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THE SENSITIVE PLANT
by Shelley, Percy Bysshe. Intro by Edmund Gosse. Illustrations by Charles Robinson
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- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London / New York: William Heinemann / J. B. Lippincott. 1st edition. Cloth. Very Good-. Charles Robinson. 1st edition thus, undated, circa 1911. A Very Good- copy. Royal 8vo., 127 pp., with Robinsons 18 full page color images tipped in with tissue guards. Bound in green gilt decorated cloth, top edge gilt. Tips are rubbed, top & base of spine rubbed, spotting to cloth. Previous owners bookplate on first blank endpaper, otherwise text is unmarked. A charming book! The Sensitive Plant is a poem composed by Percy Bysshe Shelley. The poem was written following the death of his child, Will, and the subsequent despondency of his wife, Mary Shelley, while they stayed in Pisa, Italy. The poem is four stanzas long and written in the style of the fable genre, and it describes a garden of flowers tended by an unnamed Lady. The titular "sensitive plant," the mimosa, stands out amongst the flowers.
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- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32067
- Title
- THE SENSITIVE PLANT
- Author
- Shelley, Percy Bysshe. Intro by Edmund Gosse. Illustrations by Charles Robinson
- Illustrator
- Charles Robinson
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- William Heinemann / J. B. Lippincott
- Place of Publication
- London / New York
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Frey Fine Books
Biblio member since 2019
Rougemont, North Carolina
About Frey Fine Books
Antiquarian bookseller, with over 15 years experience.
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- Spine
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- Tipped In
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
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- Bookplate
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- New
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- Top Edge Gilt
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