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Percy Bysshe Shelley. Note Books of Percy Bysshe Shelley Vol. II. The Bibliophile Society, 1911.
Price: US$27.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Volume II ONLY. Vellum spine. Minor dampstaining. General shelf wear. Still readable. Binding sturdy.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$34.96 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: vol. 1 only, limited to 465 copies; original boards & vellum backstrip, ex library, else text clean & binding tight. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
Seller: Zubal-Books, Since 1961, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$66.73 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 465 copies printed for the Bibliophile Society. Quarter vellum on brown, paper-covered boards. Untrimmed edges. Some plates of Shelley's originals. A fair bit of foxing throughout but still perfectly reasonable with firm hinges and respectable boards & spine. Occasional pencilled annotations & Italian translations. Postage for 3 vols will need extra postage
Seller: Mogul Diamonds, nr. Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
Price: US$79.95 + shipping
Description: Boston, Massachusetts: The Bibliophile Society, 1911. Fine condition in the publisher's double slipcase. The outer slipcase is bound in light brown (khaki?) cloth that matches the binding of the book. The outer slipcase is Near Very Good -- dusty and finger soiled -- with a paper label printed in red and black on the spine. The inner slipcase is Fine. The book itself is also Fine. No wear. No fading. No rubbing. No owner's name or bookplate. No foxing. No browning. Sharp corners. Square, tight, and unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. TENTH YEAR BOOK, TENTH ANNIVERSARY NUMBER 1911, THE BIBLIOPHILE SOCIETY. First Edition. This book is notable for a 40 page bibliographical review (by Nathan Haskell Dole) of the first decade of the Society's publications with 20 title page engravings bound in, each complete with tissue guard. Other articles include: A PROTEST AGAINST COMPLETE EDITIONS by Brander Matthews; NOTES ON COUNTRY LIFE by Henry H. Harper; THE ELOPEMENT OF SHELLEY AND MARY AS NARRATED BY WILLIAM GODWIN [with several Godwin letters] by H. Buxton Forman; and BELLES-LETTRES IN ENGLAND IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY by H. Buxton Forman. Also includes lists of members; officers and council; reports of the council, treasurer, and secretary; constitution and bylaws; and a bibliography of the Society's publications. "Limited to 500 copies" and "Printed for Members Only" are so stated on a handsome engraving of the Society's emblem. Title page beautifully engraved by A. N. MacDonald. Top edge gilt. Bound in the original light brown cloth with white parchment spine stamped in gold and with the red device of the Bibliophile Society. Gilt-stamping is still bright and shiny. Complete with the original double slipcase. Webber 29. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Very Good double slipcase. Illus. by MacDonald, A. N. (engraved title). 8vo. 196pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$130.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 3 volume set. Bound in publisher's 1/2 vellum spine over gray boards. One of 465 printed at The DeVinne Press on Van Gelder paper. Soiled spines. Custom book plate (Designed by Martino Mardersteig) of the publisher, James L. Weil on front paste down. Weil (1929-2006)also was a noted poet who founded the Elizabeth Press. Hardcover. xiv, 209 pp + vii, 187 pp + vi, 179 pp. Internally generally clean, a hint of foxing to prelims. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Edition limited to 465 copies. Three volumes in half-vellum. Previous owner name stamp in two places on front end papers of each volume. Slight darkening to vellum
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$166.50 + shipping
Description: Set of three volumes. Octavo, vellum-backed boards, uncut, xiv, 209 pp + vii, 187 pp + vi, 179 pp. Near-Fine, unopened; some light foxing here and there, particularly to Volume I, slip case of Volume I broken. Literature, Poetry, Limited Edition. axsli
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA, Dade City, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: Vellum backed gray boards. Some natural color variation to vellum spine, else fine in custom mylar covers.
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$192.49 + shipping
Description: Limited edition of 250 copies printed for Bixby. 3 vols, quarter-vellum and boards, 25 cm, xvi, 209, [1] + vii, 187, [1] + vi, 179, [1] pp, several plates. Bixby had bought the three notebooks edited here for some £3000 - he allowed the Bibliophile Society of Boston to publish them (in an edition of 465 copies) with a further 250 copies (as here) printed for himself. John Collins in 'The Two Forgers' notes that the books are "a triumph of [Harry Buxton] Forman's patient and dedicated editing" - the originals are chaotic as described here "Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish and English are all mixed up together, and lines in one language often apear written directly or diagonally across other lines written in another language". Collins also notes that the books include a reminder of the "Mr Hyde side of Forman": the frontispiece 'portrait of Shelley' is in fact an unacknowledged copy of the Leonardo da Vinci head of Christ, with slight alterations: "This confection was commissioned by Forman.presumably in silent mockery of the whole Shelley cult. The fraud was not published until 1947". Volume I has a signed presentation inscription from the publisher to Robert Underwood Johnson "with regards of W.K. Bixby, St. Louis, 11/14/11" and this volume is also numbered 164 and initialled by Bixby. Johnson was a founding member of the Keats-Shelley Memorial Association. His bookplate is present on the front pastedown endpaper of each volume. Vellum a little fingersoiled, contents with foxing throughout.
