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1985106034Limited Editions Club 1985-01-01. Hardcover. Like New. Limited editions club issue #536 of 1500 signed by both Soyer and Neel in original clam shell with letter laid in as issued. Clean tight and bright. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. Limited Editions Club hardcover
1900015862Philadelphia: George Barre 1900. SIX VOLUMES UNIFORMLY BOUND. Paper spine labels intact and readable. The label to Volume 1 is furnished in facsimile courtesy of the Spencer Research Library at the University of Kansas. "Twenty original etchings five photogravures and a new etched portrait". Illustrations are in two states in each volume with protective tissue-guards. Some pages are unopened. Undated but circa 1900. This is the large paper library edition with 250 copies printed on Imperial Japanese paper this being set # 229. Volume 1 "Tales of Imagination" Volume 2 "Tales of Imagination and Humor"; Volume 3 "Tales of Humor"; Volume 4 "Arthur Gordon Pym"; Volume 5 "Miscellaneous Volume 6 "Life and Poems". A very attractive set. Poe 1809-1849 was an American writer editior critic and poet. He was known for his macabre and mysterious stories and poems. He is frequently credited with inventing detective fiction and science fiction genres. He died at age 40. Cause of death remains uncertain but speculation includes delirium tremens heart disease epilepsy syphilis meningitis carbon monoxide poising and rabies!!. Limited Edition. Blue Cloth. Minor Cover and Corner Wear on/No Dust Jackets. Square Medium Crown Octavo. George Barre Hardcover
186897625Melbourne: George Robertson. 1868. 1st Australian ed. small octavo pp.viii 144 pres. inscr in ink to f.f.e.p. from the Australian publisher dated July 1868 grubby markings to final page and end-papers Publisher's orig green cloth bds cnrs bumped fraying to upper spine lightly fished boards blind-stamped with publisher's monogram to front bd and gilt titled spine. Inscribed 'with Publishers' Compliments July 1868' very good condn. Scarce Australian edition the first edition of Poe's works to appear in Australia. Not in Ferguson 1st Australian. Boards. George Robertson hardcover
193485172Paris: Gallimard 1934. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1934 12 x 19 cm broché First collected edition of this selection of tales translated into French by Marie Bonaparte Maurice Sachs and Matila C. Ghyka a Service de Presse advance copy. Boards marginally soiled and foxed light foxing to edges. Original preface by Paul Morand. Our copy is enhanced with an exceptional autograph inscription in English by Maurice Sachs accompanying his two drawings representing a sphinx and a bear: ""The Sphinx asked the Bear: who likes honey and trout and candies and ginger We do said the Big Bear we bears. So the Sphinx changed into a bear and they lived happy together 1934"" ; Maurice Sachs's inscription continues in the lower left margin: ""and for a pastime the Big Bear translated English stories into French stories and these are some that he gives to M. L. B. with much affection. M.S."" ""Le Sphinx demanda à l'Ours : qui aime le miel et la truite les bonbons et le gingembre Nous dit le Gros Ours nous les ours. Alors le Sphinx se transforma en ours et ils vécurent heureux ensemble 1934"" ; ""et comme passe-temps le Gros Ours traduisait des histoires anglaises en français et en voici quelques-unes qu'il donne à M. L. B. avec beaucoup d'affection. M.S."" Gallimard hardcover
mon0000064243Harrap. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Circa 1920's. Harrap hardcover
ANAIS-0893756202Troll Communications Llc. library binding. Good. 8.8x0.6x9.5. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Troll Communications Llc unknown
1986804F40Bruxelles: Le Creuset 1986. First edition. Leather. Fine/Near Fine. 16" by 12.5". Anna Velghe. A very scarce Limited Edition of this revenge tale from Edgar Allan Poe illustrated and signed by the artist Anne Velghe and housed in a beautiful half calf box. Translated into French by Charles Baudelaire. The first edition thus only 360 copies of this work were produced of which numbers 21 to 150 were placed in this half calf box - styled to look like a large book - numbered signed by the artist and with the publisher's blind stamp to the limitation page. This copy is no. 105A beautifully illustrated edition of this short tale from Edgar Allan Poe one of Poe's memorable revenge stories in which a murderer apparently escapes without punishment a dwarf court jester who kills his king.Illustrated by artist Anne Velghe with five double page and eight full page illustrations accompanied by fourteen vignette illustrations. Of the two prints taken from her original lithographic stone called for only one is present.A beautifully illustrated and very scarce signed Limited Edition of this short horror story from Poe first published in 1849. Unbound as issued. Housed in a half calf box with marbled paper boards. Light rubbing to box board extremities and back strip head otherwise externally lovely. Signed and numbered to limitation page with publisher's blind stamp to title page and limitation page. Pages exceptionally bright and clean. One tissue guard lightly creased to perimeters. Fine Le Creuset hardcover
