Frankenstein.

Shelley (Mary)

Frankenstein.

Or The Modern Prometheus. Introduction by Miranda Seymour. Illustrations by Harry Brockway

Description: FIRST EDITION THUS, 10 full-page monochrome illustrations (including frontispiece), pp. xxviii, 221, tall 8vo, publisher's grey illustrated boards, depicting a mountain range with lightning in silver across the sky, backstrip lettered in silver, slipcase, fine

Publication Details: The Folio Society, 2004

Notes: The introduction by acclaimed biographer and Shelley scholar, Miranda Seymour with disturbing shadowy images (for once, the monster depicted as described, with flowing locks) in wood-engraved style from Brockway. The text is taken from the 1831 third edition, newly revised and with a new introduction by the author.

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