Monday, December 1, 2014

1884 FRANKENSTEIN; OR, THE MODERN PROMETHEUS BY MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY - VICTORIAN FINE BINDING

1884

FRANKENSTEIN
OR, THE MODERN PROMETHEUS
BY MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY

TOGETHER WITH

THE SPANISH NUN
(A GOTHIC REVENGE/MURDER/MYSTERY) BY THOMAS DE QUINCEY

*** RARE ANTIQUE BOOK ~ BEAUTIFUL VICTORIAN FINE BINDING ~ CLASSIC GOTHIC LITERATURE ***


Publisher:
New York: R. Worthington, 1884.

Features:
• likely first Worthington edition
• measures about 7.5" x 5.25"
• original publisher's decorative cloth Victorian fine binding
• ornate embossed gold gilt and black stamping
• frontispiece engraving (portrait of De Quincey) with tissue guard

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