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SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822). The Works. London: The Vale Press, 1901-02. 3 volumes, 8°. Woodcut initials and decorative borders. Contemporary sheep, spines gilt with red morocco lettering-pieces. Provenance: Vyvyan Edwards (bookplate). ONE OF 310 COPIES. Tomkinson p.170.

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SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822). The Works. London: The Vale Press, 1901-02. 3 volumes, 8°. Woodcut initials and decorative borders. Contemporary sheep, spines gilt with red morocco lettering-pieces. Provenance: Vyvyan Edwards (bookplate). ONE OF 310 COPIES. Tomkinson p.170.

With Robert Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy (London, The Nonesuch Press, 1925, 2 vols., illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer, ONE OF 750 COPIES) and a modern (1948) set of Jane Austen's works attractively-bound in green morocco-backed boards. (11)