Buy this book on-line Shelley, Percy Bysshe : QUEEN MAB; a Philosophical PoemWilliam Baldwin, New York, 1821
8vo., full 19th century calf with double gilt fillet borders on both covers; spine with five raised bands and gilt decoration and a red morocco title label, lower sixth of spine lacking. Board edges gilt, inner gilt dentelles; t.e.g.FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, variant A. With the added engraved title-page bound in before the title; ads on p. 182, and p. 24 misnumbered 4. A tall copy, untrimmed along the lower and fore edges.One of Shelley's juvenile productions, this long poem inveighs against orthodox Christianity, kings and statesmen, along with human institutions such as marriage and commerce. It was surreptitiously published in 1813.See: Tinker 1889-90. Grannis p. 33. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Shelley, Percy Bysshe : QUEEN MAB; a Philosophical Poem. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including first editions, fine bindings, libri rari, livres rares and incunabula. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |