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18411608325Graham's Magazine 1841. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. The true first appearance of Poe's classic tale Murders in the Rue Morgue considered the first detective story ever published. In original binding. Book is in good condition. This is Graham's compilation of all of their issues starting in February published in 1841. The Murders starts on page 166.Bound magazine. Two volumes in one: Volumes 18 and 19: January-December 1841. Octavo. iv 1-295 1pp. and 12 engraved plates; iv 1-308pp. and 19 engraved plates. Complete. Contains the first printed appearances of: "Murders in the Rue Morgue" considered the world's first detective story "A Descent into the Maelstrom" and three other Poe tales; the complete essay "Secret Writing" in four installments the first two parts of the essay "A Chapter on Autography" and over 50 critical reviews by Poe. Also included are the first revised printings of the poems: "To Helen" and "Israfel." A complete run of 12 monthly issues from 1841 when Poe served as the magazine's literary editor and had reached the peak of his powers and influence both as a writer and editor. The run also includes nine mezzotints by Philadelphia's famous engraver John Sartain one of which illustrates Poe's tale: "The Island of the Fay." A scarce and desirable annual volume. Housed in a custom-made slipcase. Graham's Magazine hardcover books
18451610043Wiley and Putnam 1845. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes. Vol. I January-June 1845; vol. II July-December 1845. In vol. I: The Raven p.143 and Some Words with a Mummy p.363. In vol. II: Eulalie-A Song p.79 and The Facts of M. Valdemar's Case p.561. Vol. I and II: Thick quarto half red morocco over marbled boards. Spine with raised bands and gilt geometric patterns in compartments. Vol. I: Light foxing to the preliminaries and fore edges. Vol. II: Light foxing to the preliminaries and fore edges front inner hinge open. Very good uncommonly clean copies. Housed in a custom-made slipcase. Wiley and Putnam hardcover books
18411608325Graham's Magazine 1841. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. The true first appearance of Poe's classic tale Murders in the Rue Morgue considered the first detective story ever published. In original binding. Book is in good condition. This is Graham's compilation of all of their issues starting in February published in 1841. The Murders starts on page 166.Bound magazine. Two volumes in one: Volumes 18 and 19: January-December 1841. Octavo. iv 1-295 1pp. and 12 engraved plates; iv 1-308pp. and 19 engraved plates. Complete. Contains the first printed appearances of: "Murders in the Rue Morgue" considered the world's first detective story "A Descent into the Maelstrom" and three other Poe tales; the complete essay "Secret Writing" in four installments the first two parts of the essay "A Chapter on Autography" and over 50 critical reviews by Poe. Also included are the first revised printings of the poems: "To Helen" and "Israfel." A complete run of 12 monthly issues from 1841 when Poe served as the magazine's literary editor and had reached the peak of his powers and influence both as a writer and editor. The run also includes nine mezzotints by Philadelphia's famous engraver John Sartain one of which illustrates Poe's tale: "The Island of the Fay." A scarce and desirable annual volume. Housed in a custom-made slipcase. Graham's Magazine hardcover
191324573London: Hodder & Stoughton 1913. First edition. Very good. Hardcover. Large 4to. Unpaginated. Green buckram blocked in gilt on the spine and upper board. Illustrated by Dulac. Light wear to the lower part of the upper board else a fine copy.<br /> <p><br /> Inscribed on the half title: "To E. W. Marshall with all best wishes from Edmund Dulac. 1913." And with a two page ALS to Marshall: "Please accept this little souvenir of the building of the studio. Yours sincerely Edmund Dulac."<br /> <p><br /> And with an original pencil sketch on the half title by Dulac.<br /> <p>. Hodder & Stoughton unknown
