Poems selected from Percy Bysshe Shelley. With preface by Richard Garnett by Shelley, Percy Bysshe

London : C. Kegan Paul & co., 1880. First Hardback Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed to Norah Hennessy from Margaret Cobden. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 394 pages : illustrations. Subjects; English literature; 19th century. English literature. English poems. English poetry.

London: Chiswick Press for Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co, 1880 & 1882.. ring_bound. Poems: Frontispiece, xxvi, 393, [1] pp. - Letters: Frontispiece, xix, [1 blank], 255, [1 blank] pp. Two volumes. Contemporary dark green morocco (157 x 103 x 32 / 27 mm) , gilt lettering and floral decorations in compartments, Covers gilt with lines and dotted lines, turn-ins richly gilt. Edges gilt. Small Octavo. 150 x 93 mm. (Endleaves foxed, some minor foxing, else fine. Two very attractive bindings.). Printed at the Chiswick Press on Dickinson handmade paper with the watermark 'D & Co'. - Zwei dunkelgrüne, ungeglättete Maroquinbände der Zeit mit goldgeprägten Rückentiteln, jeweils zwei reich fleural vergoldeten Rückenfeldern sowie Doppellinien, die die sechs Rückenfelder trennen. Die Deckel mit Muster aus goldgeprägten Linien und gepunkteten Linien, Steh- und reiche Innenkantenvergoldung, handgestochene rot-weiße Kapitale, Goldschnitt. Vorsätze… Read More