Lot 78
  • 78

Shelley, Percy Bysshe.

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Description

  • Rosalind and Helen, a modern eclogue; With other poems. C. and J. Ollier, 1819
first edition, 8vo, 4pp., half-title (bound after main title), publisher's advertisements at end, original blue wrappers, edges uncut, blue cloth clamshell case, wrappers chipped and frayed, upper cover almost detached, spine defective

Literature

Granniss/Grolier Shelley 49; Tinker 1897; Wise, p.50

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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