18451610043Wiley and Putnam 1845. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes. Vol. I January-June 1845; vol. II July-December 1845. In vol. I: The Raven p.143 and Some Words with a Mummy p.363. In vol. II: Eulalie-A Song p.79 and The Facts of M. Valdemar's Case p.561. Vol. I and II: Thick quarto half red morocco over marbled boards. Spine with raised bands and gilt geometric patterns in compartments. Vol. I: Light foxing to the preliminaries and fore edges. Vol. II: Light foxing to the preliminaries and fore edges front inner hinge open. Very good uncommonly clean copies. Housed in a custom-made slipcase. Wiley and Putnam hardcover
187085383Paris: Michel Lévy frères 1870. Fine. Michel Lévy frères Paris 1870 12.50 x 19 cm broché First collected edition. New edition of the French translation by Charles Baudelaire forming the seventh and final volume of his complete works one of the very rare copies printed on Holland paper the only deluxe issue. Followed by the French translation of Eureka also by Baudelaire. The text is preceded by a preface by Théophile Gautier. Minor restorations to the margins of the covers and to the foot of the spine. The work was sold separately or as the seventh volume of Charles Baudelaires complete works whose publication extended over three years. One of the exceedingly rare copies on Holland paper the only one we have traced preserved in wrappers as published. Fewer than ten copies are believed to have been printed. Michel Lévy frères unknown
1902895F39DNew York and London: G. P. Putnam & Sons Knickerbocker Press 1902 . Leather. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 6.5". Frederick Simpson Coburn. A beautiful limited edition set of the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe illustrated with ten plates to each volume and signed by the publisher. The Arnheim Edition of Poe's works.This set is number thirty-seven of three-hundred signed and numbered sets produced signed by publisher G. P. Putnam's Sons.In half morocco bindings with cloth covered boards.The collected works of Edgar Allan Poe a collection of the American author's poetry and short stories most importantly containing his tales of mystery and the macabre.Volume I containing 'Poems' and 'Essays on the Poet's Art' illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates. Collated complete.Volume II containing 'Tales' illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates. Collated complete.Volume III containing 'Tales' illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates. Collated complete.Volume IV containing 'Tales' illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates. Collated complete.Volume V containing 'Tales' illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates. Collated complete.Volume VI containing 'Tales' illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates. Collated complete.Volume VII containing 'Criticisms' illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates. Collated complete.Volume VIII containing 'Criticisms' illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates. Collated complete.Volume IX containing 'Tales' illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates. Collated complete.Volume X containing 'Miscellany' illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates. Collated complete.Critical introductions by Charles F. Richardson. 'The Raven' is included in Volume I.The 'Criticisms' includes essays on Elizabeth Barret Browning Lord Tennyson Charles Dickens and more.The 'Miscellany' includes 'Maelzel's Chess-Player' 'Philosophy of Furniture' 'A Chapter on Autography' and more.Plates are printed on on vellum.The plates are the work of Canadian painter Frederick Simpson Coburn who was also a notable early photographer. In half morocco bindings with cloth covered boards. Externally exceptionally bright. Small area of rubbing to centre of front joint of volume VII. Light rubbing to back strip head of volume X. Light rubbing to front joint of volume I with hinge starting but holding firm. Front hinges of volume II and V strained but firmly held. Head of front hinge of volume VII lightly strained but firmly held. Front hinge of volume VI strained between page vi and following leaf with first gathering tender. One leaf detached and one gathering working loose to volume III. Otherwise firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright with light spotting to fore edge of final few leaves of volume III. Very Good Indeed G. P. Putnam & Sons, Knickerbocker Press hardcover
