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189068744Paris: Calmann Lévy 1890. Fine. Calmann Lévy Paris s. d. circa 1890 12 x 18.50 cm broché New edition of the French translation by Charles Baudelaire. Fine copy despite the spine slightly sunned at head and foot a marginal lack to the second cover. Calmann Lévy unknown
1881127423Porter & Coates 1881. Book. Illus. by Darley McCutcheon Frederick's Perkins King Riordan and Northam. Very Good. Hardcover. In mustard cloth. Illustration with angel and bell on front board. Light wear to cloth at spine ends. . Porter & Coates Hardcover
185601351HAND-BOOK OF AMERICAN LITERATURE -HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHICAL & CRITICAL Chambers ca. 1856 first edition light wear to spine extremities else a vg copy. An overview of American literature from 1620 to 1855 profiling such writers as Benjamin Franklin Edgar Allan Poe James Fenimore Cooper Nathaniel Hawthorne Washington Irving Herman Melville P. T. Barnum George Bancroft Ralph Waldo Emerson et.al. Fascinating. Chambers unknown
190015037A. L. Burt Company. Good. c 1900. Hardcover. Green cloth cover is frayed at corners and spine caps with scuffing and general wear. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight backstrip reglued. Front end sheet and half title page reaffixed. Former owner's embossment on front paste down and contents page. Pages are heavily toned and somewhat brittle but pages are clean and otherwise very good. . . A. L. Burt Company hardcover
186270996Paris: Michel Lévy frères libraires-éditeurs 1862. 12mo pp. 4 280; 4 figures in the text; original printed back wrapper present upper wrapper missing spine mostly perished; half-title foxed stitching a bit compromised but the textblock is clean and complete. This translation first published in 1858. Michel Lévy frères, libraires-éditeurs unknown
18811328<p>Has been reglued on spine. Therefore the textblock is leaning slightly down. Even though this is the case the binding stills feels quite tight. Some pencil markings has been erased on first 3 pages they can still be seen a bit but are mostly gone. Good condition inside. Besutiful book.</p> porter coates hardcover
1898027887New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1898. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. The Riverside Literature Series. Edited by William P. Trent. Copyright 1897 and 1898. Break in spine at title page. 95 pages plus ads. Writing on inside rear cover. 1 1/2" tear to top rear spine. Wear to covers. Fair to Good. Green boards. <br/> <br/> Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
1900020441Lon: George Bell & Sons 1900. Book. Illus. by w. Heath Robinson. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition This Publisher. Cover has a wear abrasion on the front sun discolored spine wear to the head heel and corners. Owners signature on the front free endpaper and a previous owners name crossed out on the front fixed endpaper. First several page are loose thus a fair repairable copy. All plates and pages are present. Priced to permit restoration. . George Bell & Sons Hardcover
18965136166136<p><strong>POE Edgar Allan.</strong> <em>Weird Tales.</em></p><p>Philadelphia: Henry Altemus 1896. 6" x 4.25" 257pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Poe and illustrated half title. Original publisher's brown cloth decoratively blind- and gilt-stamped to upper board and spine. Cloth rubbed at extremities with minor fraying at spine ends. Pencil writing inside both covers. A couple loose pages but complete. Good.</p><p>An attractive late-19th-century Altemus issue of Poe's tales collecting many of his most enduring works including "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Tell-Tale Heart." </p> Henry Altemus hardcover
1884322340New York: Carleton 1884. First trade edition. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Original purple cloth. First trade edition. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Important account of nineteenth century American publishing and book trade history. BAL 19197 for R.H. Stoddard contrubtions. BAL 19197 for R.H. Stoddard contrubtions <br/><br/> Carleton hardcover
