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Two Percy Bysshe Shelley Collections

Currency:USD Category:Books / Fiction Books Start Price:62.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 - 350.00 USD
Two Percy Bysshe Shelley Collections
<B>Two Percy Bysshe Shelley Collections.</B></I> Mary Shelley, editor: <I>The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley</B></I> (London: Edward Moxon, 1857), three volumes, Volume I: 376 pages with 8 pages of advertising in the front, Volume II: 432 pages, Volume III: 386 pages, green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and blind decorative stamping on boards, 12mo (4.5" x 7"). All volumes have sunned spines, edge and spine wear, and bumped corners. Hinge starting on Volumes 1 & III.<BR><BR>Thomas Jefferson Hogg <I>The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley</B></I> (London: Edward Moxon, 1858), four volumes in one, 557 pages, half-leather with marbled boards and textblock edges, pencil annotations on back free endpaper. This copy is generally good, with a 2.75" portion of the leather at the head of the spine pulled away and 1" at the tail. The spine is lightly sunned, edges and corners rubbed, boards lightly rubbed and scratched. A lovely set of books for the Shelley collector. <I>From the Betty Bennett Collection.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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