SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE | A Group of Three Titles

SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE

A Group of Three Titles

Lot includes:

Rosalind and Helen, a Modern Eclogue; with Other Poems. London: Printed for C. and Ollier, 1819. 8vo (203 x 128 mm). Half-title; occasional spotting, lacking publisher's ads at rear. Crushed green morocco with geometric and floral gilt dentelles by Riviere, spine gilt in six compartments, all edges gilt; Extremities sunned, covers lightly soiled. First edition. Granniss 49; Ashley Library V:68; Tinker 1897 ⁠— Prometheus Unbound. A Lyrical Drama in Four Acts. London: C. and J. Ollier, 1820. 8vo (209 x 135 mm). First edition, second issue (with "Miscellaneous" spelled correctly on contents leaf A3), lacking half-title and ads; lightly foxed. Half calf over marbled paper boards, blind ruled, spine gilt in 6 compartments, marble edges and endpapers; somewhat rubbed. Forman, Shelley 59; Granniss 54; Hayward 228 ⁠— The Cenci. A Tragedy, in Five Acts. London: C. and J. Ollier, 1821. 8vo (213 x 130 mm). Without the half-title (as issued), light toning. Red morocco, spine gilt in six compartments; extremities somewhat rubbed, spine lightly sunned. Second edition, first English edition. Graniss 55; Wise, Ashley Library 69; Tinker 1896

PROVENANCE:

William Painter (booklabels)