![SHELLEY, Mary Wollstonecraft (1792-1822). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. Engraved frontispiece and additional title. (Both soiled at margins and a little stained, lacks half-title, early quires slightly pulled, occasional light marginal soiling or spotting.) [Bound with:] SCHILLER, Friedrich. The Ghost-Seer. London: Henry Colburn, 1831. Engraved frontispiece and additional title. (Both browned.) Together 2 works in one vol., 8° (163 x 98mm). Contemporary green half calf, marbled edges (worn).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2011/CSK/2011_CSK_06332_0145_000(shelley_mary_wollstonecraft_frankenstein_or_the_modern_prometheus_lond012516).jpg?w=1)
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SHELLEY, Mary Wollstonecraft (1792-1822). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. Engraved frontispiece and additional title. (Both soiled at margins and a little stained, lacks half-title, early quires slightly pulled, occasional light marginal soiling or spotting.) [Bound with:] SCHILLER, Friedrich. The Ghost-Seer. London: Henry Colburn, 1831. Engraved frontispiece and additional title. (Both browned.) Together 2 works in one vol., 8° (163 x 98mm). Contemporary green half calf, marbled edges (worn).
Third edition of Mary Shelley's novel, following those of 1818 and 1823, with a new introduction by the author. Frankenstein and vol. I of The Ghost-Seer were published together as vol. IX of Bentley's Standard Novels. Volume X in Bentley's series contained vol. II of The Ghost-Seer and Charles Brockden Brown's Edgar Huntley (not present here). Sadleir II, 3734a; Summers A Gothic Bibliography p. 330; Wolff IV, 6280a.
Third edition of Mary Shelley's novel, following those of 1818 and 1823, with a new introduction by the author. Frankenstein and vol. I of The Ghost-Seer were published together as vol. IX of Bentley's Standard Novels. Volume X in Bentley's series contained vol. II of The Ghost-Seer and Charles Brockden Brown's Edgar Huntley (not present here). Sadleir II, 3734a; Summers A Gothic Bibliography p. 330; Wolff IV, 6280a.