1839BBS-2021172William E. Burton 1839. Paperback. Acceptable. The December 1839 issue of Burton's; appears to have been excerpted from a contemporary omnibus as it is preceded by the title page and contents list from a Volume V compilation of July-December. No covers. Contains the first-ever appearance of Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion.' Stained and edgeworn. Threadbound; threads intact. The fore-half of pages 327-328 is torn out as is the bottom fore-edge corner of pages 331-332 with loss to text. The final leaf with pages 333-334 is missing. Poe's contribution is in pages 321-323 and is complete. William E. Burton paperback
18716367This is a massive poetry anthology "A Library of Poetry and Song" - Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets with an Introduction by William Cullen Bryant. 1871; J.B. Ford and Company; New York. With a frontispiece portrait of Bryant engraved plates facsimile documents and gilt page edges on all sides. The book includes poems from dozens of noted authors including "THE RAVEN" and three other poems by EDGAR ALLAN POE "A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS" by CLEMENT C. MOORE and "THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER" by FRANCIS SCOTT KEY. Other authors include John Greenleaf Whittier Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Harriet Beecher Stowe William Makepeace Thackeray Bayard Taylor Alfred Tennyson Alexander Pope Sir Walter Raleigh Christina Rossetti Sir Walter Scott William Shakespeare James Russell Lowell Thomas Moore John Milton Charles & Mary Lamb John Keats Samuel Johnson Oliver Goldsmith Ralph Waldo Emerson Charles Dickens James Fenimore Cooper Geoffrey Chaucer Elizabeth Barrett Browning Robert Browning Robert Burns John Quincy Adams.and many more. There is an Index of Authors at the front and an Index of First Lines at the back. The poems are grouped into the following categories: Poems of.Childhood; The Affection; Sorrow and Adversity; Religion; Nature; Peace and War; Temperance and Labor; Patriotism and Freedom; The Sea; Adventure and Rural Sports; Descriptive Poems; Sentiment and Reflection; Fancy; Tragedy; Personal Poems; Humorous Poems.<br /><br />Condition:<br />Clean covers and spine; cloth tears at the corner tips and at the top and bottom edges of the spine. Tight binding with no loose pages. There is a crack at the rear hinge between pages 788 & 789 resulting in the back cover being shaky. There is scuffing/shelf wear to the gilt top stain along the bottom edge of the text block. The pages are lightly age-toned but mostly clean with only an occasional light stain or foxing spot here and there though heavier foxing to the front end papers the frontispiece and the tissue guard over the frontispiece. There are small tears along the outer edge of page xv. Overall the book is in Good condition. J.B. Ford and Company hardcover
188154529Philadelphia: Porter and Coates 1881. first edition. Hardcover. Very good. 7 x 8 in. Brown cloth boards with gilt and silver decoration. Numerous plates and vignettes. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers very clean and gilt and silver bright gilt spine titles just a touch dulled. Wear and slight loss at spine ends corners have mild wear. Binding tight. Pg with list of illustrations has some mild spots the remaining text is very clean no markings. Poetry. RGR. Porter and Coates hardcover
184345295VG. 1843. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good condition without dust jacket. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 368 320 pages. Portraits and engraving. Literary Women of the United States Mrs. Francis Sargent Osgood Mrs. Emma C. Embury Mrs. Seba Smith. V. 22 17 of 17 steel engravings 1 color and 1 black and white fashion plate. V. 23 15 of 15 engravings 3 color flowers 1 color and 1 black and white fashion. Poe: "Fitz Greene Halleck" and "Review of Wyandott". Text and plates very good binding good. Front gutter loose. . Quick Shipping All Books Mailed in Boxes Free Tracking Provided . hardcover
1868004592New York: W. J. Widdleton 1868. Frontispiece lightly foxed. Later Printing. Original Green Cloth. Very Good. W. J. Widdleton Hardcover