188480497A. C. Armstrong & Son NY 1884. hardback. near very good condition in 1/2 leather and marbled boards - somed ageaneral wear- no dust jackets A. C. Armstrong & Son, NY hardcover
438335Chimaera Press. Hardcover. Fair. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. Two Tales by Edgar Allan Poe Chimaera Press 1986. Limited to 100 copies this being number 66. Hand cut pages with lithographs by Charles Keeping. Excellent condition internally let down by damage to the outer corner please see photographs. Condition listed as "fair" purely due to the external damage. Chimaera Press hardcover
1910ACCL-100<b>Harper and Brothers circa 1915. All ten volumes are in fair condition with dark green cloth boards with decorative gilt spines. Texts are clean and unmarked. Boards are sturdy. Bindings in Volumes II and IV are weakening and Volume I shows slight separation. Covers show some stains and fading. Edge wear is primarily at spines. Gilt lettering and decoration on spines is faded.<br /></b> Harper and Brothers Publishers hardcover
197617800DIOGENES 1976. 2. softcover. DETEBE DIOGENES paperback
183937475Philadelphia: William E. Burton 1839. 8vo pp. iv 360; 4 steel engraved plates and illustrations throughout; full contemporary calf slightly soiled gilt-stamped spine in five compartments some shelf wear; ex-Hill Library with usual markings; losses to front free endpapers foxing. Includes fiction pieces poetry book reviews and essays on "manly" passtimes such as ice skating dogs and travel narratives. Poe served as co-editor of the magazine starting with the June issue and also contributed hackwork on "The Natural History of the Dog" dervied entirely from other sources. William E. Burton unknown
SONG0893756202Brand: Troll Communications 0000-00-00. First Edition. library. Used: Good. 8.75x0.50x9.50. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Troll Communications unknown
1858890<p>Has a mark on front-free endpage from what appears to be a previously glued note. Has inscription on front-free endpage. Protective sheets mostly gone but all illustrations in good condition. Some small wear on binding but clearly well-preserved. Some foxing inside like a book from this age always has. Has a small stitched note on last bland page in book. beautiful book. The ads in the end tell that this is from 1858</p> Brown hardcover
1935001789<p>London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd 1935. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Arthur Rackham 1867-1939. First Edition with illustrations by Rackham. 4to pp318 plus 12 full page colour illustrations with descriptive tissue guards and 17 full page b/w illustrations all by Arthur Rackham. Hardcover with dust jacket. DJ in protective sleeve in good only condition with pieces missing from top and bottom of spine and edges. Original publishers black cloth binding with gilt lettering and decoration to spine and gilt titles and skeleton design to front board in very good condition with a little rubbing to top & tail of spine edges and tip of boards. Inside decorative end papers designed by Rackham with all pages and plates with black top edge in very good condition although there is an previous ink inscription to half title page and what looks like a front free end paper has been taken out. The book itself is a little cocked leaving the binding a little slack but still solid. Overall a good copy of a desirable edition in a scarce DJ. <br /><br /></p> George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd hardcover
24374LITBoston MA: Dana Estes & Company 1884 Original green cloth covers w/ gilt titles on spines. Bindings a bit rubbed at extremities but quite nice with the spine of volume 1 being more worn and soiled than the rest. Top edges gilt. Light scattered foxing. Several leaves in each volume dog-eared. Each volume illustrated w/ b/w plates one volume also illustrated w/ fold-outs. Overall a nice set for the collector. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dana Estes & Company Hardcover
158767128X-11-1Cemetery Dance Pubns. Deluxe. Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Cemetery Dance Pubns unknown
