possibly the first book review of the classic horror tale "FRANKENSTEIN or The Modern Prometheus" by Mary Shelley. 1818; John Murray; London. Volume XVIII comprised of the October 1817 and January 1818 issues. This review was published in January 1818 - the same month as the January 1818 first publication of Frankenstein. The book title is also listed within the table of contents at the front of the January issue and in the Index at the back of the volume. The rather scathing review spans seven pages and was written by John Wilson Croker - he writes "Our readers will guess from this summary what a tissue of horrible and disgusting absurdity this work presents" and ponders "whether the head or the heart of the author be the most diseased." Note: This volume contains two separate issues - October 1817 No. XXXV and January 1818 No. XXXVI.however the title page at the beginning of the volume states "May" 1818 and not "January" 1818.Condition:Some fading to the marbled paper over the boards; worn/rounded corners. The gilt on the spine has partially faded. There are splits along the left and right edges of the spine where it meets the covers resulting in the front cover being shaky though the back cover is firmly in place. Nice interior - the pages are mostly clean with occasional light foxing though heavier on the first few and last few pages. Light musty odor. Some shelf wear along the edges of the boards. Page 1 has a name written in old handwriting in the outer margin. Overall the book is in Good- condition. John Murray hardcover
1818réf. 1078London: Sold by J. Porter Successor to the late T. Becket in Pall Mall 1818. Near fine. THE MONTHLY REVIEW volume 85 containing an anonymous review that argues the newly published FRANKENSTEIN is unworthy of meaningful notice. When FRANKENSTEIN was first published anonymously it received little fanfare and mixed reviews. The negative reviews often attacked its unseemly premise and apparent moral ambiguity. This review on page 439 of the April 1818 issue of the journal remarks on the book's philosophical novelty but ultimately finds it too outlandish to take seriously. A terrific copy uncut in boards offering a glimpse of the contemporary reactions to the revolutionary novel by the then-anonymous author. Octavo. 8.75'' x 5.25''. Contemporary or nearly so paper boards. All edges uncut largely unopened. Index at rear. viii 544 8 pages. University of St. Andrews device and "85" stamped on spine "1818" written in later ink on spine. Sold by J. Porter, Successor to the late T. Becket, in Pall Mall unknown
1818réf. 1078London: Sold by J. Porter Successor to the late T. Becket in Pall Mall 1818. Near fine. THE MONTHLY REVIEW volume 85 containing an anonymous review that argues the newly published FRANKENSTEIN is unworthy of meaningful notice. When FRANKENSTEIN was first published anonymously it received little fanfare and mixed reviews. The negative reviews often attacked its unseemly premise and apparent moral ambiguity. This review on page 439 of the April 1818 issue of the journal remarks on the book's philosophical novelty but ultimately finds it too outlandish to take seriously. A terrific copy uncut in boards offering a glimpse of the contemporary reactions to the revolutionary novel by the then-anonymous author. Octavo. 8.75'' x 5.25''. Contemporary or nearly so paper boards. All edges uncut largely unopened. Index at rear. viii 544 8 pages. University of St. Andrews device and "85" stamped on spine "1818" written in later ink on spine. Sold by J. Porter, Successor to the late T. Becket, in Pall Mall unknown books
1829réf. 049456A. and W. Galignani 1829. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good-. Poetry Collection of three great Romantic poets Contains many poems published for the first time as it is the first collected edition of Keats and Shelley's and Coleridge's second collected edition. Beautiful engravings on the frontispiece. Published by A. and W. Galignani. Firmly bound in original grey paper covered boards recently rebacked in brown leather with gilt lettered black title label on spine. New endpapers plus the original rear free endpapers. Cover has edge wear minor scratches minor scuffs rubbed corners/spine. Front hinge slightly cracked. A few pages with small chips. Small bent page corners. Age toning/foxing mainly to the margins of some pages. Minor notes in pencil related to importance of volume on flyleaf. No writing in text. This is an important work in nice condition. A. and W. Galignani hardcover
1880réf. 251032N.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
1880réf. 251032N.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
1880réf. 174121London: C. Kegan Paul & Co. 1880. Large paper issue of this selection of Shelley's shorter verse number 41 of 50 copies printed and signed by Charles Whittingham & Co. The preface was provided by Richard Garnett 1835-1906 a key figure in the "new energetic phase in the editing of Shelley which began in the 1860s and 1870s" Rossington p. 653. Garnett spent his entire career working for the British Museum library during which he also pursued his own literary ambitions. In Io in Egypt and Other Poems 1859 he included a composition in honour of Shelley's memory "which appears to have given Garnett an introduction to the poet's son Sir Percy Florence Shelley and his wife Jane who was protective of her father-in-law's reputation" ODNB. This volume is dedicated to her. Garnett became a close ally of the couple and an active participant in their championing of the late Shelley. As part of his contribution to the poet's illustrious afterlife Garnett edited editions of his work and letters and produced Relics of Shelley 1962 an important collection of unpublished pieces. Octavo 199 x 129 mm. Contemporary blue crushed morocco by Maltby Oxford spine lettered in gilt raised bands with tripe gilt fillet extending in triangular pattern to boards inner dentelles with floral gilt pattern double gilt fillet corner rosettes and decorative gilt roll Gold Vein patterned marble endpapers top edge gilt fore and bottom edges uncut. Spine lightly sunned and rubbed a few faint marks to boards binder's blanks faintly spotted. A very good copy. Michael Rossington "Editing Shelley" Oxford Handbook of Percy Bysshe Shelley 2013. hardcover
