Forman, H. Buxton. The Elopement of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin as Narrated By William Godwin. The Bibliophile Society, 1911.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: This is a very good hardcover copy in pale gold cloth with title in gilt on the front cover. Slight soil to covers. Signed by William K. Bixby on the colophon and also on the front free endpaper, as a gift. One of 200 copies of a limited edition printed privately for Bixby, this is # 78. Nicely printed on Van Gelder paper, this copy is very clean inside. 4to, 9 1/2" high X 6 1/2" wide, 24 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.

Seller: Design Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Godwin, William (Narr.); Forman, H. Buxton (Comment.). The Elopement of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin. William K. Bixby, 1911.

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Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, hardcover, privately printed and inscribed by William K. Bixby, limited no. 51/200 with Bixby's initials just below, has slightest bow to boards, slight bumps to base of spine and upper corners, very slight shelfwear, and light colored staining to top of front board, otherwise a solid VG copy.

Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.

(Bixby, William K) Godwin, William. The Elopement of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin As Narrated by William Godwin. With Commentary by H. Buxton Forman [With an introduction by Franklin B. Sanborn]. Privately printed, N.P., 1911.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: Copy number 140 of 200 copies printed for William K. Bixby, signed by Bixby with initials. 24 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed to his Daughter. Inscribed by Bixby to his daughter and son-in-law "Albert & Emma, From Father. S. L. 3.20.12". Bixby's "Privately Printed Books" p. 11 Original tan cloth, lettered in gilt. Some light soiling of cloth, light spotting of text, else a very good copy Copy number 140 of 200 copies printed for William K. Bixby, signed by Bixby with initials.

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

FORMAN, H. Buxton. THE ELOPEMENT OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY AND MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT GODWIN; As narrated by William Godwin with commentary by H. Buxton Forman, C.B.. Privately Printed, 1911.

Price: US$336.00 + shipping

Description: Large 8vo, pp. 24. Little soiled tan buckram, stamped in gilt on the cover. Very foxed inside, contemporary inscription on e.p. by Mr. and Mrs. William K. Bixley. One of 200 copies, this one not numbered. Originally two hundred copies were printed privately by the Bibliophile Society for William K. Bixby. In his commentary Forman defends Shelley and shows Godwin as a total parasite.

Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.