Auction archive: Lot number 198

Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Auction archive: Lot number 198

Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Title: Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley Author: Shelley, Percy Bysshe Place: London Publisher: John and Henry L. Hunt Date: 1824 Description: xii, 415, [1] pp. (8vo) 22.5x14 cm (9x5½"), later full brown morocco, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. With a preface by Mary Shelley who selected the poems from her husband's papers following his death. Includes the first appearance of "Julian and Maddalo". Errata leaf not present. Scarce. Wise, p.70; Buxton Forman 73. Lot Amendments Condition: Binding worn and faded, front joint and hinge cracked, rear board detached along with the final leaf of text, light foxing, would benefit from rebinding. Sold as is. Item number: 282869

Auction archive: Lot number 198
Beschreibung:

Title: Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley Author: Shelley, Percy Bysshe Place: London Publisher: John and Henry L. Hunt Date: 1824 Description: xii, 415, [1] pp. (8vo) 22.5x14 cm (9x5½"), later full brown morocco, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. With a preface by Mary Shelley who selected the poems from her husband's papers following his death. Includes the first appearance of "Julian and Maddalo". Errata leaf not present. Scarce. Wise, p.70; Buxton Forman 73. Lot Amendments Condition: Binding worn and faded, front joint and hinge cracked, rear board detached along with the final leaf of text, light foxing, would benefit from rebinding. Sold as is. Item number: 282869

Auction archive: Lot number 198
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