Shelley (Percy Bysshe) Queen Mab, first published edition, a pirate, publisher's advertisements at end, issued without the dedication to Harriet, bookplate and previous owner's ink signature to front endpapers, ex-Penzance library with perforated stamps to title and final f., original drab boards, rebacked, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, W. Clark, 1821.
⁂ Provenance: pencil note to front pastedown stating, "Books from the Penzance Library sold 27 May 1964 (Sotheby's)."
Shelley first privately published 'Queen Mab' in 1813. It was subsequently published in a pirated edition by R. Clark, with the help of Thomas Moses in 1821. As a result of publication Clark was prosecuted for vice and spent four months in prison.
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