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184523360J.K. Wellman New YorK 1845. Hardback NO DUSTJACKET ISSUED 1845 1st Edition 2nd Printing and the first to appear under Poe's name SCUFFED & Rubbed CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO LEATHER Boards with Gold Gilt Design on Front WITH Gold Gilt Name Joseph D. Smalley in the Center Front Cvr Spine Titled & Lined in Gold Gilt with WEAR & SCUFF on Spine. Magazines bound into Hardback VG/Good NO DustJACKET SOLD AS-IS includes The Raven by Poe 1st edition 2nd Printing Slight Chipping Tears Corner Covers Interior Some FOXing & occassional stains. . Hinges Relatively Tight. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4 in Approx Text block tight. Some scuffing to top and bottom of spine and corners. " Mrs. Sedgwick has some pieces as does Rev. T.H. Stockton and others. Many articles about women! Many about Christianity! Plus articles about a huge array of subjects! 378 pages. Some foxing an occassional light stain wear pgs. Light Aging Light Wrinkling some interior Pages O/W Nice. 8VO. Gold Gilt on Outer Pages Edges. Rebacked Binding WORN . Published in this Magazine Format which is Bound into HARDBACK BOOK In Rubbed CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO LEATHER Plain endpapers FoXed have Angel BOOKPLATE attached Endpapers Frontispiece woodblock of " Entry in Ark in b/w by Seba Smith" B&w engraved plates and hand- colored floral plates Contributions also by William Cullen Bryant Felicia Hemans Whittier Washington Irving and others Rebacked Binding WORN Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" is the last work in the volume pg. 376. Includes works by J. G. Whittier Seba Smith on N. American Indians John B. Newman ETC THE Original Printing of Poes Poem Raven was also published in 1845 in another Magazine earlier in same Year. Literary Emporium Dec. 1845 is the second appearance of The Raven though some argue it is the first both in the same year. First Edition. Full-Leather. J.K. Wellman, New YorK hardcover
184530034Hardback NO DUSTJACKET ISSUED 1845 1st Edition 2nd Printing and the first to appear under Poe's name. 2 VOLS IN 1 USED VG Hardcover. Rubbing to the edges. Bound in three-quarter leather with the owner's embossed on the front IN GOLD GILT. AEG all edges gilt . Clean & tight with some foxing. Besides the second appearance in print of Poe's "The Raven" contains a number of hand-colored plates. ; Small 4to . 378 pages . RAISED BANDS ON BROWN LEATHER SPINE LITE RUB WEAR SOME SCUFF GOLD GILT Frontispiece woodblock of " Entry in Ark in b/w by Seba Smith" B&w engraved plates and hand- colored floral plates Contributions also by William Cullen Bryant Felicia Hemans Whittier Washington Irving and others Rebacked Binding WORN In Rubbed CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO LEATHER Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" is the last work in the volume pg. 376. Includes works by J. G. Whittier Seba Smith on N. American Indians John B. Newman ETC THE Original Printing of Poe's Poem Raven was also published in 1845 in another Magazine earlier in same Year. Literary Emporium Dec. 1845 is the second appearance of "The Raven" though some argue it is the first both in the same year.<br /><br /> J.K. Wellman, New York hardcover
1856186<b>Early printings of the first collection of prose and verse works by Edgar Allan Poe; Vol. I II and III first published in 1850 as sets of two 1850 three 1851 and finally four volumes 1856 the set being early editions of the first three volumes and presumably a first edition of Vol. IV. With a portrait frontispiece and a facsimile letter laid in. All four volumes signed by A. W. Thomson 1827-1881 a Confederate Chief Surgeon for South Carolina. Foxing to each volume and heavy spotting to Volume IV; minor shelf wear and spines moderately sunned. Plum colored cloth with gilt lettering and designs. Top edge of Vol. I and II gilt. A Very Good set overall when one considers that not very many of these sets surface intact in the publisher's cloth. The set is now housed in a custom open-ended brown cloth slipcase with a large Morocco label.</b> Published by Redfield hardcover
