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Lot 102

SHELLEY, Mary (1797–1851). Frankenstein; or The Modern Prom...

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SHELLEY, Mary (1797?1851).?Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus.?London: George Routledge and Sons, 1891. 12mo. Half?title; 1 pp. publisher?s ads at end. Early half green cloth gilt, marbled sides, top edge gilt, others uncut (spine gently sunned, few minor stains and some surface chipping to sides, front hinge cracked). Provenance: M.F.G. (early ownership stamp on front pastedown); notation dated 1893 on front free endpaper. Later Victorian edition of Shelley?s masterpiece of horror first published in 1818.