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Shelley, Percy Bysshe. QUEEN MAB a Philosophical Poem. J. Baldwin, New York, 1821.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Description: 12mo. [1-3], 4-181, [1]pp. publisher's ad; with the engraved title only; page 24 misnumbered 4; bound in full contemporary green straight grained morocco, bordered in decorative rolls in blind, slightly raised bands with compartments fully gilt decorated, red morocco spine label gilt, all edges gilt; edges lightly rubbed; neat previous owner's name on front free end sheet; early repair to upper joint. Internally clean without foxing; housed in a cloth slipcase. The first of Shelley's work to be published in America.

Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.

SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. QUEEN MAB, A PHILOSOPHICAL POEM. Printed & Sold by J. Baldwin [false imprint, actually printed in London], New York, 1821.

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Description: First edition with an American imprint. 12mo in sixes (16 cm). (12), 181, (1, publisher's ad leaf) pp. Engraved title leaf on thicker paper. American Imprints 6784. Grannis 22. Wise Shelley Library, p. 92. OCLC: For a discussion of the publication of this unauthorized edition, see George T. Goodspeed's, "The 'first American' Queen Mab" in The Colophon, New Graphic Series 1 (1939). Ulbert Parsons Sachs bookplate on front pastedown; Sachs's major poetry collection was sold by Ritter-Hopson in 1932. Original drab boards (spine repaired). A little interior browning and soiling, but a very good, untrimmed copy.

Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. QUEEN MAB A PHILOSOPHICAL POEM. J. Baldwin 1821, 1821.

Price: US$580.00 + shipping

Description: QUEEN MAB A PHILOSOPHICAL POEM, J. Baldwin, 1821, first American edition, corner tips worn, small area of front panel effaced (from sticker removal?), some wear to spine, inner front hinge professionally tissue rein- forced as well as next several gutters, else a nice copy with a vg text block. Bound in half leather. Privately published first in 1813 in a very small number. Scarce.

Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.