188330043HARDBACK NO DUSTJACKET ISSUED 1883 ON COPYRIGHT PG NO DATE ON TITLE PG 1st edition THUS First PRINTING Octavo. Unpaginated. VG/NF NO JACKET ISSUED Original brown cloth binding with mulit-colour image SILVER BIRD PALLAS and gilt lettering. Gilt foredges top side bottom. Very dark brown endpapers. Heavy buff stock. Seventeen illustrations by W. L.Taylor. Book in very good to near fine condition with slight wear to head and foot of spine. First thus. TINY NICK ON SPINE CVR It tells of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover tracing the man's slow descent into madness. The lover often identified as being a student is lamenting the loss of his love Lenore. The raven sitting on a bust of Pallas the goddess of wisdom seems to further instigate his distress with its constant repetition of the word "Nevermore". The poem makes use of a number of folk and classical references. Poe claimed to have written the poem very logically and methodically. His intention was to create a poem that would appeal to both critical and popular tastes<br /><br /> e. p. Dutton NY hardcover
1884201933John C Nimmo 1884. Limited Edition. Half Leather Fine Binding Hardcover. NF. Limited Edition No. 13 of 150 copies. 14.7 x 23 cm Bickers signed binding half leather over marbled boards with gilt stamped boarders and titles to the spine. Top edge gilt other edges uncut. Volume I ii xxxix 3622pp; Volume II iivi 4302pp; Volume III x 3042pp; with 15 etchings and 3 photogravure. A near fine set beautifully bound with a couple of very light scratches to the boards. Internally clean without name inscription or bookplate and just a hint of ghosting from some of the illustrations. A good looking early set with some excellent illustrations. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care. John C Nimmo hardcover
183937234Philadelphia: William E. Burton 1839. 1st edition. Leather. Good . 1st edition 1839. A Good to Very Good copy. Contains Volume V July To December 1839 of Burton's Gentleman's Magazine. Tall 8vo. iv 1-334 pp. illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and 5 steel engraved plates as well as text engravings. Bound in 1/2 leather and marbled paper boards with the title on a black morocco label on the spine in gilt. Moderate rubbing and edge wear to the boards. Blank end papers with some soiling. Hinges tight. Text mostly clean with some light scattered browning. In the summer of 1839 Poe became assistant editor of Burton's Gentleman's Magazine. He published numerous articles stories and reviews enhancing the reputation he had established at The Messenger as one of America's foremost literary critics. <br /> <br /> Contains the First Printing of The Fall Of The House Of Usher; and the following Stories and Poem of Poe's: William Wilson: A Tale; Morella; The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion; The Man That Was Used Up; and To Ianthe In Heaven. William E. Burton unknown
1870363564Philadelphia: Tyndale Mitchell & Co 1870. Third Edition. Pamphlet. Good. The third separate printing of The Raven following a Glasgow edition in 1869 listed as BAL 16216 but not seen and the illustrated version published by W. Jennings Demorest about July 1870 Demorest's Illustrated Monthly printed an illustrated version of The Raven in its May 1870 issue of the magazine; by July of that year Jennings Demorest was advertising the book version at 25 cents in wrappers and 50 cents in cloth. BAL 16213 also records an 1862 sheet music version.<br /> <br /> This edition illustrated with four wood engravings by David Scattergood printed in black ink on a brown background appears to have been offered as a premium by an enterprising printer who sold the idea to a number of companies near the end of 1870. This version was issued by Tyndale Mitchell & Co. importers of china and stoneware from Europe. Johns Hopkins records a version from Singer Manufacturing and Brown has one from P. P. Hayes a silversmith in Poughkeepsie NY. A couple of years later the same sheets were sold to newspapers as carrier addresses which are also found with a variety of imprints.<br /> <br /> Unlike the Singer and Hayes versions of this pamphlet Tyndale added a printed note to the inside front cover and dated it Christmas 1870. <br /> <br /> A charming scarce and early version of Poe's most popular poem.<br /> <br /> 7 1 poem set to music pages. 5-3/4 by 8-7/8 inches. Gray wrappers printed in blue and brown; Greek-style urn graphic on the back cover. Christmas greeting reproduced from handwriting on inside front cover; Tyndale Mitchell add on inside back cover. Second American edition third overall Tyndale issue. Spine nearly split; wrappers with small areas of loss old water spots on the front cover but generally good. Scarce and fragile. Tyndale, Mitchell & Co unknown
18846688Boston and New York: Colonial Press Company 1884. Bound in Red Leather. Lovely collection of Edgar Allan Poe's works - half bound in leather with marbled boards. Measuring approximately 7.75" x 5.25" with over 3000 numbered pages - complete in six volumes. <br /> <br /> This set is in near fine condition. Minor wear ti the boards and spines. Gilt lettering and design on spines are bright and well preserved. Interior pages are clean and free of previous owner names or bookplates. <br /> <br /> Edgar Allan Poe January 19 1809 – October 7 1849 was an American writer poet editor and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre. <br /> <br /> Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.<br /> <br /> Inventory #O10-14. Colonial Press Company unknown
