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Verlag: Carey, Lea & Blanchard: Philadelphia, 1833
Anbieter: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 2 vols. 8 x 5", original cloth backed boards, ads + 201pp; 197pp + publisher's ads, covers well worn with some soiling and red ink marks, extremities bumped, volume 1's paper spine label 99% gone with a couple of very small holes in spine; volume 2's spine label abraded but readable, modern bookplates inside front covers, light staining and foxing throughout, some blue pencil scribbles on rear blank endpapers, top 1" of first page in volume 1 ("A", ads) clipped off with some loss of text on verso, page 201-202 (blank) of volume 1 similarly clipped-off with loss of page number and subtitle missing; top 1" of title page of volume 2 also clipped (with no loss of text); else a good, readable, collectible copy of this very highly sought-after FIRST AMERICAN EDITION (with "Shelly" insead of "Shelley" as author); only two copies in NUC!.
Verlag: Carey, Lee and Blanchard, Philadelphia, 1833
Anbieter: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, USA
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First American Edition, in two volumes. Original boards, spine cloth and labels. Complete in two volumes. Shelley's masterpiece and cornerstone of horror literature. A Good set, volume one with title page and few early leaves with fairly light stain to top half, some rear pages with light stain to lower fore-edge corner, chipped spine label, cloth at top spine end chipped. Volume two with expected age toning and foxing, spine expertly reinforced, spine faded and label chipped. In a custom made case.
Verlag: 6 April [1843], Rome, 1843
Anbieter: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, USA
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Letter. A three-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "Mary Shelley" written in Italian on one sheet of an 8" x 5" piece of paper folded to 4" x 5," dated 6 April [1843]. A rough translation: "Esteemed Sir. Thank you so much for your card -- and your kindness. I feel ashamed thinking about all the inconvenience that you are experiencing due to that annoying matter [strikethrough] of Tozzetti, but I am pleased that he is not obtaining all he was looking for. He deserved nothing. Thank you for the letter -- maybe others will come for us either sent to your address or simply to Florence. Would you graciously send someone to the post office to ask for our letters and send them here. My debt I would come and pay. I hope it is not too big to be a burden on my conscience, and I will find a way to repay it. [strikethrough] I hope that the weather has improved and that Nerina feels better. I would really love to see you and Nerina again. And who knows if I won't see both in England, but first it is easy that we will meet in Florence. Goodbye dear sir. Please consider me your servant and friend. M Shelley."The recipient, Tuscan nobleman Bartolomeo Cini, was married to Nerina King, daughter of Irish writer Margaret King who was a favored pupil of Mary's mother, Mary Wollstonecraft. Mary Shelley was in correspondence with him in regard to getting his assistance to retrieve letters by her husband, Percy, that were sent to King. Shelley's 1840s travels through Europe with her son Percy and his friends formed the basis of her travelogue, RAMBLES IN GERMANY AND ITALY, IN 1840, 1842, AND 1843. Mild crease from mailing. Near Fine.
Verlag: Pennyroyal, West Hatfield, 1983
Anbieter: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, USA
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hardcover. Zustand: fine. Moser, Barry (illustrator). Limited. Based on the 1818 first edition. 52 woodcut plates by Barry Moser, and with Essays by Ruth Mortimer, Emily Sunstein, Joyce Carol Oates and William St. Clair. Folio, half tan morocco with leather spine label over maroon linen boards, in matching cloth slipcase. West Hatfield: Pennyroyal Press, 1983. Limited First Edition. Fine. DeLuxe edition, including a full set of 52 duplicate plates, each initialed by the artist, in a linen chemise folder. Of an edition of 350 copies this is number 155, signed by Moser. It was reportedly Moser's favorite book.
Verlag: G. and W.B. Whittaker, London, 1823
Anbieter: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, USA
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Rare first edition of Shelley's second novel, which has been called "a meditation on political, psychological, and sexual power" and is considered by many to be her finest work. 12mo., bound in 19th century three quarter calf over marbled boards by Bumpus, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels, raised bands. In very good condition, contemporary name. A very sharp example. ValpergaÂ"was aÂnovel surprisingly long in its gestation " and possibly concurrentÂwith Frankenstein . "Although not published until 1823, its inceptionÂactually dates from six years earlier. 'I first thought of it in ourÂlibrary in Marlow,' Mary Shelley wrote as she was completing it inÂ1821." Â[See: Curran, Stuart. Cambridge Companion to Mary Shelley"].ÂThe preface details some literary sources for this historical tale of theÂfourteenth-century despot Castruccio Castracani. In terms ofÂhistorical fiction, it represents a feminine counterpart to the male romanticism of Sir Walter Scott.Â(Ref: Block, p 213; Summers A Gothic Bibliography, p. 541).