réf. 117382London Reeves and Turner Circa 1885. . 3 vols 8vo 190 x 140 mm; illustrated frontispiece in each vol. including portrait of the poet each vol. with secondary illustrated title-pages folding facsimile of Shelley's Handwriting in vol. I. a very few minor marginal marks or spots but in the main near-fine; near-contemporary half green morocco over cloth by Bickers & Son gilt spines marbled endpapers and all edges gilt light wear and toning otherwise a very good handsome set. A handsome leather copy of the collected poetical works of one of the great Romantic poets. London, Reeves and Turner, [Circa 1885}. hardcover
2013réf. Adhya-9780840058201CENGAGE 2013. hb. New. CENGAGE hardcover
2013réf. Adhya-9780840058201CENGAGE 2013. hb. New. CENGAGE hardcover
réf. DADAX0415134463New unknown
1818réf. 7290This is a volume of the publication "THE BRITISH CRITIC" that contains a rare early 1st edition book review of the classic horror tale "FRANKENSTEIN or The Modern Prometheus" by Mary Shelley. 1818; F.C. and J. Rivington; London. Volume IX comprised of six monthly issues January through June. Within the April issue is an anonymous scathing review of "Frankenstein" published only a few months after the January 1818 1st printing of the novel. "Frankenstein" is also listed within the "Table of Books Reviewed" at the front as well as within the "Index" at the back. Three-quarter leather binding with gilt lettering on the spine. The rather lengthy review spans seven pages and was quite harsh. "We need scarcely say that these volumes have neither principle object nor moral; the horror which abounds in them is too grotesque and bizarre ever to approach near the sublime and when we did not hurry over the pages in disgust we sometimes paused to laugh outright: and yet we suspect that the diseased and wandering imagination which has stepped out of all legitimate bounds to frame these disjointed combinations and unnatural adventures might be disciplined into something better." .as well as inarguably sexist: "The writer of it is we understand a female; this is an aggravation of that which is the prevailing fault of the novel; but if our authoress can forget the gentleness of her sex it is no reason why we should; and we shall therefore dismiss the novel without further comment." Condition: There are some stains on the covers. Shelf wear to the edges of the boards. Worn cover corners. The top and bottom edges of the spine are worn. Both covers have partially split from the spine and are loose and shaky and holding only by strings. Nice interior - the pages are mostly clean with only some foxing to the first few and last few pages. "Bath Public Reference Library" label affixed to the front pastedown. Overall the book is in Fair condition due to the covers being loose. F.C. and J. Rivington hardcover
1862réf. 295516London: 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. Scarce First Edition of this compilation of Shelley s poems essays letters and miscellaneous fragments. Edward Moxon unknown
1911réf. 2306London/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 editiion 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. William Heinemann/ J.B. Lippincott Co unknown
1862réf. 295516London: 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. Scarce First Edition of this compilation of Shelley s poems essays letters and miscellaneous fragments. Edward Moxon unknown books
1911réf. 2306London/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 editiion 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. William Heinemann/ J.B. Lippincott Co unknown books
1821réf. ZB1325656London: W. Clark 1821. Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday Oct. 26 weekend SALE item 182 2 pp. removed from a larger binding and now lacking any prelims but the two rear free endpapers are present; internally clean and tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. London: W. Clark unknown
2022réf. 47647Folio Society 2022. 8vo. First Edition thus with coloured frontispiece title-vignette and 7 coloured plates; full blue leather blocked and lettered in silver and black silver edges blue laid endpapers white ribbon marker a fine copy in publisher's blocked board slip-case. EDITION LIMITED TO 750 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST THIS COPY No. 41. Folio Society, hardcover
1951réf. z0271New York: Exposition Press 1951. Scarce novel of the Japanese-American immigrant experience one of the first books in English by a Japanese-American author on the Japanese immigrant experience in America preceding Okada's No-No Boy by some six years. Beginning with a young couple's decision to leave stifling Japan for Hawaii a place of opportunity the novel follows the husband's struggles in the cane fields & a poor immigrant neighborhood to eventual property-ownership & success family drama and the unpleasant choices forced by internment during World War Two. Cheung/Yogi Asian American Literature 1090. . Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo. Exposition Press Hardcover