1852007495London: Henry Vizetelly. Readable Books 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Minus. First Illustrated Edition. 173 by 112 mm. xxiv 256 pp. Condition: Rebacked with modern red calf matching the older corner calf triangular pieces. Paper pastedown is scuffed and somewhat heavily worn besides. Leaves have occasional light foxing and a moderate amount of wear but overall are comparatively clean for this book. Henry Vizetelly. Readable Books hardcover
185037560New York: J.S. Redfield 1850. Together with The Works of Edgar Allan Poe Vol.3: The Literati: Some Honest Opinions about Authorial Merits and Demerits with Occasional Works of Personality. Together with marginalia suggestions and essays.With a sketch of the author by Rufus Wilmot Griswold. New York: Redfield 1850. Together with The Works of Edgar Allan Poe Vol. 4: Arthur Gordon Pym &c. New York: Redfield 1856. Together 4 volumes 12mo; BAL 16158 16159 and 16161. All are first editions all ex-James J. Hill Library with light accession markings on the spines and perforated stamps in the lower margins of the title pages; vol. I is first printing in BAL's A binding in original brown cloth front hinge cracked lacking the engraved frontispiece; Vol. 2 is the second printing in BAL's binding variant F in original blue cloth; Vol. 3 in BAL's binding variant F in original black cloth; Vol. 4 in BAL's binding variant H in original purple cloth; shelf wear small loss to top of spine of Vol. 4 affecting 2 letters at the top. J.S. Redfield unknown
18412601300005Philadelphia: George Graham 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. Vol. 18. Contains four original works by Edgard Allen Poe: "The Masque of the Red Death" "An Appendix of Autographs;" "To One Departed" and "Life in Death." Bound in full sheep. Hardcover. Front board taped. Steel engraved plates mezzotints & colored fashion drawings. 308 pages. "Two women have been brutally slain inside a locked fourth-floor room and yet one's body is outside the other is disturbingly and firmly stuffed up the chimney. Writing at a time before the term "detective" was coined Poe drew on no pre-existing trope of drawing room logical revelation. Such a conceit is now so overwhelmingly prevalent it's hard to imagine a time when it had yet to bore its way into any written story. Poe's Dupin defines the archetype applying logic objective facts and reason to solve the case in dramatic fashion." - Swanns Auction <br> Provenance: From the library of Edgar S. Bamberger 1883-1952 Vice President of the well-known department store and civic leader. Contemporary signature on fep. Philadelphia: George Graham hardcover
1876323695New York: W. J. Widdleton Publisher 1876. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. All four volumes Very Good in boards. Light shelfwear on panel corners of all four corners. W. J. Widdleton Publisher hardcover
1884141759Paris: A. Quantin Imprimeur-Éditeur 1884. Extra-illustrated and with original watercolours by Evert Van Muyden First editions thus each number 66 of 100 copies on japon paper of Poe's classic tales extra-illustrated and with an original watercolour in both volumes by noted Swiss artist Evert van Muyden 1853-1922 who left Rome to study at Geneva's Beaux-Arts around 1884. Van Muyden is best known for his illustrations of plants and animals inspired by the Paris Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. This collection of 44 tales features some of Poe's most significant fantastical stories such as: "The Golden Bug" "The Black Cat" which contains "a complementary mixture of supernaturalism and dramatic irony" Magill p. 1674 the "mature fantasy" of "The Fall of the House of Usher" and the "proto-science fiction" of "The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion" Magill p. 1667. According to the French writer Paul Valéry Poe "'would today be completely forgotten if Baudelaire had not taken up the task of introducing him into European literature.' While in America the debate over Poe's character raged on one of France's greatest writers Charles Baudelaire was translating his stories and publishing critical essays that would launch Poe as a writer for the world" Carlson. 