SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE. The Poetical Works of...Edited by Mrs. [Mary] Shelley. London: Edward Moxon 1839. 4 vols., 12mo, contemporary black half morocco and blue cloth sides, g.e., extremities scuffed, some fore-corners a bit worn. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, engraved frontispiece portrait by Finden, half-titles, advertisement leaf end of vol. 4, PRESENTATION COPY FROM MARY SHELLEY, inscribed by her on half-title in vol. 1: "For John George Perry Esq. from M.W. Shelley"; LEWIS CARROLL'S COPY with the ink monogram "CLD" (for Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) on verso of front free endpaper of vol. 1. A March 1912 gift inscription from a later owner in each vol. An important edition containing extensive biographical notes by Mary Shelley, including much information about the famous holiday in Switzerland during which she wrote Frankenstein; her presentation inscriptions are very scarce.

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SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE. The Poetical Works of...Edited by Mrs. [Mary] Shelley. London: Edward Moxon 1839. 4 vols., 12mo, contemporary black half morocco and blue cloth sides, g.e., extremities scuffed, some fore-corners a bit worn. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, engraved frontispiece portrait by Finden, half-titles, advertisement leaf end of vol. 4, PRESENTATION COPY FROM MARY SHELLEY, inscribed by her on half-title in vol. 1: "For John George Perry Esq. from M.W. Shelley"; LEWIS CARROLL'S COPY with the ink monogram "CLD" (for Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) on verso of front free endpaper of vol. 1. A March 1912 gift inscription from a later owner in each vol. An important edition containing extensive biographical notes by Mary Shelley, including much information about the famous holiday in Switzerland during which she wrote Frankenstein; her presentation inscriptions are very scarce.