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Names
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 (Author)
Baldwin, William (Publisher)
Benbow, William, 1787-1864 (Publisher)
Brice, Seward, 1846-1914 (Former owner)
Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909 (Former owner)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1821
Place: New York [i.e. London]
Publisher: Printed by William Baldwin and Co.[i.e. William Benbow]
Library locations
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: Pforz (Shelley, P. Queen Mab. 1821. UNAUTH)
Genres
Books
Notes
Citation/reference: Shaw & Shoemaker 6784.
Citation/reference: Grannis, R.S. A descriptive catalog of the first editions in book form of the writings of Percy Bysshe Shelley 22
Citation/reference: Wise, T. J. A Shelley library p.92.
Citation/reference: Forman, no. 6364.
Content: Signatures: []⁶, A-P⁶ [w/ms: BALLSTON & CO/1821; 2/BALLSTON & CO/1821]
Content: Added engraved t.p.: Queen Mab : a philosophical poem / by Percy Bysshe Shelley. New York : Printed and sold by J. Baldwin, 1821.
Content: For a discussion of the publication of this unauthorized ed. see Good speed, George T. "The 'first American' Queen Mab." The Colophon, New Graphic Series 1 (1939).
Content: Pforzheimer copy 1: Original blue-gray boards, rebacked with tan paper. -- "Philosophical Poem" in Roman type; no engr. t.-p.; Pforzheimer copy 2: Original drab boards; in pale blue cloth folder with blue cloth slip-case with brown hard grain morocco back. -- "Philosophical Poem" in Old English type; blank leaf before A1. -- Ex-libris: W. Van R. Whitall; inked name on t.-p.; Pforzheimer copy 3: Red roan, rebacked with tan paper.; Pforzheimer copy 4: With the bookplates of Seward Brice and Robert Hoe. -- Bound in brown hard grain morocco, by Ramage, London.; Pforzheimer copy 5: 1/2 blue hard grain morocco, gilt spine titling.; Pforzheimer copy 6: Half tan calf. -- Lacks engr. t.-p. and extra leaf before A1. -- Pencil name on free endpaper verso; in ink on t.-p.: Geo Ives to his friend Dr Maxwel.; Pforzheimer copy 7: Original drab boards, rebacked with black morocco grian cloth, untrimmed.; Pforzheimer copy 8: Original drab boards, untrimmed; in CHPL envelope. -- In ink on front free endpaper: Chas: W. Reynell.; Pforzheimer copy 9: Original drab boards, untrimmed; in red paste-grain ?skiver wrapper and slip-case. -- Book-plates: H.B. Forman; Mary Elizabeth Hudson.; Pforzheimer copy 10: Green 1/2 morocco, gilt cover rules, lacks spine; in CHPL envelope. -- Does not include blank leaf before A1.
Physical Description
Extent: 6.p.l., [3]-181, [1] p.; 15 cm. (12mo)
Type of Resource
Text
Identifiers
Library of Congress Control Number: 01027128
RLIN/OCLC: 27699890
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14300780
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4f387d40-c607-012f-5171-58d385a7bc34
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