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Creator:
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792–1822
Title(s):
The poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley / selected, edited, and introduced by Stephen Spender ; illustrated with wood engravings by Richard Shirley Smith.
Published/Created:
Norwalk, Conn. : Heritage Press 1974.
Physical Description:
xxvi, 313 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
MSS 17 Moss no. 93
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:
View finding aid for the Roger W. Moss Collection of manuscript, original art and printed material by and about Richard Shirley Smith
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Designed by John Dreyfus in 13 point monotype Bembo. Reprint of the Limited Editions Club edition of 1971 ... Endpapers printed with enlarged detail of Shirley Smith's 'Flowery Wreath' [Bain no. 180] ... There is a variant of the Heritage Press edition binding with plain white endpapers and boards printed with an enlarged detail in four-side bleed of 'Moths and Moon' [Bain no. 192]. There is no mention that this is a reprint of the Limited Editions Club edition."--Moss.
Moss, R.W. Richard Shirley Smith, 93
Bain, I. Wood engravings of Richard Shirley Smith, 180, 192
Includes indexes.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original blue cloth, front cover die-stamped with 55 x 44 mm stylized papyrus plant motif. In original slip case. Has laid in "The Heritage Club Sandglass" (4 p.), comprising a description of the present work.
BAC: From the Roger W. Moss Collection of manuscript, original art and printed material by and about Richard Shirley Smith.
Subject Terms:
English poetry -- 19th century.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1974.
Poetry.
Contributors:
Spender, Stephen, 1909–1995.
Shirley Smith, Richard, engraver.
Moss, Roger W., 1940– former owner.
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