Verlag: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, Philadelphia, 1834
Anbieter: Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, Vereinigtes Königreich
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First American edition. In two volumes. 261, [13]; 239pp, [1]. With five terminal leaves of advertisement ads to Vol. I. Uncut, in original publisher's cloth- backed paper boards, printed lettering-pieces. Rubbed, worn to extremities and some surfaces, loss to lettering-pieces, especially that of Vol. I. Internally browned, as with most American novels of this era, with some creasing and water-marking, especially to the end of Vol. I. From the library of William St. Clair, with his pencilled inscription noting acquisition in Washington D.C. in 1990 to FFEP of Vol. I, earlier pencilled inscription to the sprung pastedown of Vol. II. The first American edition - in original state - of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's (1797-1851) fifth published novel; published just a year after first American edition of her Frankenstein, also issued by Carey, Lea and Blanchard, had appeared in the wake of the success of the Bentley's Standard Novels edition of 1831. Influenced by the success of Scott's historical Waverley Novels, The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck (1830) is set in fifteenth century England, and presents a retelling of the events surrounding the struggles of the titular Royal pretender - who claimed to be Richard, Duke of York - to wrest the English throne from Henry VII. It includes quotes from her late husband Percy Shelley's 'The Sensitive Plant' and Shakespeare's Sonnets amongst the chapter headings. Although it portrays Henry as ruthless and manipulative and Richard as seemingly idealistic and caring, the novel enunciates Shelley's philosophy that, in the end, there is little difference between men who destroy nations in the interest of their own power. Carey and Lea's cost book notes that just 1000 copies of this first American edition were printed; it also suggests that the work was printed by Chauncey Goodrich, despite the imprint of Edward Smith of Burlington appearing in the text itself. The extensive list of the publisher's other offerings included at the end of Vol. I feature, inter alia, early Carey and Lea editions of the six novels of 'Miss Austen', including the retitled first edition of Elizabeth Bennet; or, Pride and Prejudice (Philadelphia, 1832). William St. Clair (1937-2021), British scholar and senior civil servant, notable as the author of The Godwins and the Shelleys, The Biography of a Family (1989) and The Reading Nation in the Romantic Period (2004). Size: 12mo in 6s.
Verlag: London: The Readers Library Publishing Company, 1936, 1936
Anbieter: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, USA
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First Edition. Ink date on the title page below the author's name; pages browned and brittle as always; very good in a good dust jacket with a fingernail-sized chip at the foot of the spine. The front panel is a color illustration of Karloff and Elsa Lanchester (noting 'A Universal Picture') and the 'Editor's Note' praises both the film and this novelization. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Verlag: Readers Library, London, 1936
Anbieter: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hard Cover. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Dust Jacket. First Edition. (London: The Readers Library, no date [1936]). First UK Edition. Issued simultaneously as a 'library edition' under the Queensway Press imprint. A VG copy (faint stain to foot of book spine; pages tanned) in like D/W with fading to spine and shallow chip to foot of spine, left corner). This book is the movie novelisation of the 1935 film of the same name, a classic masterpiece of 1930's horror films, and a superior sequel to the original prototype Frankenstein from 1931. Generally considered one of the greatest horror films of all time, the film reunited Colin Clive (as Dr. Frankenstein) with Boris Karloff as the Monster, but brought two new characters to the forefront: Ernest Thesiger as a necromancer who has miniaturized and imprisoned various human beings in glass jars, and Elsa Lanchester as the Monster's Bride. The front panel of this book is a colour illustration of Karloff and Elsa Lanchester. Scans invited. Rare.
Verlag: Grosset and Dunlap, New York, 1931
Anbieter: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, USA
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First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scene from the Universal Film starring Boris Karloff and directed by James Whale at front jacket panel. Uncommon. Almost Near Fine, some shadowing at endpapers perhaps from an old jacket protector, in Very Good dustjacket, some light soiling, chips at spine ends and flap corners, less than dime sized chip at mid front spine edge.
Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Red cloth with black lettering, in pictorial dust jacket. First edition thus: illustrated with 8 photos from the Universal movie starring Boris Karloff. Book is in nearly fine condition, with corners lightly bumped, some minor shelf-wear, faint sunning to spine and pages yellowing, in a very good dust jacket, a bit sunned and worn with chips along edges and tears closed unobtrusively on verso with tape. A nice copy of a very scare book.
Verlag: Printed by Harold McGrath at Pennyroyal Press, West Hatfield, MA, 1983
Anbieter: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, USA
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Zustand: Very Good. West Hatfield, MA: Printed by Harold McGrath at Pennyroyal, 1983. First Edition, limited issue of 350 copies signed by Barry Moser at colophon, this being #199. Folio. 282 pp. Illustrations, chiefly black and white. Bound in half tan morocco; five raised bands, red leather spine label, and gilt stamping to spine; top edge gilt; black endpapers. Full set of 52 duplicate plates, each signed by Moser and housed in matching linen chemise. Housed in publisher's slipcase. Boards show very light shelfwear with some mild scuffing to front and staining and rubbing to spine. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Chemise with signs of dampstaining along spine and touch of bleeding at corners of plates. Slipcase worn along edges with brief exposure and minor fraying; moderate to heavy general staining and scuffing; structurally sound. Overall a Very Good set of an impressive production.
