Lodore by MARY SHELLEY First Edition 1835 Frankenstein 1st US Feminist

  

Bound with The Naval Officer by Fredrick Marryat. Rare first American edition of a novel. By the author of Frankenstein.

New York: Wallis & Newell, 1835. Bound with The Naval Officer by Frederick Marryat as issued. Period half calf and marbled boards, morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Following the three volume British edition. Small stain in upper margin of first 60 pages or so of Lodore. Crease down middle of spine, wear to edges. Some textual foxing and spotting, heaviest at Naval Officer title page and facing last page of Lodore ; wrinkling to pages of Naval Officer.

Published as part of the Franklin Library series but fortunately, unlike most surviving copies, is not an institutional copy. The rare first American appearance of a proto-feminist novel by Mary Shelley (best-known as the author of Frankenstein) also known as The Beautiful Widow.

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1. Binding: Hardcover
2. Subject: Literature & Fiction
3. Topic: Novels
4. Special Attributes: 1st Edition
5. Year Printed: 1835
6. Original/Facsimile: Original
7. Publisher: Wallis & Newell
8. Author: Mary Shelley
9. Place of Publication: New York
10. Language: English
11. Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
12. Region: North America