1881014366Philadelphia: Porter and Coates 1881. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A beautiful bound and illustrated copy of The Bells with illustrations by various artists. <br/> <br/> Porter and Coates hardcover
1881001002Philadelphia: Porter and Coates 1881. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Unpaginated 24 sheets with printing only on rectos 22 engravings by various artists. Gilt titles on spine and front board. Decorative binding with elaborate gold illustration on front board. Rubbing to corners slight chipping to edge of FFEP. Missing cloth at head of spine but binding remains sturdy. Square 8vo an uncommon size eye-catching in its design. . Porter and Coates Hardcover
1845014248Philadelphia: Graham's Magazine 1845. First edition. . Wraps. Fair/No Jacket. Single issue of Graham's magazine rear wrap present but lacking front. No plates. First appearance of this short story by Poe. <br/> <br/> Graham's Magazine paperback
188736650New York: E. P. Dutton & Company 1887. Leather. Good . !887 printing. A Good copy . 8vo. illustrated with b&w dfrawings. Bound in half tan faux leather and red cloth with title in gilt on the front board. All edges gilt. Board edges worn; lightly soiled. Some uneven sunning along the top edge. Internally clean and bright; tight. E. P. Dutton & Company unknown
187627893Paris: Richard Lesclide 1876. Fine. Richard Lesclide Paris 20 août 1876 17 x 25 cm broché First edition. In blue paper wrappers printed in red and black. Contributions by: Emile Zola: ""L'Assommoir"" Second part II-continued Maurice Bouchor: ""Les Fleurs-Soleil couchant"" Edgar Poe: ""L'enterrement prématuré"" Adelphe Froger: ""La Promeneuse"" Alfred Naquet: ""Victor Hugo"" Félix Frank: ""Les Saisons"" Henry Laujol: ""Les Abeilles"" Jean Prouvaire: ""La semaine parisienne"". Handsome copy. Richard Lesclide unknown
18971300580London: Leonard Smithers & Co 1897. Book. Illus. by Aubrey Beardsley. Good/Very Good. Decorative Cloth. Limited. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. pp xix 61 1 11 eleven full page drawings by Aubrey Beardsley. Edition of 1000 copies. AEG. Internally very good subject to moderate browning to the endpapers owners ex libris plate on inside front cover. Binding firm. Boards bright. Spine rather faded with slight wear to the extremities. Leonard Smithers & Co Hardcover
187627895Paris: Richard Lesclide 1876. Fine. Richard Lesclide Paris 3 septembre 1876 17 x 25 cm broché First edition. In original wrappers blue paper cover printed in red and black. Contributions by: Emile Zola: ""L'Assommoir"" Second part III-continued Léon Valade: ""Lettre d'un voyageur"" Richard Wagner: ""Un musicien étranger à Paris"" Raoul Gineste: ""Petit Lever"" Stéphane Mallarmé: ""L'oeuvre poétique d'Edgar Poe: IV-Le Palais hanté V- A Hélène"" Henry Laujol: ""Les Abeilles"" Stéphanowitsch: ""La jeune fille sur le champ de bataille. Poème serbe"" Georges Godde: ""Les deuils récents"" Jean Prouvaire: ""La semaine parisienne"". A fine copy. Richard Lesclide unknown
187627894Paris: Richard Lesclide 1876. Fine. Richard Lesclide Paris 27 août 1876 17 x 25 cm broché First edition. In blue paper wrappers printed in red and black. Contributions by: Leconte de Lisle: ""Cozza et Borgia"" Emile Zola: ""L'Assommoir"" Second part III-continued Albert Mérat: ""Le vertige"" Richard Wagner: ""Un musicien étranger à Paris"" Adelphe Froger: ""Les hirondelles"" Edgar Poe: ""L'Enterrement prématuré"" end Jean Prouvaire: ""La semaine parisienne"". Handsome copy. Richard Lesclide unknown
187627908Paris: Richard Lesclide 1876. Fine. Richard Lesclide Paris 3 décembre 1876 17 x 25 cm broché First edition. In blue paper wrappers printed in red and black. Contributions by: Edgar Poe: ""L'initiation de la Signora Psyché Zenobia"" unpublished story Théodore de Banville: ""Sganarelle"" Raoul Ponchon: ""Chanson vineuse"" Emile Zola: ""L'Assommoir"" Second part IV-continued Léon Dierx: ""Corot"" Henry Laujol: ""Les Abeilles"" Jean Prouvaire: ""La semaine parisienne"". Light worming to upper wrapper otherwise handsome copy. Richard Lesclide unknown