Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Shelley, Mary W - 1869

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illustrations on Steel and Wood By the Author. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850. Volume I: 384 pages. Dated 1849. One page loose -- the illustration 'Poor Pen' between pages 68 and 69. Hinge cracked at chapter 1. Three quarter leather and marbled boards. Highly decorative spine with raised bands and gilt lettering. End papers brown and in great shape. Volume II has no loose pages. Original cloth page markers present in both although quite thin and worn. Page marker in Volume II is only partly there but still attached. Corners, covers and spine bumped, rubbed and shelf worn. Foxing and yellowing on interior. Binding intact and holding. A nice looking set.. First Edition. Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrations on Steel and Wood By the Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Rome: Rochus Bernabo at the expense of Laurentii & Thomae Pagliarini, 1728. Hardcover. Very Good. Copperplates (47 full-page numbered but with pl 35 & 37 replaced in good facsimile) + nice large plate of public dissection on TP + 50 large woodcut initials with country & hunting scenes etc.. Folio (378x251mm) newer calf with 5 raised bands, spine compartments gilt, gilt rules, black label with gilt titling. Titlepage in red & black XXVIII +79pp +[x] index & publisher's catalogue + 47 leaves of plates ex collation but numbered in the plate 1-47 (a4 mistakenly bound after b4). Bookplate of Dr.F.A. Sondervorst on marbled endpapers. A clean wide margined copy, no tears, very unobtrusive pale foxing to a few pages, some pages rehinged at gutter, a few with marginal dusting/damp marks but not affecting printed area except in index. Pl.20 minor offsetting from facing text page. As usual without the unnumbered page meant to be cut out and used to rule the scale. Fine thick quality paper, impressions clear &… Read More

London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Good. 5 13/16" × 4 1/16" × 3/8". Gothic Architecture: A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society; by Morris, William (1834–1896). London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press. Printed by and sold by William Morris. 1893. Limited First Edition. Second State. 16mo: 5 13/16" x 4 1/16" x 3/8" (14.8 x 10.3 x 1 cm). Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 500 [of a total run of 1,500, at two shillings and sixpence] paper copies (plus 45 [at ten and fifteen shillings] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the second version of the Primrose watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon. [ii], 1, [i] 68, [viii] pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Golden type designed by Morris for his press. Head-title and shoulder-notes in red. Numerous 6- and 4-line woodblock initial capitals all designed by… Read More

London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine. 5 13/16" × 4 1/16" × 3/8". Gothic Architecture: A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society; by Morris, William (1834–1896). London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press. Printed by and sold by William Morris. 1893. Limited First Edition. Second State. 16mo: 5 13/16" x 4 1/16" x 3/8" (14.8 x 10.3 x 1 cm). Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 500 [of a total run of 1,500, at two shillings and sixpence] paper copies (plus 45 [at ten and fifteen shillings] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the second version of the Primrose watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon. [ii], 1, [i] 68, [viii] pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Golden type designed by Morris for his press. Head-title and shoulder-notes in red. Numerous 6- and 4-line woodblock initial capitals all designed… Read More

London: Mr. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Letter-press by T. Bensley, from Figgins's types., 1794. Hardcover. Very Good. Copperplates (29 views of India) drawn by Robert Home engraved by Hawksworth, Skelton et al. + folding Plans (3 of 4, lacks Plan of Bangalore).. Royal quarto (33.5x28.5cm) speckled leather spine gilt ruled with orange gilt spine title label. Covers of wood-grain marbled paper (edges rubbed with vellum tips showing). First leaf of Urdu script (facing titlepage), vii (inc. titlepage, dedication & Preface) +[1]p blank) +[1] leaf of Inscriptions (on monuments shown in Plate 7) + 48pp of text, with 12 leaves of Urdu script keyed to first page number of each section (versos blank) and 29 plates as called for, + folding Plan of Ootradoog, folding Plan of the Carnatic and Mysore drawn by M. Armstrong June 1792, and finally larger folding Plan showing position of Confederate Armies under Earl Cornwallis before Seringapatam in February 1792. Small repair without loss to 1 inch of this final… Read More

