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Price: US$879.34 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. [2],[v]-xxxii,[2]+270pp.+errata Quarter leather with gilt title on spine & marble boards. New front & rear ep. & fly leaf. Front & rear cover sl.sunned & stained. All edges partly sunned. A small spotted on several pages. 21x13.3cm. [f0290-170289]
Seller: Ogawa Tosho,Ltd. ABAJ, ILAB, Chiyoda-ku, TOKYO, Japan
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, revised issue of "Laon and Cythna" with the cancels and new title, this copy with the 1818 date. With leaf d1 bearing the Pindar quote and "Revolt of Islam" title, lacking blank b2 as usual and the errata leaf at end. Pp. [ii], v-xxxii, [2], 270, errata. 1 vols. 8vo. James Lorimer Graham was the fourth Duke and seventh Marquis of Montrose. At this time he was the Marquis of Graham. He was a statesman, serving as privy councillor, a commissioner of the India board, lord steward of the queen's household, chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, postmaster-general where he was involved in several important changes including the Electric Telegraphs Bill which put the telegraphic communication system in the hands of the post office and also Chancellor of the University of Glasgow. Granniss 43-44; Ashley 5:68 Contemporary half black morocco, marbled boards. Some rubbing, upper joint starting, some offsetting and spotting , else very good from the library of James Lorimer Graham with his bookplate Pp. [ii], v-xxxii, [2], 270, errata. 1 vols. 8vo First edition, revised issue of "Laon and Cythna" with the cancels and new title, this copy with the 1818 date. With leaf d1 bearing the Pindar quote and "Revolt of Islam" title, lacking blank b2 as usual and the errata leaf at end.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1921.30 + shipping
Description: First edition, revised issue with new title and cancels, and the 1818 date, as usual. This is a very nice copy of Shelley's poem, dedicated to Mary Shelley, with the errata leaf at the rear. In 1817 the publishers C. and J. Ollier agreed to publish Shelley's long poem, Laon and Cythna. Shelley's new father-in-law, William Godwin, recommended a master printer for the job, Buchanan Millan, who made minor alterations to the text without consulting the poet. Shelley wrote to the Olliers complaining about these liberties, whereupon the Olliers read the work for the first time and realised what they had agreed to publish. In the original version the titular lovers were brother and sister. London was alive with gossip about Shelley living with both Mary Godwin and her half-sister Claire Clairmont, and in contemporary usage, such a ménage was termed incest (St Clair, p. 432). Shelley therefore made alterations, removing any hint of incest, and gave the book a new title, The Revolt of Islam, by which it is still known. The book is made up from original sheets of Laon and Cythna, with 26 cancelled leaves and a new title leaf. A few copies were issued with the title misdated 1817; this is the second issue as usual, with the correct date. Ashley V, pp. 67-8; Forman, Shelley 50; Granniss 44; Tinker 1895. William St Clair, The Godwins and the Shelleys: A Biography of a Family, 1991. Octavo (223 x 144 mm). Early 20th-century red crushed morocco, spine with five raised bands, lettered and decorated in gilt, turn-ins richly gilt, blue endpapers, top edge gilt, others trimmed. Binding a little rubbed, a couple of corners lightly worn, short closed tear to title page skilfully repaired, a few small marginal stains to contents, otherwise clean internally. A very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Percy Bysshe Shelley. The Revolt of Islam; A Poem, in Twelve Cantos. C. and J. Ollier, 1818.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near fine copy in full polished calf by Riviere. Raised spine bands, gilt decorative flourishes on spine and boards with gilt dentelles. Tan with burgundy title band. All edges gilt. Errata page at back. Scuff on back cover measuring 1 inch by 1/8 inch. and five small, circular scuffs on back cover near spine corresponding to location of cords. Small book plate on first endpaper. We would be happy to send photos upon request.
Seller: Jackson Street Booksellers, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
Price: US$2241.51 + shipping
Description: First edition, revised issue with new title and cancels, with the 1818 date as usual. An attractive copy of Shelley's poem in 12 cantos, dedicated to Mary Shelley, with the errata leaf at end. In 1817 the publishers C. and J. Ollier agreed to publish Shelley's long poem, Laon and Cythna. Shelley's new father-in-law, William Godwin, recommended a master printer for the job, Buchanan Millan, who made minor alterations to the text without consulting the poet. Shelley wrote to the Olliers complaining about these liberties, whereupon the Olliers read the work for the first time and realised what they had agreed to publish. In the original version the titular lovers were brother and sister. London was alive with gossip about Shelley living with both Mary Godwin and her half-sister Claire Clairmont, and in contemporary usage, such a ménage was termed incest (see St. Clair, The Godwins and the Shelleys, p. 432). Shelley therefore made alterations, removing any hint of incest, and gave the book a new title, The Revolt of Islam, by which it is still known. The book is made up from original sheets of Laon and Cythna, with 26 cancelled leaves and a new title leaf. A few copies were issued with the title misdated 1817; this is the second issue as usual, with the correct date. Ashley V, pp. 67-8; Forman, Shelley 50; Granniss 44; Tinker 1895. Octavo (210 x 128 mm). Later half brown morocco with marbled boards, signed "AD. BERTRAND", lettering and decorative tooling to spine in gilt, spine with five raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Extremities slightly worn with additional slight abrasions to corners and upper front joint, internal front hinge split but sound, some internal foxing and browning; a very good and attractive copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE. The Revolt of Islam; A Poem, In Twelve Cantos. C. and J. Olier, London, 1818.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition, second issue. The true First Edition was published with the incorrect date of 1817 on the title page and has an errata page. xxxii, [2], 270, [1] errata page. Octavo. Contemporary half calf with marbled boards, gilt decorated spine, morocco spine label. This volume represents a revision of Shelley's earlier poem "Laon and Cythna; or the Revolution of the Golden City." This earlier work was considered far too sexually and socially controversial for its time. Very Good +.
Seller: First Place Books - ABAA, ILAB, Walkersville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$2950.00 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION of Shelley's longest and most spiritually revolutionary work. xxxii, 270 pp., COMPLETE WITH THE DEDICATION LEAF, THE FLY-TITLE (with a quotation from Pindar in the original Greek), AND THE ERRATA LEAF. This copy is from the COLLECTION OF ROBERT HOE, the greatest of all American book collectors, with his small, finely gilt leather bookplate on front pastedown (his auction catalogue, volume IV, part 2, lot 2917). TEXT CORRECTED (in accordance with the errata leaf) IN A CONTEMPORARY HAND. Printed on fine wove paper. Large 8vo. BEAUTIFULLY BOUND (surely for Hoe) IN FULL HAVANA MOROCCO HANDSOMELY GILT BY RIVIERE (signed). Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Traces of wear to joints, else FINE AND BRIGHT. For an interesting account of the publication of this volume, see Buxton Forman's Shelley Library, pp. 71-87. An outstanding copy of an important book.
Seller: Cole & Contreras / Sylvan Cole Gallery, Sitges, BCN, Spain