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Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792–1822

The poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley

1971

  • Creator

    Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792–1822

  • Title(s)

    The poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley / selected, edited, and introduced by Stephen Spender ; illustrated with wood engravings by Richard Shirley Smith.

  • Published/Created

    Cambridge : Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club at the University Printing House, 1971.

  • Physical Description

    xxvii, 312 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    MSS 17 Moss no. 91
    Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Copyright Not Evaluated

  • Classification

    Books

  • Notes

    "Designed by John Dreyfus and printed at the University Printing House in Cambridge by Brooke Crutchley, Printer to the University. Forty-six engravings [Bain nos. 165-210]. Edition of 1500 copies signed and numbered by Shirley Smith ... The Shelley project--commissioned by the Limited Editions Club in the United States in 1969 at the suggestion of John Dreyfus--was printed in 1971 and reprinted by the Heritage Press in 1974..."--Moss.
    Moss, R.W. Richard Shirley Smith, 91
    Bain, I. Wood engravings of Richard Shirley Smith, 165-210
    Includes indexes.
    BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 793 of 1500. Bound in publisher's original quarter leather and orange book cloth impressed with oval relief (60 mm) portrait of Shelley. In original slip case. A copy of The Monthly Letter of the Limited Editions Club (December, 1971, no. 450) laid in.
    BAC: From the Roger W. Moss Collection of manuscript, original art and printed material by and about Richard Shirley Smith.
  • Subject Terms

    Crutchley, Brooke -- Printer. |
    English poetry -- 19th century. |
    Limited Editions Club -- Publisher. |
    University Printing House -- Printer.

  • Form/Genre

    Poetry. | Wood engravings -- 1971.

  • Contributors

    Limited Editions Club | Moss, Roger W., 1940– | Shirley Smith, Richard | Spender, Stephen, 1909–1995

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