first edition Full-Leather
1821 · New York
by Shelley, Percy Bysshe
New York: J. Baldwin, 1821. First American Edition. Full-Leather. 12mo. [1-3], 4-181, [1]pp. publisher's ad; with the engraved title only; page 24 misnumbered 4; bound in full contemporary green straight grained morocco, bordered in decorative rolls in blind, slightly raised bands with compartments fully gilt decorated, red morocco spine label gilt, all edges gilt; edges lightly rubbed; neat previous owner's name on front free end sheet; early repair to upper joint. Internally clean without foxing; housed in a cloth slipcase. The first of Shelley's work to be published in America.
(Inventory #: 1213)