Lot 63
Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft) Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus, third edition, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831, bound with another.
Hammer Price: £6,000
Description
Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft) Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus, third edition, part of vol. 9 of Bentley's Standard Novels series, engraved frontispiece and additional engraved vignette title (both browned and with faint water-stain to extremities), without letterpress series-title and advertisements, 1831, bound with Brown (Charles Brockden) Edgar Huntly; or, The Sleep Walker, lacking half-title, 1831, together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional minor spotting or dust soiling, upper hinge cracked but holding, contemporary half calf, spine gilt but darkened and with red morocco label renewed, one small hole to upper joint, rubbed with some wear to corners, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 8vo.
⁂ The first illustrated edition, with the frontispiece depicting the monster coming to life. Also includes the author's new preface in which she describes the origin of the story and the famous night of storytelling at the Villa Diodati with her husband, neighbour Byron and his doctor Polidori.
Description
Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft) Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus, third edition, part of vol. 9 of Bentley's Standard Novels series, engraved frontispiece and additional engraved vignette title (both browned and with faint water-stain to extremities), without letterpress series-title and advertisements, 1831, bound with Brown (Charles Brockden) Edgar Huntly; or, The Sleep Walker, lacking half-title, 1831, together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional minor spotting or dust soiling, upper hinge cracked but holding, contemporary half calf, spine gilt but darkened and with red morocco label renewed, one small hole to upper joint, rubbed with some wear to corners, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 8vo.
⁂ The first illustrated edition, with the frontispiece depicting the monster coming to life. Also includes the author's new preface in which she describes the origin of the story and the famous night of storytelling at the Villa Diodati with her husband, neighbour Byron and his doctor Polidori.
Related Lots
Back To Auction Catalogue
Newsletter Signup
Keyword Alerts
You can now save your preferences to receive emails, or create a free lite account which gives you more features.
Would you like to receive personalised keyword alerts when new catalogues go live. If so, please indicate these below
Set a password to save your keyword alerts
Passwords are a minimum of 7 characters and must include an upper case letter, a lower case letter, a number and a special character.
Newsletter