The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley; edited by Mrs. Shelley (In Three Volumes - complete)
by Percy Bysshe Shelley ; edited by Mrs. Shelley [Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
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Newmarket, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
London, England: Edward Moxon, 1857. Early printing. Hardcover. Good +. Originally issued by Moxon in 1839. This set has significant defects. 3 individual vols. Duodecimo, 7 2/3" tall, vol. 1: xvii + 376 pages; vol. 2: viii + 432 pages; vol. 3: viii + 386 pages, full decorative calf with raised bands and panels with maroon and black spine title labels; marbled endpapers and fore-edges. This is a good plus, solid, clean, set overall, internally very good, paper lightly yellowed, internal binding tight, BUT with hinges cracked and one each broken on vol. 1 and 2, with a cover loose, rubbing to all corners, leather fraying and chipping at the back strip, title labels missing from vol. 3. This set is well worth binding restoration and price accordingly
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- Bookseller
- Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39770
- Title
- The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley; edited by Mrs. Shelley (In Three Volumes - complete)
- Author
- Percy Bysshe Shelley ; edited by Mrs. Shelley [Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early printing
- Publisher
- Edward Moxon
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1857
- Keywords
- Poetry; Verse; Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Avenue Victor Hugo Books specialize in first editions of the best in fiction, history, biography, poetry, drama, and essay. Our catalogue features careful, considered assessments of all of our stock. We are not flippers selling books by the pound. Instead, we try to limit our stock to books in a condition we'd be proud to place on our personal bookshelves.
For nearly 30 years, Avenue Victor Hugo Books was a fixture of Newbury Street in Boston's Back Bay, at one time holding over a quarter-million magazines and 150,000 used books. Awarded "Best Used Bookstore" multiple times by Boston Magazine, the store was a favorite of Boston-area authors and college students alike.
Since relocating to New Hampshire our shop has been featured on WBGH Boston News, WVCB's "Boston Chronicle," NHPR, and WMUR's "New Hampshire Chronicle." Avenue Victor Hugo has also recently been featured in "New Hampshire magazine," "The Boston Globe," UNH's "The New Hampshire," "The New Hampshire Union Leader," and "Foster's Daily Democrat."
Our store is open Fridays & Saturdays from 10am to 6pm in Lee, New Hampshire, less than 10 minutes from the University of New Hampshire.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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