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Shelley, Percy Bysshe
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1,500 - 2,500 USD
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Description
- Shelley, Percy Bysshe
- Letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Introductory essay by Robert Browning. London: Bradbury and Evans for Edward Moxon, 1852.
- Paper, ink, leather
12mo (198 x 123 mm). Half-title and 2-page publisher's advertisement at end. Original blind-stamped purple cloth; spine faded, else a fine copy.
first edition of these forgeries "perpetuated by an impostor, claiming to be the son of Lord Byron. Two genuine letters, which happened to be in Moxon's hands, were included. The fraud was discovered, to the chagrin of Browning and Moxon, who at once destroyed all obtainable copies of the book" (Granniss/Grolier Shelley 127).
first edition of these forgeries "perpetuated by an impostor, claiming to be the son of Lord Byron. Two genuine letters, which happened to be in Moxon's hands, were included. The fraud was discovered, to the chagrin of Browning and Moxon, who at once destroyed all obtainable copies of the book" (Granniss/Grolier Shelley 127).
Literature
Ashley V, p.92; Wise Shelley, p.74