réf. 69901New York: The Mershon Company Publishers. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 294pp. Sextodecimo 15 cm Red cloth over boards decorated in silver. Covers a bit cocked. Spine sunned. Slight fraying to cloth at spine ends. Pages age toned. With Preface and Preface to the Last London Edition. Scarce 19th-century edition attributed to 1893. Mershon issued a number of bindings for their edition of Frankenstein. A pivotal work in the Gothic and science fiction genres written by English romantic novelist Mary Wollenstonecraft Shelley 1797-1851. The work was first published in 1818. Often considered as one of the first science fiction novels it is the story of a scientific genius who brings to life a horrifying monster that persecutes his creator. Shelley's story has been adapted countless times and has influenced pop culture immensely. The Mershon Company Publishers hardcover
réf. 69901New York: The Mershon Company Publishers. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 294pp. Sextodecimo 15 cm Red cloth over boards decorated in silver. Covers a bit cocked. Spine sunned. Slight fraying to cloth at spine ends. Pages age toned. With Preface and Preface to the Last London Edition. Scarce 19th-century edition attributed to 1893. Mershon issued a number of bindings for their edition of Frankenstein. A pivotal work in the Gothic and science fiction genres written by English romantic novelist Mary Wollenstonecraft Shelley 1797-1851. The work was first published in 1818. Often considered as one of the first science fiction novels it is the story of a scientific genius who brings to life a horrifying monster that persecutes his creator. Shelley's story has been adapted countless times and has influenced pop culture immensely. The Mershon Company Publishers hardcover books
1919réf. 203268699208London: Oxford University Press 1919. Fine Leather Bound by Riviere. Near Fine. BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND BY RIVIERE IN STUNNING FULL CRUSHED MOROCCO WITH BRIGHT GILT RULE AND PATTERNS TO BOARDS SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD MARBLED END PAPERS PASTE DOWNS AND BRIGHT GILT END PAGES. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN WITHOUT MARKS AND NO FOXING. 912 PAGES BOOK MEASURES 7.75"x5.5". 108 YEARS OLD. A STUNNING BOOK IN REMARKABLE CONDITION. Oxford University Press unknown
1847réf. 204240822666London: Edward Moxon 1847. Fine Leather Bound by Bayntun. Near Fine. THIS COMPLETE THREE VOLUME SET IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND BY BAYNTUN IN 3/4 POLISHED CALF WITH SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD MARBLED END PAPERS AND PASTE DOWNS. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN WITHOUT MARKS AND VERY LITTLE FOXING. BOOKS MEASURE 6.5"x4.5". 176 YEARS OLD. A BEAUTIFUL SET IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. Edward Moxon unknown
1934réf. 69594New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas 1934. First trade edition. Hardcover. Lynd Ward. 259pp. Octavo 24 cm. Ivory colored cloth over boards with wraparound illustration. Publisher's black topstain. Spine subtly toned and boards a bit foxed. Spine just a hair rolled back. In the slipcase with pronounced areas of fading and four splits to the edges. The longest split along the top edge measures 4" long. The book is in very good condition and the slipcase is in good condition only. Dance 064. Includes fifteen full-page illustrations by Lynd Ward plus illustrations scattered throughout. This is Lynd Ward at the height of his powers and this gothic novel may be the perfect avenue for his work. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas hardcover
2022réf. 70148Zagreb Croatia: Amaranthine Books 2022. The Doctor Edition Limited to 300 Numbered and Signed Copies. Fine. SIGNED. 354pp. The covers of The Doctor Edition embody the harsh nature of the vain doctor. With smooth aluminum on the cover symbolising the operating table with a real surgeon’s needle blocked on the front it is quarter-bound in finest goatskin leather with silver foil blocked on the spine. All edges silver. Decorative endpapers. Black ribbon page-marker. This edition comes in a solander box bound in a material made of 85% genuine leather fibers with metal plate on the spine. Inside of it is lined with purple velvet akin to the doctor’s tool bag from that era. Also comes with an informational leaf a scalpel bookmark with detailed embossing a small ruled blank notebook and a laid-in color print 16 cm x 23.5 cm. A fine press edition of Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus. Number 109 in an edition of 300. Frankenstein was first published by Lackington Hughes Harding Mavor & Jones in 1818. The revised third edition was published by Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley in 1831. The text of this limited edition combines elements of the first and the third edition with minor emendations. From the publisher- "Each of our books is a product of love but this one has another layer of it instilled on its pages. "Each illustration has thermochronic ink screen-printed over the full colour illustration giving it two phases when human touch heat is applied. The ink is manufactured to react at 25 degrees Celsius 77 degrees Fahrenheit or higher so it can work or not depending on the temperature of your surroundings and how warm or cold your hands are. Amaranthine Books unknown
