Leather bound
2003 · Norwalk, CT
by Shelley, Mary; Edmund Lester Pearson (Introduction)
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2003. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. Very Good +. Everett Henry. 257pp. Small quarto [26 cm]. Black leather with raised bands, a gilt stamped title on the spine, and gilt stamped decorative patterns on the spine and covers. All edges gilt. Moire endsheets. There are a handful of subtle scratches to the boards. The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written.
Frankenstein began as a ghost story and was inspired by a conversation Shelley had overheard between her husband Percy Bysshe Shelly and Lord George Gordon Byron talking about galvanism. The novel soon became one of the first best selling works by a female author. (Inventory #: 67138)
Frankenstein began as a ghost story and was inspired by a conversation Shelley had overheard between her husband Percy Bysshe Shelly and Lord George Gordon Byron talking about galvanism. The novel soon became one of the first best selling works by a female author. (Inventory #: 67138)