Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley
by Shelley, Percy Bysshe
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for John and Henry L. Hunt, 1824. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition. xi, [iii], 415, [1] pp. bound with the errata leaf. Later green calf gilt, smooth spine gilt, brown decorative morocco lettering-pieces gilt, all edges gilt, blue marbled endpapers, stamp-signed by Zaehnsdorf for A. C. McClurg. Near Fine with slightly sunned spine, some minor rubbing to extremities. From the collection of Louis V. Ledoux (1880-1948), poet and Japanese print collector, with his bookplate. An attractive copy. One of only 500 copies.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140941633
- Title
- Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Author
- Shelley, Percy Bysshe
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for John and Henry L. Hunt
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1824
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
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- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Calf
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- Fine
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.