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N. Y.: Portland, 1988. 259 pp. Wonderful b/w engravings on wood by Lynd Ward. Color illustrations by Aristides Ruiz. Black coated cloth binding with bright gold gilt lettering and decorations is in lovely condition. There is ,however, a bit of the paper pulled on the paste on colour illustration on the front that has been repaired by coloring it with black felt. Quite a successful repair. The pull is about 1/4" x 1 1/4" on the right top. No former owner's name. Text is unmarked.. Hard Cover. V. Good.
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Frankenstein, Or, the Modern Prometheus Tapa dura - 1988
de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; Aristides Ruiz; Lynd Ward (Illustrator)
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Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus is a Gothic novel written by Mary Shelley in 1818. The story revolves around Victor Frankenstein, a scientist who creates a monstrous creature and immediately regrets his actions, abandoning the creature to its own devices. The creature, seeking acceptance and revenge, terrorizes Victor and those he loves. Themes of ambition, ethics, humanity, and loneliness are explored through Shelley's vivid descriptions of the natural world and her characters' psychological torment. Frankenstein remains a classic of Gothic literature and a seminal work of science fiction.
Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin wrote the first draft of her groundbreaking novel in 1816, while on a trip to Lake Geneva with her soon-to-be husband, poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and poet Lord Byron. They were stuck indoors during famously known as the Year Without a Summer.
Identificación de primeras ediciones
A small London publishing house, Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, first printed Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus in a limited series of just 500 copies on January 1, 1818. By then, Mary was just 20 years old. The first edition was published anonymously in 1818, with a preface by Percy B. Shelley and a dedication to Mary’s father, philosopher William Godwin. Mary Shelley didn’t publicly claim her novel until years later, and her name appears in the second edition, published in 1823. First edition original pasteboards were in blueish gray. First editions are very scarce and exceptionally rare on the market. In 2021 one of the first 500 copies of the novel was sold at auction for $1.17 million. It was the first Frankenstein first edition copy to be auctioned since 1985.
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- Título Frankenstein, Or, the Modern Prometheus
- Autor Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; Aristides Ruiz; Lynd Ward (Illustrator)
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Edición Reprint
- Páginas 259
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Portland House, New York
- Fecha de publicación 1988
- Ilustrado Sí
- ISBN 9780517668429 / 0517668424
- Época de 08 a 12 años
- Cursos 3 - 7
- Nivel de lectura 1000
- Library of Congress subjects Horror tales, Horror stories
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 88012459
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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de Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft; Kelly, Gary (editor)
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780517668429 / 0517668424
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