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Queen Mab
by Shelley, Percy Bysshe
- Used
- Condition
- Bound in contemporary quarter brown calf and marbled boards
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed and Published by W. Clark, 1821. First published edition (unauthorized), expurgated state, and with publisher's ad leaf presentadverrtising this editio at 1s. 6d. bds. 182, [1, ads]pp. 8vo. Bound in contemporary quarter brown calf and marbled boards. First published edition (unauthorized), expurgated state, and with publisher's ad leaf presentadverrtising this editio at 1s. 6d. bds. 182, [1, ads]pp. 8vo. "QUEEN MAB"
(1821 CLARK EDITION, WITH EXPURGATED TEXT AND AD LEAF). This edition was published without Shelley's consent, and the publisher spent four months in jail, on the grounds of distribution of illegal material, and he was eventually pardoned (agreeing to provide all unsold copies to the Society for the Suppression of Vice). Tinker 1888; NCBEL III, 314; originally privately printed in a very small edition in 1813]
(1821 CLARK EDITION, WITH EXPURGATED TEXT AND AD LEAF). This edition was published without Shelley's consent, and the publisher spent four months in jail, on the grounds of distribution of illegal material, and he was eventually pardoned (agreeing to provide all unsold copies to the Society for the Suppression of Vice). Tinker 1888; NCBEL III, 314; originally privately printed in a very small edition in 1813]
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 339097
- Title
- Queen Mab
- Author
- Shelley, Percy Bysshe
- Format/Binding
- 182, [1, ads]pp. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Bound in contemporary quarter brown calf and marbled boards
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First published edition (unauthorized), expurgated state, and wi
- Publisher
- Printed and Published by W. Clark
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1821
- Keywords
- Romanticism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
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New York, New York
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