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Live Auction

Premier Auction | Session II

Fri, May 17, 2019 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1050

Percy Bysshe Shelley Signed Letter, Adonais Book

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

note which reads, "My dear Sir, I am much upset that I am engaged tomorrow at the hour you appoint, but I will call on Monday morning at your chambers, Your very obliged, P.B. Shelley"; with [Adonais], Pisa: With The Types of Didot, 1821, this appears to be an early facsimile reprint possibly done by Turner & Reeves, (1876), paper boards, preface annotated by H. Buxton Forman, with ownership inscription "with kind regards from H. Buxton Forman"; with unassociated letter found in book

, Provenance: Private Collection, Fearrington, North Carolina

Condition

letter with overall light foxing, wear and folds at top edge, otherwise very good; book missing spine, front board detached, wear at extremities

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