2 vols large octavo 230 x 150 mm. Extra-illustrated: original watercolour by Evert van Muyden on each half-title each vol. with 26 etchings and heliogravures 13 illustrations in two states after various artists including Chifflart Wogel Abot Ferat and others title pages in red and black. Contemporary red half morocco by Bretault preserving the original printed wrappers titles in gilt direct to spines raised bands marbled boards and endpapers silk bookmarks top edges gilt others untrimmed. Engraved bookplates to front pastedowns of politician diplomat art collector and author Edgar Vincent 1st Viscount D'Abernon 1857-1941 with the shelf labels for his library at Esher Place Surrey. Discreet repairs to corners and front hinge of vol. 1 spines a little darkened internally fresh; a very good set. Eric W. Carlson "A Companion to Poe Studies" 1996 p. 518; Magill "Survey of Modern Fantasy literature" vol. IV pp. 1665-78. hardcover
1850BB2806New York: J. S. Redfield Clinton Hall Nassau-Street 1850. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine. Three First Editions second printings of volumes 1 and 2 per BAL; first printing of volume 3 of the first collection of Poe's poetry and prose edited by N. P. Willis J. R. Lowell and R. W. Griswold. Crown 8vo 185 x 113mm: xx4835; vi7-4951; xxxix16071pp with frontispiece portrait of Poe to volume one. Original purple elaborately blind-stamped T-cloth also issued in black blue green-blue and brown spines lettered in gilt. Contemporary ownership inscriptions of Caroline Chesebro to each volume dated in the year of publication and of Robert H. Chesebro dated Sept. 1923. An excellent matched set in original cloth tightly bound spines sunned but gilt bright and generally clean throughout light intermittent foxing to volumes one and two. BAL 16158 and 16159. Robertson p. 289. Heartman & Canny pp. 88-91. Tane p. 99. Sabin 63522 and 63570. Published as a two-volume set one year after Poe's untimely death the first volume contains Poe's tales and the second his poems. The third volume containing his criticism and including Rufus Wilmot Griswold's infamous memoir a slanderous and inaccurate account of Poe's life also appeared in 1850. A fourth volume BAL 16161 with Arthur Gordon Pym and other prose works intended as a companion to reprints of the first three was not published until 1856. Caroline Chesebro March 30 1825 – February 16 1873 was an American writer of fiction including short stories and novels. Born "Caroline Chesebrough" but known by her preferred spelling of "Caroline Chesebro" she was founder of The Packard Quarterly. In 1848 she became a contributor to Graham's American Monthly Magazine which Poe edited and in which he first published "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" now recognized as the first detective story. N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition carefully preserved in archival removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. J. S. Redfield, Clinton Hall, Nassau-Street unknown
184810558<p> Geo. P. Putman. New York. - Paris. 1848 1928. FACSIMILE EDITION. One of only 50 copies printed. 12mo. 7.5 x 5.3 inches. 1 - 143pp plus 16pp publishers advertisements. <br /><br />Black cloth with blind ruled lines and gilt lettering to the spine. Both boards with triple ruled line borders and decorative circular device to the centre all in blind. Complete with the facsimile bookplate of noted American book collector Stephen H. Wakeman the sixth owner after Poe of the original book on the front pastedown endpaper. <br /><br />A fine copy of this rare facsimile of the Author's own annotated copy of the last work published in Poe's lifetime and one he considered his finest. This facsimile was created in 1928 while the book was owned by Florence Meyer Blumenthal the 8th owner of the original annotated book after Poe himself. "A beautiful and remarkably faithful facsimile of this copy was made in 1928 in Paris in an edition of 50 copies. It is occasionally mistaken for the original" - Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore.</p> ( Geo. P. Putman. New York.) - Paris. 1848 (1928) hardcover
1841140947756Phialdelphia PA: George R. Graham 1841. Good. First appearance of Poe's groundbreaking short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue." Volume XVIII lacking the March issue. Illustrated with steel-engraved plates and hand-colored fashion plates. Bound in contemporary half sheep over marbled boards with spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Good only with loss at crown red rot at extremities. Scuffing to boards light soiling to top edge of textblock ownership markings and notations to endsheets; moderate and at times foxing throughout with the occasional marking in pencil to contents; 1-2pp detached from binding but present. Front hinge tender. <p>The uncommon first appearance of what many scholars have called the first modern detective story. The character of Dupin became a prototype for future detectives including Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot. Other works by Poe included in this collection are "Descent into Maelstrom" and "The Island of Fay" with some unattributed book reviews. George R. Graham unknown