Seller: Wykeham Books, LONDON, United Kingdom
Price: US$243.82 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A fascinating limited edition comprising the notebooks of Romantic Percy Bysshe Shelley, edited and deciphered by Buxton Forman. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was a radical Romantic poet whose renown grew after his tragically young death. Admirers of his prose and essays include Gandhi, Karl Marx and George Bernard Shaw, and his poetical works influenced the likes of Browning, Hardy and Yeats, not to say the literary circles he ran in at the time of his death, including Lord Byron and his wife, Mary Shelley. Famously, he drowned in Italy and so his body was cremated upon discovery: his heart resisted the flames, and was preserved in spirits and returned to his wife.Deciphered, edited and with the ownership bookplate of Harry Buxton Forman. Buxton Forman was a Victorian bibliographer best known for his works on Keats and Shelley.Complete in three volumes.A limited edition, with four hundred and sixty-five copies produced.Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author to the first volume, as well as a facsimile to the rear of volume II.Containing the author's bookplate, which has been designed by Bell Scott. With the bookplate of Elizabeth Watson Diamond's bookplate to the front endpaper. Watson Diamond was a collector of bookplates and owner of the Hyacinth Press.A smart example of this uncommon collection. In the publisher's original quarter vellum binding. Externally generally smart; rubbing to the joints, and spines are a little discoloured. Extremities are a touch bumped. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown and endpaper of each volume. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are spotted throughout. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Frontis, xvi, 209 pp.; vii, 187 pp.; vii, 179 pp. Illus. with b/w plates. 8vo. Bixby permitted the Bibliophile Society to publish a limited edition of 465 copies of the manuscript he had purchased from Richard Garnett of the British Museum. He reserved the right to print privately 250 copies for presentation purposes of which this is number 104, presented to the author Isaac H. Lionberger, and inscribed and numbered by Bixby in the year of publication. Edges and boards soiled, more so on Volume I which is without a slipcase. Foxing to endpapers. All volumes tight, especially volumes II & III which have never been opened. Overall a very good or better set of the less common edition. Slipcases are rubbed and a bit soiled. All volumes are now protected by clear archival jackets. Quarter vellum over gray boards. Gilt titles. Tan slipcases
Seller: Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB, East Jewett, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$290.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Three volumes. Boston : Printed for members of the Bibliophile society, 1911. 3 v., [10] leaves of plates: ill., port., facsims. ; 25 cm. 8vo. Contemporary quarter bound in vellum with gray cloth boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Covers and binding in very good condition, very minor shelf wear (no scuffing, just some discoloration). Mild foxing to vellum on Volumes II & III. Pages clean and unmarked; some uncut. From first printed leaf: "Four hundred and sixty-five copies of this work have been printed for members of the Bibliophile Society." This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside of Canada and the US.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: THREE VOLUMES UNIFORMLY BOUND. Portrait frontispiece of Shelley in Volume 1. Back strips of first two volumes are worn and soiled. Gilt lettering is readable. Volume 3 is much brighter. One quire in Volume 1 is partially loosened. These volumes were published for the Bibliophile Society. The original note books were owned by William K. Bixby. He was given permission to privately print 250 copies for presentation purposes, omitting the Bibliophile imprints. This is copy #130/250. The set is a presentation to the Grolier Club, SIGNED AND DATED on the front free endpaper by Mr. Bixby. The book-plate of the Grolier Club is affixed to the front pastedown acknowleding the gift. Furthermore, there is a letter tipped-in at the rear of Volume 1 on Mr. Bixby's letterhead confirming the gift. (See photos). The note books were deciphered, transcribed, and edited, with full commentary by H. Buxton Forman, C.B. In spite of the roughened bindings, this is a very good set and a fine addition to any English literature library. 209, 187, 179pp. Size: Royal Octavo
Seller: Glenn Books, ABAA, ILAB, Prairie Village, KS, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: One of 475 copies printed for the Members of the Bibliophile Society. 3 vols. 4to. Presentation copy of WK Bixby. This copy of the limited edition of 475 bears a presentation inscription on the front free endpaper: Miss Anne Woodin with best wishes of Mr & Mrs W.K. Bixby, Nov. 1920. These notebooks had originally been given to Richard Garnett by Sir Percy and Lady Shelley in recognition for his long devoted service in assisting to sort out all the Shelley papers and manuscripts, and then made their way into the possession of William Keeney Bixby. W K Bixby was born in 1857 and was a passionate collector of autographs, manuscripts, rare books, and art. His work with the Union Pacific Railroad and American Car & Foundry Company allowed him to retire at the age of 48 and devote the rest of his life to travel and literature. These volumes contain the first printing of the stanza from "Love's Philosophy" that Shelley did not present to Miss Sophia Stacy when he gave her the rest. Granniss 91 Original parchment-backed gray boards. Fine, fresh copy One of 475 copies printed for the Members of the Bibliophile Society.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: One of 475 copies printed for the Members of the Bibliophile Society. 3 vols. 4to. These notebooks had originally been given to Richard Garnett by Sir Percy and Lady Shelley in recognition for his long devoted service in assisting to sort out all the Shelley papers and manuscript They contain the first printing of the stanza from "Love's Philosophy" that Shelley did not present to Miss Sophia Stacy when he gave her the rest. Granniss 91 Original parchment-backed gray boards. Fine, fresh copy One of 475 copies printed for the Members of the Bibliophile Society.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$333.00 + shipping
Description: Three volumes. Octavo, 3/4 brown morocco & tan linen (hardcover, leather), gilt-paneled spines, top edges gilt, uncut, ribbon-markers, xiv, 209 pp + vii, 187 pp. + vi, 179 pp. Frontis. portrait, facsimiles. Fine, with the slightest wear. Literature, Limited Edition, Leatherbound, Leather, Decorative Binding, Shelley. zxsli
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA, Dade City, FL, U.S.A.