Maurice, or the Fisher's Cot : A Tale by Shelley, Mary W

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1998. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1998. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First American Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. x, 179 pp. First printing thus.

U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf. Softcover. Advanced Reader's Copy, ie Uncorrected Proof. Frey wraps, Very lightly bumped. Color advertising flyer stapled to the back of the front cover. Knopf publicity card included. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1998.

Knopf. First US, New in dj,. Knopf. First US, New in dj, Yes. Yes, it's the first US edition of a "lost" Shelley story. The work in hand was written two years after FRANKENSTEIN and languished in a dusty old trunk in Florence for more than 150 years. Written when Shelley was twenty-two and quite depressed, this moral tale was written for the child of a friend. Includes a preface and a lengthy introduction that'll explain everything.

New York: Knopf. New in New dust jacket. 1998. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0375404732 . New book, unmarked, in crisp DJ. , with just a hint of shelfwear; 1 x 8.5 x 5.5 Inches; 179 pages; In the fall of 1997, in a palazzo in the Tuscan hills north of Florence, a small booklet sewn into paper covers turned up in a long-unopened crate of old letters and other documents. It bore the title "Maurice" and an inscription: "For Laurette from her friend <br>Mrs Shelley." Investigation proved it to be a story written by Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, a story presumed by scholars to have been irretrievably lost soon after its composition in 1820. It is here published for the <br>first time.<br>Written two years after her great gothic novel, Maurice dates from a period when Mary Shelley, still only twenty-two, was deeply sunk in depression. She had eloped with the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley at sixteen, borne him four children and seen three of them… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First US Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo. [2], x, 180 pp. Bound in brown boards in illustrated dust jacket. Previously unpublished tale written by Shelley in the 1820s. Black and white illustrations throughout. Includes a section showing the author's original lineation, pagination, spelling, corrections and emendations. Fine, tight copy in, Near Fine dust jacket with minor wear to extremities. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.