About this title: This winner of the Somerset Maugham Award dispenses with the established picture of Percy Bysshe Shelley as a blandly ethereal character by projecting a startling image of the poet as a radical agitator, atheist, and apostle of free love, as well as a brilliant poetic innovator.
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: New York Review Books, New York
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9781590170373ISBN:1590170377
Description: Photo Illustrated. Fine. No Jacket. This book has a purple spine with green and pink lettering and a cover photo illustration of Shelley's gravestone. Very clean, bright, unmarked tight copy. This 1994 reprint of Holmes' breakthrough 1974 publication, includes a new introduction by the author. Illustrated with black-and-white pictures of the poet, his family and his home, this book "makes us feel the combination of originality, intensity, and dependency that made the poet so beguiling. " 830 ... read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Quartet Books, London
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780704331112ISBN:070433111X
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Reprint in soft cover format, 8vo, 829pp, photo illustrations; card covers; previous owner's neat inscription to title page, and very mild creasing to spine; essentially VG/VG+ Copy; NB This is a large heavy book well outside the preset postage tariffs; however for simplicity this item has been priced accordingly and no extra postage will be required unless buyer wants overseas sending. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: London. Elizabeth Sifton Books / Penguin
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780140580372ISBN:0140580379
Description: 8vo. softcover. [i-xiii]. [3]. 829pp. 21 illustrations. pages lightly tanned, with exception of a small crease on the rear cover a good uncreased copy. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: S Paperback
Publisher: Quartet Books Ltd, London
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780704331112ISBN:070433111X
Description: Fair-Cheap Reading Copy. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Fair-Cheap Reading Copy-AS IS. Creasing and wear; binding internally weak with some pages pulling loose. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: NYRB Classics
Date Published: 2003-03
ISBN-13:9781590170373ISBN:1590170377
Description: Very Good. Very good condition. Some highlighting present. Most items ships same day w/ FREE delivery confirmation. Great Feedback! read more
Description: Like New. Book appears unread, but may have a publisher's mark or minor shelf wear. We are the Twin Cities' largest independent book store. read more
Description: Good. 0140580379 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Quartet Books, London
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780704331112ISBN:070433111X
Description: First printing of first UK paperback edition. VG. Covers mylar-protected. No inscriptions. This is a bright, tight copy. 829 pages including index. This is a heavy item so extra postage will be required. "Surely the best biography of Shelley ever written...an extraordinary achievement. " Stephen Spender. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781590170373ISBN:1590170377
Description: New. Brand new books, maps and cd's available immediately from a reputable and well rated UK bookseller; despatched promptly and reliably worldwide. read more
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