1853140940674London: Clarke Beeton & Co 1853. First Edition. Very Good. ca 1852 1853. The first combined English illustrated edition. The first and second series bound together in one volume. Bound in contemporary half leather over diced grain cloth featuring 26 wood engravings throughout the first series and 16 throughout the second. These two illustrated volumes of Poe's stories the first including poems were issued in Great Britain as part of the Readable Books series. Pages toned owner name to blank recto of frontis illustration of the Second Series. Uncommon. Clarke, Beeton, & Co unknown books
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
1853140940674London: Clarke Beeton & Co 1853. First Edition. Very Good. ca 1852 1853. The first combined English illustrated edition. The first and second series bound together in one volume. Bound in contemporary half leather over diced grain cloth featuring 26 wood engravings throughout the first series and 16 throughout the second. These two illustrated volumes of Poe's stories the first including poems were issued in Great Britain as part of the Readable Books series. Pages toned owner name to blank recto of frontis illustration of the Second Series. Uncommon. Clarke, Beeton, & Co unknown
23457Williamsburg MA: Cheloniidae Press 1984. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. Finely printed by Harold McGrath and illustrated with eleven wood engravings by Alan James Robinson. Designed by Alam James Ropbinson and Arthur Larson the text based on the 1845 Witney-Putnam edition. <br /> <p><br /> The Deluxe Edition of 60 copies printed on vintage Bodleian paper french-folded and bound quarter leather by Gray Parrot. An additional suite of wood engravings all signed by Robinson are laid in in a chemise and placed in a quarter leather tray-case. A drypoint etching of the cat signed by Robinson is included <br /> <p><br /> The case book and chemise with its contents are all in fine condition. Number 22 of 60 copies of the Deluxe Edition. Aith the Prospectus laid into the case as well.<br /> <p>. Cheloniidae Press hardcover
1902141684New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1902. The Annabel edition of the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe. Octavo ten volumes bound in three quarters crushed levant morocco gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands top edge gilt marbled endpapers illustrated with 60 photogravures each with a lettered tissue guard. In very good condition. A sharp set. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre American Romantic writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe is credited with inventing the genre of detective fiction and contributing to the genre of science fiction only just emerging at the turn of the 20th century. Poe was the first well-known American writer to earn a living through writing alone resulting in a financially difficult life and career and his works influenced literature around the world as well as specialized fields such as cosmology and cryptography. Poe's most memorable tales include: The Black Cat The Cask of Amontillado The Gold-Bug The Pit and the Pendulum The Premature Burial and The Tell-Tale Heart. G. P. Putnam's Sons unknown
1850319277New York: J. S. Redfield 1850. Frontispiece portrait of Poe by J. Sartain in volume 1 with tissue guard offsetting onto title. Half-titles in vols. 1 and 4 as issued. 4 vols. 12mo. Original black blind-embossed cloth gilt-lettered on spines vols. 1-3; the fourth volume in contemporary black cloth without embossing gilt-lettered on spine. Volume 1 with losses along joints and chips at ends of spine; other volumes with small chips and losses; volume 4 with brittle and browned endleaves. Frontispiece portrait of Poe by J. Sartain in volume 1 with tissue guard offsetting onto title. Half-titles in vols. 1 and 4 as issued. 