Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

FRANKENSTEIN; OR, THE MODERN PROMETHEUS [VOLUME TWO OF TWO ONLY]

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1833. First U.S. Edition. Octavos, [3], 6-197; G; Volume 2 of the first American edition of this legendary novel; bound in early 3/4 calf, marble paper-covered boards, spine with black label, gilt titling; moderate wear to boards, including general rubbing, wear to corners, chip missing to third panel from bottom along rear hinge; moderate water-damage to volume, starting at the lower edge and extending upwards, covering approximately the entire lower half of the text block; small ink to ffep, ink drop to ffep, name in ink to title page, faint Circulating Library stamp to page 5, page 20 with 'Cursed Creator' penciled over, handwritten ink Circulating Library markings to page 65, ink name to page 81, top ink of page 99/100 cut and missing with title present and page numbers missing,; lacking half-title;

shelved case 3.

1343552

Shelved Dupont Bookstore

Price: $6,400

NOTES

First US edition with author's name misspelled, based on the 1818 text, though in two volumes.