The Prose Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley from the Original Editions, Edited, Prefaced and Annotated. by Richard Herne Shepherd In Two Volumes The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley from the Original Editions, Edited, Prefaced and Annotated. by Richard Herne Shepherd In Three Volumes [Later Edition – Tout Half Leather Binding]

Percy Bysshe Shelley Richard Herne Shepherd (Ed)

Edité par Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly, London, 1888

A propos de cet article

London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly, 1888, Later Edition.

Half blue calf leather with gilt titles to brown/maroon leather, rubbed and worn to the edges and joints, marbled paper covered boards, top page edges gilt, pages tanned and many uncut or untrimmed.

Pagination: PROSE WORKS. Vol I ? viii, 428pp. Vol II ? viii, 408pp. POETICAL WORKS. Vol I ? xvi, 498pp. Vol II ? 462pp. Vol III ? iv, [2], 8-309pp.

Provenance ? bookplate for Jay B. Lippincott to the front.

Approximately 7 ¼ inches tall (18.5cm).



Condition Report

Externally

Spine ? good condition ? gilt titles to 3 brown/maroon labels, gilt decoration to the compartments, faded, rubbed and worn to the leather.
Joints ? good condition ? starting to the top of the front joint of Vol I of the Poetical Works otherwise rubbed and gently worn but sound.
Corners ? good condition ? bumped and worn.
Boards ? good condition ?blue gilt lined calf and marbled paper covered boards, rubbed, marked and worn.
Page edges ? good condition ? top edges gilt, others tanned.
Binding ? good condition ? sound, attractive.
See above and photos.

Internally

Hinges ? good condition ? sound.
Paste downs ? good condition ? marbled, bookplate to the front.
End papers ? good condition ? marbled, subsequent end papers are tanned and lightly foxed.
Title ? good condition ? lightly tanned.
Pages ? good condition ? lightly tanned, some minor foxing.
See photos.

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1774427626004

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Prose Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley from the Original Editions, Edited, Prefaced and Annotated. by Richard Herne Shepherd In Two Volumes The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley from the Original Editions, Edited, Prefaced and Annotated. by Richard Herne Shepherd In Three Volumes [Later Edition ? Tout Half Leather Binding]
• Éditeur: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly, London
• Date de parution: 1888
• Langue: anglais
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de l'article: Satisfaisant
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Tout Leather Binding
  • Leather Bindings