Published by Hurd and Houghton, New York, Ho.O.Houghton Boston, 1878
Seller: Friends of the Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, ME, U.S.A.
Association Member: MABA
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Possibly ex library with the only indications that it may be so are small call stickers on the spines. There are distinctive bookplates "Winchester" on the front paste-downs, and name of a previous owner also Winchester in pencil on the ffe. of Vol.1. This is a reprinting in 1878. with a copyright page-"1855 by Little Brown". The books are bound in brown cloth with "British Poets Shelley Riverside Edition" in gilt on the spine. Corners and spine caps are bumped with loss of cloth at the heads. The front joint is tearing for a half inch down from the top edge and all hinges except for the back hinge of Vol II are cracked. Top edges bright gilt. Otherwise, pages are ivoried , smooth and unmarked. 345pp; 378 pp.
Published by Little, Brown & Company, 1855
Seller: COVENANT HERITAGE LIBRIS, Saint John, NB, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Binding tight, a numbered sticker on each spine, name scratched out inside cover leaving scuff mark. Red cloth gilt decor. Shelf wear soiling. Fading on spine. D3 5.
Published by Edward Moxon, 1857
Seller: Avenue Victor Hugo Books, Newmarket, NH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Early printing. Originally issued by Moxon in 1839. This set has significant defects. 3 individual vols. Duodecimo, 7 2/3" tall, vol. 1: xvii + 376 pages; vol. 2: viii + 432 pages; vol. 3: viii + 386 pages, full decorative calf with raised bands and panels with maroon and black spine title labels; marbled endpapers and fore-edges. This is a good plus, solid, clean, set overall, internally very good, paper lightly yellowed, internal binding tight, BUT with hinges cracked and one each broken on vol. 1 and 2, with a cover loose, rubbing to all corners, leather fraying and chipping at the back strip, title labels missing from vol. 3. This set is well worth binding restoration and price accordingly.
Published by Boston. Ticknor and Fields, 1867
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 4 volumes bound in attractive three quarters leather. A lovely 19th century binding with marbled paper over boards and marbled endpapers. Spines and corners in brown leather, with raised cords, orange/brown leather title label in one panel, black leather volume number label in lower panel (missing from one of the volumes). Gold decorations on the spines as well. Some rubbing and fading, but all boards firmly attached and all hinges strong. Foeredges dyed with marbled pattern as well -- this was as nice a binding as you might hope to see in 1867. Title pages all dated 1867. Frontispiece engraving in volume 1 with tissue guard. Volume 1 has 431 pages. Volume 2 has 345 pages. Volume 3 has 367 pages. Volume 4 has 378 pages. Nice and clean, page edges crisp and squared. Mild, normal, toning from age. Each volume measures 4.5 x 6.5 inches. Each volume has a neatly written ownership name at the front. Copyright pages are dated 1855 by Little, Brown, and Co., so this edition evidently indicated a change of ownership of the printing rights between prosperous Boston publishers. Some extra shipping will be necessary for this 4 volume set. Please email with questions or to request photos. If you see a photo beside this listing, please be aware that it's an ABE Stock Photo (whatever that is) and not a photo of this book.
Published by Boston + New York/Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin and Company/Riverside Press. No date (Ca. 1902), 1902
Seller: Lee Madden, Book Dealer, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very Good HCs, no DJs. Half bound in natural calf leather with Spanish pattern (?) marbled paper over boards, gilt overlaid veins on covers; pseudo raised bands on spine with extra gilt stamped floral and vine designs in compartments and with gilt stamped titles on red and brown spine panels; all edges marbled in Spanish pattern; end papers match cover marbling. Bright, clean, square covers and spines; very slight edge rubbing with boards just exposed at volume 1 front cover lower fore corner and at rear cover upper fore corner; leather remains supple; tightly bound; owner bookplate on each front pastedown; bright, clean interiors. A very handsome set. Small 8vo, 1566 total pp (xlv, 431, 345, 367, 378).
Published by Edward Moxon, London, 1857
Seller: Sean Fagan, Rare Books, Buford, GA, U.S.A.
Signed
Leather. Condition: Very Good Set. Engravings (illustrator). 16mo, Gilt lettered and decorated covers and spines. All edges gilt. Binding signed by Zaehnsdorf Bindery. Nice little set. Gilt inner dentelle. Percy Bysshe Shelley (4 August 1792 - 8 July 1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets and is regarded by critics as amongst the finest lyric poets in the English language. A radical in his poetry as well as his political and social views, Shelley did not achieve fame during his lifetime, but recognition for his poetry grew steadily following his death. Shelley was a key member of a close circle of visionary poets and writers that included Lord Byron; Leigh Hunt; Thomas Love Peacock; and his own second wife, Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein. Shelley is perhaps best known for such classic poems as Ozymandias, Ode to the West Wind, To a Skylark, Music, When Soft Voices Die, The Cloud and The Masque of Anarchy. His other major works include long, visionary poems such as Queen Mab (later reworked as The Daemon of the World), Alastor, The Revolt of Islam, Adonaïs, the unfinished work The Triumph of Life; and the visionary verse dramas The Cenci (1819) and Prometheus Unbound (1820). Shelley became an idol of the next three or four generations of poets, including important Victorian and Pre- Raphaelite poets such as Robert Browning and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. He was admired by Oscar Wilde, Thomas Hardy, George Bernard Shaw, Bertrand Russell, W. B. Yeats, Karl Marx, Upton Sinclair and Isadora Duncan. Henry David Thoreau's civil disobedience was apparently influenced by Shelley's non-violence in protest and political action. Signed by Author(s).
Published by London: Edward Moxon,, 1840
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, 2 vols, 12mo (7.75 x 4.75), pp. (i-vi), vii-xxxii, (1), 2-319, (1); (i-v), vi-viii, (1-3), 4-360. Three quarter blue levant niger morocco and marbled boards by Stikeman and Co. with their pallet signature on the versos of the front free endpapers, backs in six gilt paneled compartments, gilt lettered in the second and third, gilt place and date at foot, top edges gilt, matching marbled endpapers. Near fine clean bright pair with slight rub to the joints and some wear to the corner tips. Sheets clean, unmarked, unfoxed, complete. No owner names or inscriptions. H10939 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 2 to 5 days of cleared payment. The estimated shipping times and estimated arrival dates given in the listing are not provided by us and are usually wrong or very misleading. We do not pay for any foreign taxes or customs duties and have no information about them. These are the responsibility of the buyer. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.