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First edition of Lucy Madox Rossetti's Mrs. Shelley; extra illustrated and bound by Bayntun; with an autograph letter signed by Mary Shelley laid in
ROSSETTI, LUCY MADOX. [MARY SHELLEY].
Mrs. Shelley.
London: W. H. Allen & Co 1890.
First edition of Lucy Madox Rossetti’s biography of Mary Shelley; extra-illustrated and with an autograph letter signed by Mary Shelley laid in. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco by Bayntun with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, quadruple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, extra-illustrated with 77 engraved plates of portraits and views, 11 of which are hand-colored including a frontispiece portrait of Percy Bysshe Shelley. With a fragment of an autograph letter signed and entirely in the hand of Mary Shelley laid in which reads in full, “…to this office, the publication being for the benefit of his Widow, who at an advanced age & in bad health, is left totally unprovided. Many of my father’s correspondents have kindly placed in my hands letters of his for the purpose of publication. I looked over the volumes of correspondence with the Revd. Dr. [Samuel] Parr, which you have published, & find that you have not… Will you be so good as to… me by an early answer. I am Yours Obediently Mary Shelley 4 Lowes Belgrave St. 23 Sep 1836.” After her father’s death in April 1836 at the age of 80, Mary began assembling his letters for a memoir for publication as he had requested in his will, but after two years of work she abandoned the project. The present letter was likely sent to a publisher before Shelley abandoned the project. From the library of renowned English bibliophile Edward Hailstone with his gilt morocco bookplate to the pastedown. In very good condition. An exceptional example of this rare work; highly desirable with a letter signed by Shelley.
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 133425
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Rare First Edition of Mary Wollstonecraft's second novel Valperga
SHELLEY, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT.
Valperga: or, the Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca. By the Author of ‘Frankenstein’.
London: G. and W.B. Whittaker 1823.
Rare first edition of Shelley’s second novel, which has been called “a meditation on political, psychological, and sexual power” and is considered by many to be her finest work. 12mo., bound in 19th century three quarter calf over marbled boards by Bumpus, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels, raised bands. In very good condition, contemporary name. A very sharp example.
Price: $9,200.00 Item Number: 117880
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"the most famous English horror novel": Illustrated Edition of Frankenstein; Signed by Barry Moser
[SHELLEY, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT]; ILLUSTRATED BY BARRY MOSER.
Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus.
Berkeley: University of California 1984.
First edition of this illustrated edition of Mary Shelley’s masterpiece and “the most famous English horror novel” (Clute and Nicholls). Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Barry Moser on the title page. Afterword by Joyce Carol Oates.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 140651