Shelley (Percy Bysshe). Poetical Pieces, 3 parts in 1 volume, second issue, London: C. and J. Ollier and W. Simpkin and R. Marshall 1823, lacking general half-title, Prometheus Unbound 1820 second issue (as usual, with A3 a cancel), with half-title but lacking final advert leaf, The Cenci (second edition, 1821), and Rosalind and Helen (first edition 1819), half-title present but lacking final two advert leaves, marbled edges, together with: Shelley (Percy Bysshe), Posthumous Poems, 1st edition, London: John and Henry L. Hunt, 1824, bound without errata leaf (pp. xiii-xiv), as often, minor spotting and front and rear of both volumes, bound in matching modern tan calf gilt, gilt-decorated spines, each with five raised bands and two red leather spine labels, 8vo, housed in a bespoke decorative slipcase (Quantity: 2) Wise, Shelley Library, pp. 69-70. The first volume is a scarce collection of works by Shelley including first editions of Prometheus Unbound and Rosalind and Helen and the second (but first London) edition of The Cenci. The work was gathered together following Shelley's death and published under a new general title. This is the second issue, bound without Hellas and with the general title-page amended to omit reference to it; the 'Prometheus Unmasked' title-page error occurs in both issues. Over the years copies have often been broken up and complete copies are increasingly scarce. The second volume includes 65 poems published for the first time and the preface by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Only about 500 copies were printed, with as few as 300 being sold.
Shelley (Percy Bysshe). Poetical Pieces, 3 parts in 1 volume, second issue, London: C. and J. Ollier and W. Simpkin and R. Marshall 1823, lacking general half-title, Prometheus Unbound 1820 second issue (as usual, with A3 a cancel), with half-title but lacking final advert leaf, The Cenci (second edition, 1821), and Rosalind and Helen (first edition 1819), half-title present but lacking final two advert leaves, marbled edges, together with: Shelley (Percy Bysshe), Posthumous Poems, 1st edition, London: John and Henry L. Hunt, 1824, bound without errata leaf (pp. xiii-xiv), as often, minor spotting and front and rear of both volumes, bound in matching modern tan calf gilt, gilt-decorated spines, each with five raised bands and two red leather spine labels, 8vo, housed in a bespoke decorative slipcase (Quantity: 2) Wise, Shelley Library, pp. 69-70. The first volume is a scarce collection of works by Shelley including first editions of Prometheus Unbound and Rosalind and Helen and the second (but first London) edition of The Cenci. The work was gathered together following Shelley's death and published under a new general title. This is the second issue, bound without Hellas and with the general title-page amended to omit reference to it; the 'Prometheus Unmasked' title-page error occurs in both issues. Over the years copies have often been broken up and complete copies are increasingly scarce. The second volume includes 65 poems published for the first time and the preface by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Only about 500 copies were printed, with as few as 300 being sold.
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