18412511121Graham's Magazine 1841. first. hardcover. good. First appearance of Poe's short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue." And also two other stories by Poe. Eighteenth volume from January to June 1841. Book in good condition scuffing to covers edges and corners former owner's name on paper attached to front paste-down some foxing throughout some soiling to paste-downs and pages pieces missing and pages fraying to some front pages paper tape to gutters. Comes in supplied slipcase. Graham's Magazine unknown
1884767L3DLondon: John C Nimmo 1884. Fine Binding. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". Various. A beautifully illustrated and very smartly bound limited edition of Edgar Allan Poe's works. In a lovely Bickers binding. Limited edition numbered 14 of 150 copies printed with proof etchings on Japanese paper. With the bookplate of Robert Hyde Greg to the front pastedown of all volumes. Greg was an MP industrialist economist and antiquary. Beautifully illustrated throughout all volumes a frontispiece and six plates to volume I a frontispiece and three plates to volume II frontispiece and three plates to volume III with a frontispiece and two plates to volume IV. Collated complete. In a half calf binding with cloth covered boards. Externally very smart. Slight fading to the spines. Light rubbing to the head and tail of spines. Bookplate to the front pastedown of all volumes Robert Hyde Greg. Very Good Indeed John C Nimmo unknown
1852poe48London: Henry Vizeltelly / Clarke Beeton & Co. G: in Good condition without dust jacket. Some scuffing to leather along spine and corners. Spine faded. Scattered light foxing and off-setting. Marbled edges. 1852. First Illustrated Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover on green cloth boards. 170mm x 110mm 7" x 4". viii 256pp; 252pp. First series comprises twenty six engravings on wood; second series illustrated with sixteen wood-engravings. Wood-engraved frontispiece and vignette title-page to each volume. The first illustrated edition of Poe's 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination' bound together with the scarce 'Tales of Humour'. Published under the auspices Vizetelly as part of the short-lived Readable Books series. The first series was published in 1652 second series undated but presumed to be 1653. Volume 2 is bound without advertisement leaf at rear of volume 2. . Henry Vizeltelly / Clarke, Beeton & Co hardcover
184668781London:: Short & Co. 1846. First separate edition after the appearance in American Magazine. stitched as issued. Laid into a custom cloth portfolio. Some light foxing; otherwise a fine unworn copy. 8vo. An Astounding & Horrifying Narrative Shewing the Extraordinary Power of Mesmerism in Arresting the Progress of Death. Short & Co., hardcover
184133299Philadelphia: George R. Graham. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1841. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 296 308 pages; Full year graham's magazine containing Poe's Murder's in the Rue Morgue plus 9 other Poe items. The other poems and stories are: A Descent into the Maelstrom; The Island of the Fay; A Few Words on Secret Writing; The Colloquyof Monos and Una; To Helen; Never Bet Your Head; Israfel; A Chapter on Autography; and the second "Chapter on Autography. Original 3/4 leather and marbled boards showing light rubbing scuffing and wear. Bookseller plate on inside front cover. Several hand colored plates. Interior is near fine with very light foxing. . George R. Graham hardcover
18461284London: A. Munro 1846. First Edition. Original self-wrappers 16 pages stitched. Foxed else near fine uncut and complete as issued. First separate printing of the story originally printed as "Facts of M. Valdemar's Case" in the American Review of December 1845. Poe's tale of a mesmerist who attempts to explore the prolonging of life by hypnotizing a man at the moment he is dying. The mesmerist succeeds in suspending his subject between not quite alive and not quite dead with the macabre consequences that characterize Poe's most effective horror fiction. The story caused considerable controversy upon its magazine publication with some readers believing it to be a factual account of a medical experiment rather than fiction; a testament to Poe's documentary style in this piece. A. Munro unknown