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Frankenstein signed by Mary Shelley

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665. Frankenstein signed by Mary Shelley. Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft. Frankenstein: The Modern Man-Demon. London; Milner and Company, no date [circa 1870]. 16mo, 319 pages plus 32 pages of advertisements. Original dark blue cloth, spine stamped in black and gilt. Small 1 ½ x 2 ½ in. card tipped to the front pastedown endpaper, "Ever truly yours, Mary Shelley, 41 Park W". Forry bought this book ca. 1950s and placed two leaves cut from Shelley's garden in the book. Joints split, binding shaken. A wonderful association piece from the creator of one of Forry's favorite monsters. $2,000 - $3,000

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