Published by Hurst, Chance, and Co. 1830, London, 1830
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Full Leather. Condition: Very Good. Heath, Charles (illustrator). viii, 352 pp. Lacking 1 plate. Full leather with gilt lettering to spine and gilt devices to corner and blind-stamped design to borders; a.e.g. Rubbing to extremities and wear to tail of spine. Scattered foxing. Previous owners' names in ink to prelims. 17 of 18 listed plates, lacking a Virginia Water plate. The Keepsake is an illustrated literary annual that ran from 1828 to 1857, containing an anthology of poetry, essays and short fiction aimed at young women. This edition contains three stories by Mary Shelley, contributions by Walter Scott and Samuel Coleridge, and the engraved illustrations it was known for. Small 8vo.
Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman; London, 1832
Seller: BooksElleven, Three Oaks, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 308 pgs. Includes a Mary Shelley's "The Brother and Sister" 105-141 pgs. Tome is bound in original red publisher's cloth with gilt title stamp along spine. Cover is moderately rubbed along extremities. Page edges gilt. Previous owner name occurs on ffep. Interior text, pages and glassines show an occasional point of foxing, being otherwise clean throughout. Materials are square and upright. Binding is secure.[Lyles D1l].
Published by London: Hurst, Chance, and Co., 1829
Seller: Magnus, Paris, France
Couverture rigide. Condition: Assez bon. First edition; Octavo. red half leather binding with gilt spine, gilt cuts; inside good condition but foxing on the title page; all the plates present, with protection sheets, mostly in excellent condition, some with very light foxing; VII, 360 pages;
Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, London:, 1832
Hardback. Condition: Good+, sound copy. Hardback. iv, 320pp. Includes 16 page Gothic tale by Mary Shelley; this is the first appearance in print of The Dream which is accompanied by an engraved illustration called Constance, painted by Louisa Sharpe and engraved by Charles Heath. There are over 40 other stories, poems etc in this literary collection including contributions by Lady Emmeline Stuart-Wortley and Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington who both went on to be editors of the journal in later years. Also includes an essay on the life ands works of Lord Byron, Half bound in maroon leather to spine and corners. Impressed bands with gilt decoration to spine. Marbled papers to boards. 17 engravings plus engraved vignette title and an engraved presentation page. Morocco is slightly faded to the spine and much rubbed to edges. Corners are slightly bumped. Marbled papers to the boards are surface scuffed and with some shelf wear. Joints and hinges are sound. Internally a little dust and finger marked with occasional foxing to the margins. Three previous owner's details to the first prelim. The last is dated 1951. Good+, sound copy.
Published by Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman [1833], London, 1833
Seller: Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
308pp. With an engraved presentation plate, an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and a further 14 engraved plates. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. Minor shelf-wear. Internally clean and crisp. An attractively bound anthology of prose and verse, including contributions by Agnes Strickland, Letitia Landon, and, most notably, two short stories by Mary Shelley, billed as 'the Author of Frankenstein; 'The Brother and Sister, an Italian Tale' and 'The Invisible Girl, a Tale'. The former, set in Siena, is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet; indeed the opening lines reference the Bard directly: 'It is well known that the hatred borne by one family against another, and the strife of parties, which often led to bloodshed in the Italian cities during the middle ages, so vividly described by Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet, was not confined to the Montecchi and Ciapelletti of Verona, but existed with equal animosity in almost every other town of that beautiful peninsula'. The latter is the first appearance of a tragic tale set on the coasts of Wales, that interweaves motifs characteristic of Gothic fiction, including a tyrannical guardian, a persecuted heroine, and a supernatural apparition. Faxon 1494. Size: 8vo.
Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London, 1832
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. The Keepsake for MMDCCCXXXII. Edited by Frederic Mansel Reynolds. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green (1832) [December 1831]. Octavo, Pages [4] [1] 2-320. Engraved title page and frontispiece in addition to a presentation plate and numerous engraved illustrations throughout. British literary annual containing The Dream by Mary Shelley, A Highland Anecdote by Sir Walter Scott, and numerous other stories and poems. First appearance of "The Dream" a gothic supernatural tale accompanied by an engraved illustration called Constance, painted by Louisa Sharpe and engraved by Charles Heath. Fair binding has peeling spine panel, repaired joints.Bookplate of Dr. Francis Robert Packard on f.f.e., toning to endpapers. Fine book block ready for a new binding.