"SUBTLETY OF THOUGHT, GORGEOUSNESS OF IMAGERY—THE MAGNIFICENT OR THE SUBLIME, LINKED TO THE MOST CHARMING MUSIC": SHELLEY'S POEMS, HANDSOMELY BOUND
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. The Lyrics and Minor Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley. London: Walter Scott, [1887]. Small octavo, contemporary half vellum and red cloth, spine gilt, two red leather spine labels, top edge gilt. $450.
Canterbury Poets edition of Shelley's poems, in an attractive binding with Art Nouveau floral spine decoration.
Part of the "Canterbury Poets" series edited by William Sharp, this volume opens with a biographical preface by Joseph Skipsey. "Some of the loveliest lyrics in English, together with longer poems unsurpassed in beauty and grandeur, came from the pen of this visionary, half-unearthly man… The dominant impression of [Shelley's] work is that of pure and ineffable beauty" (Kunitz & Haycraft, 559).
Minor foxing to text block edges; pages clean. Binding in about-fine condition. A lovely copy.