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Two Shelley-Related Travel Book Sets

Currency:USD Category:Books / Antiquarian & Collectible Start Price:625.00 USD Estimated At:2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD
Two Shelley-Related Travel Book Sets
<B>Two Shelley-Related Travel Book Sets.</B></I> Mary Shelley: <I>Rambles in Germany and Italy in 1840, 1842, and 1843.</B></I> (London: Edward Moxon, 1844), two volumes, Volume I: 280 pages, Volume II: 296 pages, banded half-leather binding with marbled boards, 8vo (4.75" x 8"), no dust jacket (as issued). <I>Rambles in Germany and Italy</B></I> was Mary Shelley's last full-length work. It is based on letters written during two journeys she made with Percy Florence and several of his friends in 1840 and 1842-1843. Like her first book, <I>History of a Six Weeks' Tour,</B></I> <I>Rambles</B></I> is more than a simple travel memoir. It blends Romantic values, female emancipation and political advocacy, and includes Mary's narrative comments on war, national manners, historical perspectives, and political observations. The volumes are generally good, with a .375" piece missing from tail of spine, a .625" x 1.25" piece missing from the back upper corner, and rubbed boards. This set has been repaired.<BR><BR> Reverend John Chetwode Eustace: <I>A Classical Tour through Italy.</B></I> (Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1837), sixth edition, two volumes, Volume I: 284 pages, Volume II: 469 pages w/index, banded half-leather binding with marbled boards, endpapers, and edges, 8vo (5.25" x 8.5"), no dust jacket (as issued). The books are very good, with general shelf wear, including rubbed boards and corners. A most attractive set of Shelley-related travel books. <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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