4 vols. 12mo. FIRST EDITIONS second printings of vols. 1-3 vols. 1-3 in binding E signed by Geo. W. Alexander; first edition of vol. 4 in a binding not identified in BAL; advertisements in vols. 1 and 4 as called for. <br /> <br /> "Poe's mother-in-law Mrs. Clemm persuaded Griswold a few days after Poe's death to be his literary executor claiming that Poe had asked for him. The news that Griswold would be the editor of Poe's collected works raised a clamor from Poe's supporters. Griswold was not willing to give up the executorship so long as he believed it was Poe's wish . Griswold used his editing of Poe's works to purge uncomplimentary references to his own work and he inserted material into letters from Poe that made Poe seem dependent on him and treacherous to other editors such as George Graham Louis Godey and George W. Eveleth. His forgeries were not discovered at the time" ANB. Maria Clemm supplied the Notice to the Reader in vol. 1 which she later regretted after Griswold's scandalous portrait of Poe appeared in vol. 3. <br /> <br /> The first volume contains the Tales and the second Poems and Miscellanies. The third volume was published separately and comprises the first edition of The Literati and includes Griswold's infamous sketch of the author. The first three volumes were published in 1850; the fourth volume was not published until 1856. It became the standard edition of Poe's works for 25 years and served as the model for nearly another quarter of a century. It is also the edition upon which Charles Baudelaire based his famous translations of Poe's works into French in Histoires Extraordinaires 1856 Nouvelles Histoires Extraordinaires 1857 and Histoires Grotesques et Serieuses 1865. <br /> Complete sets of Poe's Works are now quite scarce. BAL 16158 16159 and 16161; Heartman & Canny pp. 129-33 J. S. Redfield unknown
30040HARDBACK NO DUSTJACKET 1907 1ST LIMITED EDITION of 1000 copies Stated on Last PG OUTER SPINE BACKSTRIP To Cover SPINE MISSING & HAS BEEN REPLACED BY FORMER OWNER NF-/VG- SOLD AS-IS NO JACKET INTERIOR NICE TIGHT CLEAN First Quarto Photogravure Edition .Limited Edition of 1000 copies printed on Arches handmade paper. PAGES EDGES ARE UNTRIMMED FRONT OF COVER HAS TINY EDGE NICKS WEAR IS BROWN WITH BROWN SUEDE AT SPINE EDGE TITLED IN RAISED GOLD GILT ON FRONT 8 1/4 X 10 1/4 IN. narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe & Philosophy of Composition an essay written by Poe that elucidates a theory about how good writers write when they write well. RAVEN often noted for its musicality stylized language and supernatural atmosphere. Philosophy of Composition" an essay written by Poe that elucidates a theory about how good writers write when they write well.<br /> PAUL ELDER SAN FRANCISCO NEW YORK PRINTED On Arches Handmade Paper hardcover
187085383Michel Lévy frères | Paris 1870 | 12.50 x 19 cm | broché
191930034London: Harrap 1919. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very Good plus. Clarke Harry. #151 of 170 copies signed and numbered by Harry Clarke. 4to full vellum 24 full page black and white plates with tissue guards. This was before the color plates were added to later editions—this is the only signed limited of all the editions. Quite scarce today. Gilt spine titles and small gilt illustration on the front cover bordered by a design of chains & hearts all in gilt.<br /> <br /> Top edge gilt. The vellum is separating from boards at top of pastedown endpapers very slightly in front about 2 1/2 inches in rear. Modest bowing to boards and a little unevenness to the spine. Modest darkening to covers. Without previous ownership markings. No foxing interior pages very clean.<br /> <br /> A solid copy of the scarcest of all Clarke titles and the most reprinted of them all proving its popularity over the last 100 years. Signed by Clarke. Harrap hardcover
1902882112New York and London: G.P. Putnam/ Knickerbocker Press 1902. This is the Collector's Arnheim Edition limited to 300 numbered sets. This being No. 89. Magnificently bound in 1/2 dark maroon morocco with raised spines and gold letting t.e.g. over dark red boards. Profusely illustrated. An absolutely gorgeous set in Fine condtion. Collector's Arnheim Edition. 1/2 Maroon Morocco. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. G.P. Putnam/ Knickerbocker Press Hardcover
192994321929 À Paris, Émile-Paul Frères, 1929. Un volume, 29 x 23 cm; non paginé. Tirage limité à mille cinq cent et un exemplaires, celui ci est le seul exemplaire unique du tirage de tête sur velin, imprimé pour lauteur, avec en frontispice leau-forte originale signée à la main par Mariette Lydis et le dessin préparatoire originale sur Japon impérial signé et annoté par lartiste.Reliure en plein parchemin avec auteur, titre, date et éditeur en lettres noir sur le plat supérieur, dos lisse,tranches dorées, protégé par une jaquette cartonnée coloriée avec titre, auteur et date sur le dos, le tout conservé dans un emboîtage assorti. En parfait état.
