SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. Queen Mab; A Philosophical Poem. London: Printed by P.B. Shelley, 1813. 8o. Later calf, spine gilt, green morocco lettering piece (joints worn with repair at tail and lower cover, front hinge starting). "Mutilated copy" with title and dedication supplied in facsimile, imprint on final leaf excised but paper expertly restored, ownership signature across title page. FIRST EDITION, one of perhaps only 250 copies. Grannis 15. Hayward 225:"In almost all surviving copies these [dedication and the imprints] were cut out by Shelley himself."

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SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. Queen Mab; A Philosophical Poem. London: Printed by P.B. Shelley, 1813. 8o. Later calf, spine gilt, green morocco lettering piece (joints worn with repair at tail and lower cover, front hinge starting). "Mutilated copy" with title and dedication supplied in facsimile, imprint on final leaf excised but paper expertly restored, ownership signature across title page. FIRST EDITION, one of perhaps only 250 copies. Grannis 15. Hayward 225:"In almost all surviving copies these [dedication and the imprints] were cut out by Shelley himself."

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