Letters from Percy Bysshe Shelley to Elizabeth Hitchener. Now First Published. With an Introduction and Notes [by Bertram Dobell].

London: Bertram Dobell, New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1908.

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First Dobell edited edition, following Wise's privately printed, limited to 30 copies two volume edition printed in 1890. 1 vols. 8vo. Original tan cloth. Spine darkened, some soiling of cloth and edges, some light spotting of leaves. Granniss 90n; NCBEL 3:317.

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Elizabeth Hitchener was the mistress of a school at Hurstpierpoint whom Shelley encountered in 1811. She held liberal views for the day and in his early correspondence he attempted to sway her religious views. They corresponded, discovering a pleasure in their letters, she was invited to join the household which she did, resulting in a falling off of their friendship.