Nov 17, 2020 - Sale 2551

Sale 2551 - Lot 232

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE. Adonais. An Elegy on the Death of John Keats. 8vo, stitched (as issued), moderate staining and browning, some chipping to edges; lacking wrappers; custom 1/4 morocco folding case. First English edition. The publisher's note: "The present Edition is an exact reprint (a few typographical errors only being corrected,) of the first edition of 'Adonais,' - dated 'Pisa, with the types of Didot, MDCCCXXI.'" Grolier Shelley 72; Tinker 1902. Cambridge: Printed by W. Metcalfe and sold by Messrs. Gee & Bridges, 1829