Collectible, 1st Edition, 2 volumes. Alfred A. Knopf, N.Y. No DJ, 1940 exlib. Light reddish underlining on a few pages. Near Fine, like new unread condition. Price is for the pair.

Newman Ivey White (February 3, 1892 – December 6, 1948) was an American professor of English at Duke University. He was born in Statesville, North Carolina, United States. He was a noted Shelley scholar, as well as a collector of American folklore, including folk songs and Duke limericks.

This monumental biography of Shelley is filled with unobtrusive scholarship, and the Shelley who emerges is markedly different from the popular conception of him, emerging instead as a highly emotional, supersensitive being with the unwavering purpose of reforming the world.