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Three-volume first edition of the fifth and final novel Radcliffe saw published in her lifetime. Considered by many to have perfected the gothic literary form (culminating in The Italian), Radcliffe influenced the writings of such figures as Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and Jane Austen. The popularity of her works meant that she became the highest-paid writer of the 1790s; The Italian brought in a staggering £800 from her publishers (£10 was a commonplace figure for a writer to receive for a manuscript). The first edition of The Italian did not contain the corrections Radcliffe made for the second edition (published in the same year); thus, this copy represents the earliest and most unadulterated textual version of an essential gothic novel.

Contemporary calf; spine, corners, and hinges rubbed. Gilt spines with black and gilt title and volume labels. Volume labels missing from 1 and 2; half of title label missing on volume 1. Hinges starting to crack but quite sound. Gilt… Read More

First edition of Rossetti's first publication. Though the collection includes devotional and other verses, "The Goblin Market" remains her most famous poem today. A rich poem open to a multiplicity of readings, including ones highlighting sisterhood, anti-capitalism, same-sex attraction, lesbianism, rape, substance abuse or addiction, or themes of Christianity, Rossetti both publicly stated "The Goblin Market" should be read as poem for children as well as privately acknowledged its lack of suitability for children's ears (the poem was in fact featured in Playboy magazine in the 1970s with illustrations by Kinuko Craft). Subsequent reprints and adaptations of "The Goblin Market" have occurred regularly until the present day, attesting to the poem's enduring popularity and importance.
Octavo. Original blue gilt cloth boards designed by Rossetti's brother, the Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Rossetti, as well as frontispiece and title page woodcut engravings by him. Brown endpapers, tissue guard, and… Read More