Shelley, Percy Bysshe
Rare books by Percy Shelley, including first editions, copies in fine bindings, and handsome library sets of his collected works.
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SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe.
[Queen Mab, A Philosophical Poem, with Notes …] 1813]
£14,500
First edition, one of only approximately 70 copies of the first issue, the so-called "mutilated" state of the text. Queen Mab was Shelley's first important poetic work, preceded only...
Octavo (179 × 112 mm.), pp. 240, with title-page and dedication leaf removed and imprint torn from foot of last leaf Q8 by Shelley, as issued; the dedication leaf... Read more
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe.
Autograph letter signed ("Mr. Shelley." in the third person) to Christopher John Pike. 1813
£8,500
Shelley writes in the third person: "Mr. Shelley requests that Mr. Pike would give the Bearer the copy of the Settlement in his possession. Mr. S. will return it in the course of the...
One page, 12mo, with Shelley's red wax seal, red cloth portfolio. Provenance: A. Edward Newton (his sale Parke-Bernet, pt III, 30 October 1941, lot 247; bookplate in... Read more
(SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe) GUARINI, Giovanni Battista.
Il pastor fido; tragicom. pastor. [c.1800]
£7,500
Percy Bysshe Shelley's copy, with his autograph ownership inscription dated 1820, of an undated reprint of Guarini's celebrated pastoral tragicomedy, undoubtedly bought by him in...
16mo (121 × 66 mm). Contemporary Italian mottled calf, red morocco label, smooth spine with gilt urns in compartments, covers with triple gilt rules, marbled... Read more
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe.
The Revolt of Islam; a poem, in twelve cantos. 1818
£4,500
First edition under this title. In 1817 the Olliers agreed to publish Shelley's long poem, Laon and Cythna. Shelley's new father in law, William Godwin, recommended a master printer...
Demy octavo (210 × 130 mm). Finely bound by Rivière & Son c.1900 in red crushed goatskin, both covers tooled in gilt with stylised vines, onlays of grapes... Read more
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe.
The Cenci. 1819
£4,500
First edition, one of 250 copies only. Handsomely printed in Italy on thick laid paper, Shelley's verse tragedy proved an unexpected publishing sensation, despite its action being...
Small quarto (210 × 130 mm). Bound without initial blank in early half calf, black morocco title label to spine gilt, marbled boards, endpapers and edges. Some... Read more
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe.
Alastor; or, the Spirit of Solitude: and Other Poems. 1816
£3,800
First edition of Shelley's first mature work, which drew from Leigh Hunt, then a stranger to him, the first public recognition of Shelley's gifts as "a very striking and original...
Small octavo (158 × 97 mm). 19th-century polished calf gilt. From the collection of James Bieri, Ph.D. author of the recent life of Shelley (University of... Read more
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe.
The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley in Verse and Prose. 1880
£975
A handsomely bound set of the Buxton Forman edition.
8 volumes, octavo (225 × 139 mm). Contemporary brown half morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt.... Read more
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe.
Letters to J. H. Leigh Hunt. 1894
£600
First edition, first impression. One of a limited edition of only 30 copies.
2 volumes, octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spines gilt. Bindings very lightly rubbed and marked. Contents clean and fresh. An excellent set. Read more
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe.
The Works. 1850
£150
A handsomely bound copy of Shelley's poetry.
Octavo (233 × 153 mm). Contemporary dark tan calf, crimson morocco label, elaborate tooling to spine in compartments separated by raised bands, rules to boards... Read more
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe.
Poems. 1902
£125
A beautiful copy, illustrated throughout and handsomely bound with a delicate floral pattern to the spine and boards.
Octavo (200 × 130 mm). Contemporary green morocco, spine gilt in compartments, titles to spine gilt, elaborate floral decoration to spine and boards in black with... Read more
