Memoirs; of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
by Godwin, William
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Engraved portraits lightly foxed; tanning to edges of endsheets from binding leather, a nice, crisp copy.
- Seller
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About This Item
London: Printed for J. Johnson . ., 1798. First Edition. Engraved portraits lightly foxed; tanning to edges of endsheets from binding leather, a nice, crisp copy.. Small 8vo, half-title, two frontispiece portraits, 199pp, errata leaf with instruction to the binder in rear, indicating cancels (all present); later 3/4 blue calf and marbled boards, t.e.g. Distraught after the death Mary Wollstonecraft, following the birth of their daughter -- who was to become the future author of Frankenstein and to marry the well-known poet Percy Shelley --- Godwin sat down to write this memoir of his wife almost immediately. Its frank depiction of an independent woman, including accounts of her sexual indiscretions and suicide attempts, proved scandalous to contemporary readers. This copy includes an extra frontispiece portrait of Godwin, facing that of Wollstonecraft; it lacks the leaf of advertisements.
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- Bookseller
- Locus Solus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 205737
- Title
- Memoirs; of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
- Author
- Godwin, William
- Book Condition
- Used - Engraved portraits lightly foxed; tanning to edges of endsheets from binding leather, a nice, crisp copy.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for J. Johnson . .
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1798
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- BIB-WEEK-VBF
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- First Edition
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- Errata
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- Calf
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- Edges
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- Crisp
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