In a statement given to The Independent, Forum Auctions said: “This edition is an important landmark in being the first ...

The first edition of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus was published in London in 1818; five years later, the city saw the first stage adaptation, Presumption; or, The Fate of Frankenstein ...

Frankenstein: First told under stormy skies Bored and frustrated ... Shelley re-wrote the novel for a second edition, tweaking the plot as well as making stylistic changes. One night, she lay ...