Lot 231
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822). The Masque of Anarchy. Leigh Hunt, preface. London: Edward Moxon, 1832.
Estimate
$400 - $600

Sold for $2,032

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822). The Masque of Anarchy. Leigh Hunt, preface. London: Edward Moxon, 1832.

8vo (171 x 102 mm). Half-title; 2pp. publisher's advertisement at end. Late 19th century red morocco gilt, gilt stamp-signed by Zaehnsdorf, and with their EXHIBITION GILT-STAMP on rear pastedown (joints discreetly repaired, few tiny spots of rubbing); morocco-backed folding case. Provenance: Edward Huth (armorial bookplate).

FIRST EDITION of Shelley's poem inspired by the Peterloo Massacre in 1819. Ashley V, p. 89; Tinker 1905; Wise, Shelley p. 71.

Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
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