SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE]. St. Irvyne; or, the Rosicrucian; a Romance. By a Gentleman of the University of Oxford. London: J. and J. Stockdale 1811 [i.e., December 1810]. 12mo, red morocco elaborately gilt, green morocco onlays, t.e.g. , OTHER EDGES UNCUT, red morocco gilt inner dentelles, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, front outer joint cracked and front cover beginning to loosen, half-title in facsimile, red morocco case. FIRST EDITION of Shelley's second gothic romance, actually written before he went to Oxford. Laid in: An autograph signed from the poet's son Percy Shelley to "My dear Sir," Boxcombe, Ringwood, 4 May 1865, 3 pages, 8vo , entirely about the re-publication of his father's works, with a page of the letter devoted to Zastrozzi and St. Irvyne. Granniss 5; Summers, A Gothic Bibliography , p. 492; Bleiler, The Checklist of Science-Fiction and Supernatural Fiction , p. 178. Rare. Provenance : Kenealy, armorial bookplate.
SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE]. St. Irvyne; or, the Rosicrucian; a Romance. By a Gentleman of the University of Oxford. London: J. and J. Stockdale 1811 [i.e., December 1810]. 12mo, red morocco elaborately gilt, green morocco onlays, t.e.g. , OTHER EDGES UNCUT, red morocco gilt inner dentelles, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, front outer joint cracked and front cover beginning to loosen, half-title in facsimile, red morocco case. FIRST EDITION of Shelley's second gothic romance, actually written before he went to Oxford. Laid in: An autograph signed from the poet's son Percy Shelley to "My dear Sir," Boxcombe, Ringwood, 4 May 1865, 3 pages, 8vo , entirely about the re-publication of his father's works, with a page of the letter devoted to Zastrozzi and St. Irvyne. Granniss 5; Summers, A Gothic Bibliography , p. 492; Bleiler, The Checklist of Science-Fiction and Supernatural Fiction , p. 178. Rare. Provenance : Kenealy, armorial bookplate.
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