Search Results: The Revolt Of Islam by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Spuyten Duyvil Publishing, 2017. Paperback. New. 302 pages. 7.00x7.00x0.76 inches.

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London: Printed for C. and J. Ollier, 1818. First edition, revised issue of "Laon and Cythna" with the cancels and new title, this copy with the 1818 date. With leaf d1 bearing the Pindar quote and "Revolt of Islam" title, lacking blank b2 as usual and the errata leaf at end. Pp. [ii], v-xxxii, [2], 270, errata. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half black morocco, marbled boards. Some rubbing, upper joint starting, some offsetting and spotting , else very good from the library of James Lorimer Graham with his bookplate. First edition, revised issue of "Laon and Cythna" with the cancels and new title, this copy with the 1818 date. With leaf d1 bearing the Pindar quote and "Revolt of Islam" title, lacking blank b2 as usual and the errata leaf at end. Pp. [ii], v-xxxii, [2], 270, errata. 1 vols. 8vo. James Lorimer Graham was the fourth Duke and seventh Marquis of Montrose. At this time he was the Marquis of Graham. He was a statesman, serving as privy councillor, a commissioner of the India board, lord… Read More

London: for C. and J. Ollier,, 1818. Fear not the future, weep not for the past First edition, revised issue with new title and cancels, and the 1818 date, as usual. This is a very nice copy of Shelley's poem, dedicated to Mary Shelley, with the errata leaf at the rear. In 1817 the publishers C. and J. Ollier agreed to publish Shelley's long poem, Laon and Cythna. Shelley's new father-in-law, William Godwin, recommended a master printer for the job, Buchanan Millan, who made minor alterations to the text without consulting the poet. Shelley wrote to the Olliers complaining about these liberties, whereupon the Olliers read the work for the first time and realised what they had agreed to publish. In the original version the titular lovers were brother and sister. London was alive with gossip about Shelley living with both Mary Godwin and her half-sister Claire Clairmont, and in contemporary usage, such a ménage was termed incest (St Clair, p. 432). Shelley therefore made alterations, removing any hint… Read More

London: for C. and J. Ollier; by B. McMillan,, 1818. An attractive copy of Shelley's poem with the errata leaf First edition, revised issue with new title and cancels, with the 1818 date as usual. An attractive copy of Shelley's poem in 12 cantos, dedicated to Mary Shelley, with the errata leaf at end. In 1817 the publishers C. and J. Ollier agreed to publish Shelley's long poem, Laon and Cythna. Shelley's new father-in-law, William Godwin, recommended a master printer for the job, Buchanan Millan, who made minor alterations to the text without consulting the poet. Shelley wrote to the Olliers complaining about these liberties, whereupon the Olliers read the work for the first time and realised what they had agreed to publish. In the original version the titular lovers were brother and sister. London was alive with gossip about Shelley living with both Mary Godwin and her half-sister Claire Clairmont, and in contemporary usage, such a ménage was termed incest (see St. Clair, The Godwins and the… Read More

London: Printed for C. and J. Ollier, 1818 (for 1817). FIRST EDITION of Shelley's longest and most spiritually revolutionary work. xxxii, 270 pp., COMPLETE WITH THE DEDICATION LEAF, THE FLY-TITLE (with a quotation from Pindar in the original Greek), AND THE ERRATA LEAF. This copy is from the COLLECTION OF ROBERT HOE, the greatest of all American book collectors, with his small, finely gilt leather bookplate on front pastedown (his auction catalogue, volume IV, part 2, lot 2917). TEXT CORRECTED (in accordance with the errata leaf) IN A CONTEMPORARY HAND. Printed on fine wove paper. Large 8vo. BEAUTIFULLY BOUND (surely for Hoe) IN FULL HAVANA MOROCCO HANDSOMELY GILT BY RIVIERE (signed). Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Traces of wear to joints, else FINE AND BRIGHT. For an interesting account of the publication of this volume, see Buxton Forman's Shelley Library, pp. 71-87. An outstanding copy of an important book.