TRELAWNY (Edward John). Letters of Edward John Trelawny Edited with a brief Introduction and Notes by H. Buxton Forman C.B. Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, London, Edinburgh, New York, Toronto and Melbourne, 1910. Demy 8vo; frontispiece and one photogravure plate in sepia, two illustrations by William Bell Scott (one etched by him, and one by Arthur Evershed), and one collotype facsimile of a drawing by Trelawny’s daughter, all with tissue guards; one large folding facsimile of Trelawny’s holograph; final blank; pp.xxiv+306+[ii]; cobalt blue buckram lettered gilt on spine; a.e. uncut. Boards lightly damp-spotted on sides, and slight foxing to uncut edges; otherwise a fine copy.

GB £50.00

US $82.00

Includes letters to Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Jane Lady Shelley, Claire Claremont, the editor, Leigh and John Hunt, William Michael Rossetti, Joseph Severn, etc. In this copy at l.5 on p.50 the second ‘n’ in ‘unshaken’ is complete: in another copy we have handled, it was broken. The following typographical flaws noted in this copy have been present in every copy seen: p.13, note, col.2, l.3, hyphen lacking at end; p.25, l.13, ‘e’ of ‘me’ broken; p.71, l.13, enlarged full-stop after ‘night’; p.118, note, col.1, l.31, ‘a’ in ‘heartily’ slightly raised; p.122, l.19, ‘g’ of ‘give’ broken; p.128, l.6, ‘o’ in second ‘done’ broken; p.139, penultimate line, ‘s’ broken and ‘a’ printed too heavily in ‘notwithstanding’; p.149, last line, second ‘a’ in ‘Mavrocordato’ printed too heavily; p.160, note, col.2, last line, ‘e’ of ‘love’ lacking; p.170, l.26, ‘f’ of ‘of’ broken; p.175, l.7, ‘t’ at start of line so faintly printed as to all intents and purposes to be lacking; p.216, l.7, ‘h’ in ‘he’ battered; p.220, l.10, ‘A’ of ‘Allegra’ broken; p.232, last line of note, ‘9’ raised; p.275, penultimate line of text, dot lacking to ‘i’ of ‘in’.
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