Verlag: Dodd, New York, 1983
ISBN 10: 0396082785ISBN 13: 9780396082781
Anbieter: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, USA
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Large octavo, illustrations by Berni Wrightson, cloth. First printing of this edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by King, who wrote the four-page introduction, and artist Berni Wrightson. This is copy number 490. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 1-47; (1981) 1-150; (1987) 1-84; (1995) 1-84; and (2004) II-997. In 333. A fine copy in unprinted tissue dust jacket and paper slipcase. The shipping carton accompanies the book. (#162275).
Verlag: Harper & Brothers., New York, 1837
Anbieter: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, USA
Verbandsmitglied: SNEAB
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Bound in teal green cloth, blindstamped with clusters of flower petals on the front and rear boards. The spine label is mostly worn off with some black lettering on white remaining. Worn with a slight spine slant. With wear to the corners, and touch of puckering to the cloth at the bottom corner of the front boards near the spine. The front free endpaper has been excised. With some faint pencil marks on the front paste-down; and a handsome pencil drawing of Count D'Orsay on the rear endpaper. Very faint triangular dampstain cone measuring 2" x 2" widening at the bottom center of the text in the early pages, but gradually fading out. With "Temple" (underlined) written in pencil at the top of the title page. A vintage copy Mary Shelley's Falkner which is the only one of her novels in which the heroine's agenda triumphs. The novel's resolution proposes that when female values triumph over violent and destructive masculinity, men will be freed to express the "compassion, sympathy, and generosity" of their better natures. (Wikipedia) Falkner(1837) is the penultimate book published by the authorMary Shelley. Like Shelley's earlier novelLodore(1835), it charts a young woman's education under a tyrannical father figure. As a six-year-old orphan, Elizabeth Raby prevents Rupert Falkner from committing suicide; Falkner then adopts her and brings her up to be a model of virtue. However, she falls in love with Gerald Neville, whose mother Falkner had unintentionally driven to her death years before. When Falkner is finally acquitted of murdering Neville's mother, Elizabeth's female values subdue the destructive impulses of the two men she loves, who are reconciled and unite with Elizabeth in domestic harmony. Falkneris the only one of Shelley's novels in which the heroine's agenda triumphs.[2]In critic Kate Ferguson Ellis's view, the novel s resolution proposes that when female values triumph over violent and destructive masculinity, men will be freed to express the "compassion, sympathy, and generosity" of their better natures.[3] Critics have until recently citedLodoreandFalkneras evidence of aconservativeretrenchment by Shelley. In 1984,Mary Pooveyidentified the retreat of Shelley s reformist politics into the "separate sphere" of the domestic.[4]As withLodore, contemporary critics reviewed the novel as a romance, overlooking its political subtext and noting its moral issues as purely familial. Betty Bennett argues, however, thatFalkneris as much concerned with power and political responsibility as Shelley's previous novels.[5]Poovey suggested that Shelley wroteFalknerto resolve her conflicted response to herfather's combination oflibertarianradicalism and stern insistence on social decorum.[6]. Critics viewFalknerneither as notably feminist,[7]nor as one of Mary Shelley's strongest novels, though she herself believed it could be her best. The novel has been criticised for its two-dimensional characterisation.[8]In Bennett's view, "LodoreandFalknerrepresent fusions of the psychologicalsocial novelwith the educational novel, resulting not in romances but instead in narratives of destabilization: the heroic protagonists are educated women who strive to create a world of justice and universal love".[9](Wikipedia) First American Edition, 1st printing with the title page date of 1837.
Verlag: Biblioteca de La Nación, 1912
Anbieter: Apartirdecero, CAPITAL FEDERAL, BUE, Argentinien
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Encuadernación de tapa dura. Zustand: Excelente. 1ª Edición. Buenos Aires, Biblioteca de La Nación, 1912. 272 páginas. Primera edición en castellano. Recién en 1944 se publica en España una traducción de Simón Santainés por la tipografía La Académica de Barcelona. Lleva el numero 521 de la colección. Tela de editor original. Primera edición.
Verlag: Wallis and Newell Publishers, New York, 1835
Anbieter: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, USA
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First American Edition. Original purple cloth with gilt title at spine, octavo. Novel of a mother and daughter who navigate difficulties after their father (and husband) Lord Lodore is killed in a duel. Nearly Very Good, contemporary previously owner signature at front endpaper, stain to first half of pages at lower inside corner, fading to cloth.
Verlag: Dodd Mead & Company, NY, 1983
ISBN 10: 0396082785ISBN 13: 9780396082781
Anbieter: Atlanta Vintage Books, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. First printing of this special Limited Edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Stephen King, who wrote the four-page introduction, and artist Berni Wrightson. This is number 226. Exterior covers are clean and unmarked. Foxing to text block and scattered throughout. Musty smell. Slip case is soiled, rubbed and scuffed. Scarce original glassine jacket is present with chips, creasing and toning. Pictures available upon request.