Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822). Posthumous Poems. London: John And Henry L. Hunt, 1824. Auction
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SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822). Posthumous Poems. London: John and Henry L. Hunt, 1824.
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822). Posthumous Poems. London: John and Henry L. Hunt, 1824.
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SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822). Posthumous Poems. London: John and Henry L. Hunt, 1824.

8vo. Late 19th century half brown morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (text block fore-edge bumped, few spots of light rubbing at extremes). Provenance: William Marchbank (armorial bookplate).

FIRST EDITION, one of fewer than 500 copies printed, much of the edition was suppressed by Shelley's father, Sir Timothy Shelley. "It was with difficulty that a publisher was found for the book, the sale of two hundred and fifty copies being guaranteed by Thomas Lovell Beddoes, Bryan Waller Proctor ("Barry Cornwall") and Thomas Forbes Felsall" (Granniss, Shelley 78). Ashley V, p.88; Tinker 1904; Wise, Shelley p.70.
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SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822). Posthumous Poems. London: John and Henry L. Hunt, 1824.

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