1923192942London: George G Harrap & Company Limited 1923. First published in 1908 Clarke's illustrated edition was released in 1919 with only the black and white plates. This was the first edition issued with the colour plates. Loosely inserted is a 1927 prize bookplate for a midwifery award given to one Miss D. Rees. Quarto. Tipped-in colour frontispiece and 7 colour plates 24 black and white plates all by Clarke. Original black cloth titles to spine gilt illustrated label to front board black endpapers top edge black. 1927 gift inscription to front endpaper. A few splits to spine ends extremities rubbed and bumped a little foxing to outer leaves a few gatherings unopened. A very good copy. hardcover
1928030473UK: Harrap 1928. Reprint . Decorative Cloth. Very Good /Near Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Harry Clarke. 1st Edition 4th Imp 1928. With 32 black and white and colour plates and numerous decorations by Clarke. Bound in the original cloth. Book is very good and bright. Contents good with age toning and light foxing to pages. Page edges foxed. The wrapper is near very good with large loss to spine top. Edges rubbed nicked and with a few small closed tears. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 14595 <br/> <br/> Harrap hardcover
33831Image 13 x 9 inches framed. 1 vols. Fine. Image 13 x 9 inches framed. 1 vols. unknown
184931566Philadelphia: John Sartain & Co 1849. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Includes "A Valentine" on page 173 of Volume 4 and "The Bells" on page 304 of Volume 5. Also contains a review of Rufus Griswold's "Female Poets of America" on page 415. This is the first printing of "The Bells"; however "A Valentine" was originally printed in the Evening Mirror in 1846 under the title "To Her Whose Name is Written Below." Both volumes are bound together in three-quarter dark green leather with brown and black marbled paper covered boards titled in gilt on the spine. There are four raised bands ruled in gilt to the spine. There is a three inch split to the head of the front joint and it appears that the binding has been repaired amateurly at some point. Both interior hinges are cracked; however the boards and textblock remain firmly attached. Rubbing to boards with a few small open tears to the marbled paper on the rear cover. Wear to edges of the boards and corners. Spots of foxing and soiling to interior. Both volumes include numerous full page engravings some colored. The indexes for both volumes appear at the end of the book. Attractive despite the noted wear. Volume 4 has 416 pages; Volume 5 has 389 pages. PER/011118. John Sartain & Co hardcover
191970310New York: Brentano's 1919. First American edition with Harry Clarke's illustrations. Hardcover. good. Quarto. 11' x 8 1/2". Olive green cloth with black design and black lettering to cover. Gilt lettering to spine. 382pp. Twenty-four black and white illustrations. by Harry Clarke. Covers show some edge wear. Bottom of spine rubbed. Scratching to covers. There is about 4 inches of separating at rear endpaper. In 1923 Brentano's & Harrap Publishers published this edition with eight additional color plates by Harry Clarke. Bowe: The Life and Work of Harry Clarke pg 300. Brentano's hardcover
194620742New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1946. Full leather. Near Fine. E. McKnight Kauffer. The 1946 1st thus complete in 2 volumes and bound in a custom full-morocco by the French binder Maurin identified by their tiny gilt-stamps at the front pastedowns. Clean and Near Fine with 4 raised bands and intricate tooling and floral design within the compartments. Very slight cocking to Vol. I otherwise tight as could be. Uniform octavos top-edges gilt illustrated in color by the great E. McKnight Kauffer. "Introduction and explanatory notes by Arthur Hobson Quinn texts established with biographical notes by Edward H. O'Neill Alfred A. Knopf unknown
198520251Limited Editions Club. Fine. 1985. Hardcover. Signed by Raphael Soyer who provides memorial tribute to the illustrator. Limited edition of 1500 copies this being copy #869. Quarter burgundy morocco leather with marbled boards has a hint of rubbing to tailcap and front upper corner else fine. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine. Publisher's notes laid-in. Slipcase has scuffs with wear to the corners and some sunning but in very good condition. . Limited Editions Club hardcover
19731055636Saddle River: Gerry de la Ree 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Two different sets of limited editions the 450 first editions and what this is no 5 of 50 bound and signed editions. This was Stephen E. Fabian's personal copy signed to him by Gerry de la Ree. He also signed the copyright page. Bumped corners. Light reading wear. Large 9' x 11' oversize design. Jet black full cloth boards crisp gilt impressed cover and spine titles. Gerry de la Ree hardcover