The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley
by Shelley, Percy Bysshe
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Kelmscott Press, 1894. Hardbacks, 3 volume set, original limp vellum bindings with gilt lettering on spines. 21 x 14cm. 1894-1895. [6], 399pp ; iv, 412pp, [2] ; viii, 421pp. Full page woodcut title page in vol 1, numerous woodcut borders, decorations, and initials. Printed in Morris's Golden Type. One of an edition of 250 copies on paper. Wedding gift inscription on the front pastedown of each volume and an armorial bookplate on the front end-papers. Some variation and toning to vellum. The odd spot but generally very clean. Slightest wear only. Housed in a modern cloth slipcase.. Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Besleys Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18137
- Title
- The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Author
- Shelley, Percy Bysshe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Limited
- Publisher
- Kelmscott Press
- Date Published
- 1894
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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