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London: Printed and Published by W. Clark, 1821. First published edition, thin paper copy. 182, [4] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. In original boards nicked at the head and rubbed at the foot of the spine, very good with minimal loss to the spine label and structurally sound. Faint foxing to ffep, with a few scattered spots in the first pages. Some annotation in pencil throughout (numbers relating to line breaks and poem titles).The C.W. Frederickson copy,with his bookplate. Bookplate of Louis V. Ledoux. Laid into a quarter morocco slipcase and chemise. First published edition, thin paper copy. 182, [4] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Though a piracy by William Clark – with the help of book pirate Thomas Moses, whose monogram appears in black letter below the imprint on the penultimate leaf – the is the first published edition of Shelley's first poem of any length. It was privately printed in 1813 in a very small edition, and originally contained a poetical dedication to Harriet. Shelley was in the habit of…

Queen Mab, A Philosophical Poem; With Notes, often referred to as Queen Mab, is the first large poetic work written by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822), the English Romantic poet. After substantial reworking, a portion of the text was later issued as The Daemon of the World.

The true first edition, of which were there were approx 250 copies made, was printed privately by the author in 1813.