signed first edition Leather bound
2022 · London
by Shelley, Mary; Illustrated by Angela Barrett
London: The Folio Society, 2022. First edition thus, first printing. Limited edition. Leather bound. SIGNED. 200pp. Quarto [26.5 cm] Full light ice-blue blue leather with lettering and pictorial stamping in gilt and black by the artist. Silver-stamped text block edges. Silk ribbon page-marker. In the slipcase and the publisher's box. Fine in fine condition. The most famous novel of its kind, frequently cited as the first true science fiction novel, began that stormy night in Switzerland in 1816 and first published anonymously in 1818 when its author was only 20 years old.
This is a companion to the Folio Society limited edition of "Dracula." With a new introduction by Richard Holmes. With eight color plates and numerous black and white vignettes by British artist and illustrator Angela Barrett.
Angela Barrett studied at Maidstone College of Art and the Royal College of Art. She has taught Illustration at Cambridge College of Technology, and Drawing at Chelsea College.
Her first published illustrations, for "The King, the Cat and the Fiddle" (Holt, 1983) were exhibited at the Barbican and won her a runner’s up prize in the Mother Goose Award. Since then Angela has won the W. H. Smith Illustration Award for "The Hidden House" (Candlewick, 1997) and was runner-up in the same awards for "Snow White" (Red Fox, 1993). She won a Smarties Prize for "Can It be True?" (Walker, 1990), was short-listed for the Kate Greenaway Medal for "Beware Beware" (Walker 1995), both written by Susan Hill, and has twice been runner-up for the Kurt Maschler Award. (Inventory #: 67083)
This is a companion to the Folio Society limited edition of "Dracula." With a new introduction by Richard Holmes. With eight color plates and numerous black and white vignettes by British artist and illustrator Angela Barrett.
Angela Barrett studied at Maidstone College of Art and the Royal College of Art. She has taught Illustration at Cambridge College of Technology, and Drawing at Chelsea College.
Her first published illustrations, for "The King, the Cat and the Fiddle" (Holt, 1983) were exhibited at the Barbican and won her a runner’s up prize in the Mother Goose Award. Since then Angela has won the W. H. Smith Illustration Award for "The Hidden House" (Candlewick, 1997) and was runner-up in the same awards for "Snow White" (Red Fox, 1993). She won a Smarties Prize for "Can It be True?" (Walker, 1990), was short-listed for the Kate Greenaway Medal for "Beware Beware" (Walker 1995), both written by Susan Hill, and has twice been runner-up for the Kurt Maschler Award. (Inventory #: 67083)
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