Mrs Shelley, Frankenstein, Chiacgo, [1895]
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Mrs Shelley, Frankenstein, Chiacgo, [1895]

Shelley (Mrs. [Mary]) Frankenstein

£750

or the Modern Prometheus
Chicago, Donohue, Henneberry, [?1895].

8vo. Original brown cloth, decorative border and lettering in silver.

Attractive 1890s edition of Shelley’s sci-fi horror classic.

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Contemporary ownership inscription (dated May 24 1895), some toning; cloth slightly softened at head of spine, but overall an attractive copy.

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