Shelley Poetical Works
London: Oxford University Press, 1968. Bound by Lewis and Harris of Bath England in full red polished calf.
Shelley: Poetical Works
Edited by Thomas Hutchinson
Oxford University Press, London, New York, Toronto
Bibliographic and Printing Details
This edition of The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley was published by Oxford University Press, with the title page listing London, New York, and Toronto.
Bound by Lewis and Harris bookbinders of Bath England in full red polished calf with double gilt fillet borders, elaborately gilt-tooled spine in six compartments with raised bands. Hinges discreetly reinforced with Japanese tissue. Marbled in gray, blue, and rose with gilt-ruled turn-ins, All edges gilt (AEG), pages are bright and clean without marks and no foxing. Book measures 8.75"x5.75".
Contents
This edition presents the complete poetical works of Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822), including all the major poems, lyrical works, fragments, and a short biographical note by the editor.
Edited and annotated by Thomas Hutchinson, this remains one of the most authoritative single-volume scholarly editions of Shelley’s verse.
Notable works include:
Prometheus Unbound
Adonais
Ode to the West Wind
The Mask of Anarchy
To a Skylark
The Cloud
Queen Mab
Epipsychidion
Alastor
The notes at the bottom of the pages provide textual variants and dates of composition—one of the edition’s scholarly strengths.
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Literary Importance
Shelley is among the great English Romantic poets, alongside Byron and Keats. His verse is known for its musical rhythm, idealism, and radical humanism. This edition helped to standardize Shelley’s poetic texts for twentieth-century readers and scholars, ensuring the preservation of his complex, often politically charged, and visionary works.
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