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SHELLEY (PERCY BYSSHE) Queen Mab, R. Carlile, 1822
4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
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SHELLEY (PERCY BYSSHE)
Queen Mab, second published edition, second issue with 2-page dedication to Harriet at end, contemporary grey boards, spine with a few small losses, preserved in cloth solander box, gilt morocco lettering label on spine [Ashley V, p.150], 8vo, R. Carlile, 1822
Footnotes
First printed privately in 1813, Queen Mab was subsequently published in a pirated edition by R. Clark in 1821, for which Clark subsequently received four months' imprisonment. Thereafter the remaining sheets were reissued with a new title-page by Carlile.
Provenance: W. Rawlings, nineteenth century ink inscription; F.C. Bless, pencil inscription dated 31 October 1913, both inside upper cover.





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