62442Berlin:: apparently unpublished; no date. hole-punched at left margin and tied with string; enclosed in a portfolio with a hand-lettered label on the front panel and the artist's tiny stamp on the rear panel. Light use to portfolio; contents very nice. Large folio. 37 original very striking and dramatic pen and ink drawings with added charcoal and Chinese white each signed by the artist in pencil. . apparently unpublished; unknown
11805New York & London: Scribner & Folio Society 1995. Bookman’s Wake A Mystery: First edition. Pp.352. 160 x 238 mms. 8vo. spine of black goatskin and patterned tinted calf sections black goatskin foredge strip upper and lower boards covered in parchment overprinted with reverse images of various typefaces each side with a central panel of grey calf inlaid with calf circles of metallic silver and bronze each with a letter in black attractive handpainted vellum doublures black and red painted edges.<br>The Raven: Illustrations by George Tute. Pp. 29. 80 x 110 mms. 16mo. a single section binding of patterned tinted calf spine with black morocco foredge boards covered in parchment overprinted with reverse images of various typfaces handpainted paper underlays on both sides handpainted endpapers black metallic painted edges.<br>Both housed in the original special folding box with internal lid which contains hidden beneath the main book the small copy of The Raven.The Bookman’s Wake is a murder mystery set in the world of Private Presses and printers. The story revolves around the search for a very rare edition of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven printed by the Grayson Press.not mentioned in any bibliography copies of this book would be worth a fortune to collectors should they ever be available.<br><br>Stephen Conway is a bookbinder of some standing in the UK. Having served a five-year apprenticeship Stephen worked at the Scolar Press fine bindery Ilkley and Smith Settle Otley before establishing his own business in 1985. <br>He currently runs a bindery in Halifax West Yorkshire working mainly on private press editions presentation work commissions and design binding.<br>In 1998 he won the Designer Bookbinders medal and in 2000 was elected Fellow of Designer Bookbinders. His design bindings are housed in private collections and institutions worldwide. These two excellent bindings were completed in 2002. A splendid pair of bindings cleverly reflecting the murder mystery set in the world of Private Presses and printers Scribner & Folio Society 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
71752London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1935. Illustrated Strange Tales SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Large octavo 28 x 21cm pp.2 318 2. With 12 fine colour plates each with a captioned tissue guard and 17 line drawings all by Rackham. Number 329 of 460 copies thus SIGNED by the illustrator in black ink to the limitation page. Publisher's deluxe full vegetable parchment with gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper. Top edge gilt; others untrimmed with black and white illustrated endpapers. With the original publisher's card slipcase with a printed paper title label to spine. Internally crisp and clean. Bright binding shows minimal spotting and a hint of toning to spine. Moderate general wear and toning to slipcase. Near fine. A seminal figure in the development of science fiction and the detective story Edgar Allan Poe 1809-1849 exerted a great influence on Dostoyevsky Conan Doyle Verne and Baudelaire. This collection of Poe's best stories contains all the terrifying and bewildering tales that characterise his work as well as the Gothic horror of 'The Pit and the Pendulum' together with all three of the landmark cases featuring his ground-breaking detective Auguste Dupin. The history of the detective story begins with the publication of 'The Murders In the Rue Morgue' Matthews. London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd., 1935 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
1935ST19567-050London: George G. Harrap & Co 1935. No. 36 OF 460 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR 450 of which were for sale. 272 x 197 mm. 10 5/8 x 7 3/4". 317 1 pp. <br/> Publisher's special binding of gilt-decorated vellum over boards top edge gilt other edges untrimmed and about one-third UNOPENED. In the original somewhat scuffed and worn blue paperboard slipcase with paper title label to spine. Half title and title vignettes in gold 11 illustrations in the text and 29 plates 12 in color and mounted by Arthur Rackham. Latimore & Haskell pp. 72-73; Houfe p. 424; Hudson p. 172. ◆One corner rather bumped otherwise A LOVELY COPY--clean fresh and bright internally in a binding remarkably free of the soiling and splaying that usually affects vellum books like this one.<br/> <br/> While Rackham did illustrations for a great many books Houfe observes that he concentrated "particularly on those of a mystical magic or legendary background" a fact that makes his work on Poe's "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" a good fit. Arthur Rackham 1867-1939 studied art at Lambeth School where the work of his fellow student Charles Ricketts influenced his development. As Houfe says soon after Rackham joined the staff of "The Westminster Budget" in 1892 he began concentrating "on the illustration of books and . . . very soon established himself as one of the foremost Edwardian illustrators being triumphant in the early 1900s when color printing first enabled him to use subtle tints and muted tones to represent age and timelessness. Rackham's imaginative eye saw all forms with the eyes of childhood and created a world that was half reassuring and half frightening. His sources were primarily Victorian and among them are evidently the works of Cruikshank Doyle Houghton and Beardsley but also the prints of Dürer and Altdorfer." The plates here illustrate some of Poe's best-known stories in a delightfully macabre fashion--including "Masque of the Red Death" "Fall of the House of Usher" and "Murders in the Rue Morgue.". George G. Harrap & Co unknown
