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SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822). Prometheus Unbound A Lyrical Drama in Four Acts with Other Poems. London: by Marchant for C. and J. Ollier, 1820.
8° (223 x 137mm). Half-title. Advertisement leaf O8 at the end. (Scattered light spotting, [A]4-8 lightly stained in lower margin, [A]1-3, B1-8, C1-8, E4-5, I4-5, and K4-5 lightly browned.) 20th-century dark-green polished crushed morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, the covers with gilt double-fillet borders, the flat spine gilt in 6 compartments divided by raised bands, titled in 2 compartments and dated at the foot, the other compartments decorated with gilt frames, gilt board edges and gilt turn-ins, top edges gilt, others uncut, original paper wrappers and spine label laid down and bound in at the end (spine and margins of covers faded, superficial short splits on joints, original wrappers with small holes, repaired at margins, spine label slightly marked).
FIRST EDITION, second issue, with the correct spelling of 'MISCELLANEOUS' on the cancellans 'CONTENTS' leaf [A]3. Grolier Shelley 54; Hayward 228; Wise Shelley pp.55-56.
8° (223 x 137mm). Half-title. Advertisement leaf O8 at the end. (Scattered light spotting, [A]4-8 lightly stained in lower margin, [A]1-3, B1-8, C1-8, E4-5, I4-5, and K4-5 lightly browned.) 20th-century dark-green polished crushed morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, the covers with gilt double-fillet borders, the flat spine gilt in 6 compartments divided by raised bands, titled in 2 compartments and dated at the foot, the other compartments decorated with gilt frames, gilt board edges and gilt turn-ins, top edges gilt, others uncut, original paper wrappers and spine label laid down and bound in at the end (spine and margins of covers faded, superficial short splits on joints, original wrappers with small holes, repaired at margins, spine label slightly marked).
FIRST EDITION, second issue, with the correct spelling of 'MISCELLANEOUS' on the cancellans 'CONTENTS' leaf [A]3. Grolier Shelley 54; Hayward 228; Wise Shelley pp.55-56.
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