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illustrations on Steel and Wood By the Author. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850. Volume I: 384 pages. Dated 1849. One page loose -- the illustration 'Poor Pen' between pages 68 and 69. Hinge cracked at chapter 1. Three quarter leather and marbled boards. Highly decorative spine with raised bands and gilt lettering. End papers brown and in great shape. Volume II has no loose pages. Original cloth page markers present in both although quite thin and worn. Page marker in Volume II is only partly there but still attached. Corners, covers and spine bumped, rubbed and shelf worn. Foxing and yellowing on interior. Binding intact and holding. A nice looking set.. First Edition. Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrations on Steel and Wood By the Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Rome: Rochus Bernabo at the expense of Laurentii & Thomae Pagliarini, 1728. Hardcover. Very Good. Copperplates (47 full-page numbered but with pl 35 & 37 replaced in good facsimile) + nice large plate of public dissection on TP + 50 large woodcut initials with country & hunting scenes etc.. Folio (378x251mm) newer calf with 5 raised bands, spine compartments gilt, gilt rules, black label with gilt titling. Titlepage in red & black XXVIII +79pp +[x] index & publisher's catalogue + 47 leaves of plates ex collation but numbered in the plate 1-47 (a4 mistakenly bound after b4). Bookplate of Dr.F.A. Sondervorst on marbled endpapers. A clean wide margined copy, no tears, very unobtrusive pale foxing to a few pages, some pages rehinged at gutter, a few with marginal dusting/damp marks but not affecting printed area except in index. Pl.20 minor offsetting from facing text page. As usual without the unnumbered page meant to be cut out and used to rule the scale. Fine thick quality paper, impressions clear &… Read More

London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Good. 5 13/16" × 4 1/16" × 3/8". Gothic Architecture: A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society; by Morris, William (1834–1896). London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press. Printed by and sold by William Morris. 1893. Limited First Edition. Second State. 16mo: 5 13/16" x 4 1/16" x 3/8" (14.8 x 10.3 x 1 cm). Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 500 [of a total run of 1,500, at two shillings and sixpence] paper copies (plus 45 [at ten and fifteen shillings] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the second version of the Primrose watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon. [ii], 1, [i] 68, [viii] pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Golden type designed by Morris for his press. Head-title and shoulder-notes in red. Numerous 6- and 4-line woodblock initial capitals all designed by… Read More

London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine. 5 13/16" × 4 1/16" × 3/8". Gothic Architecture: A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society; by Morris, William (1834–1896). London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press. Printed by and sold by William Morris. 1893. Limited First Edition. Second State. 16mo: 5 13/16" x 4 1/16" x 3/8" (14.8 x 10.3 x 1 cm). Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 500 [of a total run of 1,500, at two shillings and sixpence] paper copies (plus 45 [at ten and fifteen shillings] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the second version of the Primrose watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon. [ii], 1, [i] 68, [viii] pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Golden type designed by Morris for his press. Head-title and shoulder-notes in red. Numerous 6- and 4-line woodblock initial capitals all designed… Read More

London: Mr. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Letter-press by T. Bensley, from Figgins's types., 1794. Hardcover. Very Good. Copperplates (29 views of India) drawn by Robert Home engraved by Hawksworth, Skelton et al. + folding Plans (3 of 4, lacks Plan of Bangalore).. Royal quarto (33.5x28.5cm) speckled leather spine gilt ruled with orange gilt spine title label. Covers of wood-grain marbled paper (edges rubbed with vellum tips showing). First leaf of Urdu script (facing titlepage), vii (inc. titlepage, dedication & Preface) +[1]p blank) +[1] leaf of Inscriptions (on monuments shown in Plate 7) + 48pp of text, with 12 leaves of Urdu script keyed to first page number of each section (versos blank) and 29 plates as called for, + folding Plan of Ootradoog, folding Plan of the Carnatic and Mysore drawn by M. Armstrong June 1792, and finally larger folding Plan showing position of Confederate Armies under Earl Cornwallis before Seringapatam in February 1792. Small repair without loss to 1 inch of this final… Read More