SHELLEY, Mary "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus" [Appleby & Co, 1939]

SHELLEY, Mary Wollstonecraft. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.

New York: Appleby & Company, Incorporated, 1939. University Classics series. 7" x 5", 216pp. Publisher’s brown leatherette binding, gilt title to upper board and gilt border rules. Spine with faded lettering. Boards showing general wear and rubbing, with noticeable surface loss to the rear board and edge wear at corners and spine ends. Front hinge cracked and rear starting. Interior toned throughout, consistent with the paper stock used for the series; title page present, text complete. Good.

Early 20th-century American reprint of Shelley’s novel, issued as part of Appleby’s University Classics series, intended for affordable circulation of canonical literary works.