Shelley's Prose in the Bodleian Manuscripts
by Shelley, Percy Bysshe
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Shelley, Percy Bysshe. Shelley's prose in the Bodleian Manuscripts, edited by A.H. Koszul. London: Henry Frowde, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1910. 148 pp.
Hardcover with dust jacket. Very Good hardcover bound in green cloth over thin boards. Front cover has a lovely gilt design of flowers and five lines around the edge. Same design is blind stamped on rear cover. Spine is decorated with floral design, title and publisher. There is a thin red ribbon bound into the book. Front pastedown has a bookplate from the library of H. Buxton Forman, with him pictured in front of a bust of Shelley. Forman was a Victorian bibliographer of Shelley. Front Free End Paper has previous owner's name and dates his acquisition of this book from Forman's library in October 1920. Internally this book is in perfect condition. Dust jacket is in very good condition, light green on the inside and faded to light brown on the outside.
Hardcover with dust jacket. Very Good hardcover bound in green cloth over thin boards. Front cover has a lovely gilt design of flowers and five lines around the edge. Same design is blind stamped on rear cover. Spine is decorated with floral design, title and publisher. There is a thin red ribbon bound into the book. Front pastedown has a bookplate from the library of H. Buxton Forman, with him pictured in front of a bust of Shelley. Forman was a Victorian bibliographer of Shelley. Front Free End Paper has previous owner's name and dates his acquisition of this book from Forman's library in October 1920. Internally this book is in perfect condition. Dust jacket is in very good condition, light green on the inside and faded to light brown on the outside.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Backstory Books & Yarn, CBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9916
- Title
- Shelley's Prose in the Bodleian Manuscripts
- Author
- Shelley, Percy Bysshe
- Format/Binding
- Green cloth over thin boards with gilt decoration on cover and spine.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry Frowde, Oxford
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1910
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Size
- 8vo
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About the Seller
Backstory Books & Yarn, CBA
Biblio member since 2019
Portland, Oregon
About Backstory Books & Yarn, CBA
Backstory is a general used book store in Portland, Oregon. We do specialize in African American, nautical, and craft/textile books. And we buy and sell yarn in our IRL shop. Proud member of the Cascade Booksellers Association.
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