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19709016364New York: Knopf 1970. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Kauffer E. McKnight. 2 volume anthology of complete stories and poems with selections from his critical writings. Price scratched off dust jackets and paper image of Poe pasted over remainder stamp to front free endpaper of each volume otherwise fine. Includes 146 pages of criticism and 35 pages of bibliographical and textural notes. Illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer. Edited by Arthur Hobson Quinn and Edward H. O'Neill. Decorated slipcase worn at foredges and extremities otherwise very good. <br/><br/> Knopf hardcover books
1914002694New York: The Winthrop Press 1914. First Edition. Very good. First edition; miniature 2 3/4 x 2 1/4; pp. 1-31 1; pictorial wraps; illustrated with color frontis and b & w vignettes at the beginning and the end of the book; a small spot to upper left corner affecting front wrap and first several leaves; slight pink offset to title page not affecting readability; very good condition. A beautiful miniature edition of Poe's story it was published by the Winthrop Press specifically to be packaged together with cigarettes as a premium to each pack from the American Tobacco Company. The Knights of Columbus would then send the cigarettes with the miniatures to soldiers in World War I. The Winthrop Press paperback books
19642305378New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1964. 6th Printing. 6th Printing. Very Good/Good. Kauffer E. McKnight. 6th printing. Includes publisher's slipcase and dust jackets the later book club edition appears to have done away with the jackets. Jacket spines toned and lightly spotted jacket prices clipped clear tape repairs to slipcase seams. 1964 Hard Cover. xx 1092 pp. paginated continuously. 8vo. These two volumes contain all of Poe's 68 tales and 47 poems 13 of his most important critical essays including 'The Poetic Principle' 'The Rationale of Verse' and 'Letter to B' a selection from the 'Marginalia' -- and the long 'Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket.' The Borzoi Poe has been edited by Arthur Hobson Quinn outstanding Poe scholar and author of the definitive Poe biography who supplies an illuminating introduction and helpful explanatory notes. The collation and definition of the texts was done by Edward H. O'Neill who has contributed valuable bibliographical notes. Illuminating the spirit of the texts E. McKnight Kauffer has made especially for these volumes 12 full-page color illustrations and 8 line drawings. Here in definitive text and in a beautiful format designed by W.A. Dwiggins is all of Poe that most readers will ever wish to read and own. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
19642305415New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1964. 5th Printing. 5th Printing. Near Fine/Very Good. Kauffer E. McKnight. 5th printing. Near fine books in near fine jackets with very good publisher's slipcase the later book club edition appears to have done away with the jackets. Jacket spines are untoned which is unusual for this edition. Some wear to slipcase edges with corners exposed. 1964 Hard Cover. xx 1092 pp. paginated continuously. 8vo. These two volumes contain all of Poe's 68 tales and 47 poems 13 of his most important critical essays including 'The Poetic Principle' 'The Rationale of Verse' and 'Letter to B' a selection from the 'Marginalia' -- and the long 'Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket.' The Borzoi Poe has been edited by Arthur Hobson Quinn outstanding Poe scholar and author of the definitive Poe biography who supplies an illuminating introduction and helpful explanatory notes. The collation and definition of the texts was done by Edward H. O'Neill who has contributed valuable bibliographical notes. Illuminating the spirit of the texts E. McKnight Kauffer has made especially for these volumes 12 full-page color illustrations and 8 line drawings. Here in definitive text and in a beautiful format designed by W.A. Dwiggins is all of Poe that most readers will ever wish to read and own. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1902218769New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1902. Annabel Edition. Illustrated with frontispiece vignettes and 60 lettered tissue-guarded photogravure plates by F.S. Coburn. 10 vols. 8vo. Elaborately bound in full red morocco gilt fillets and corner pieces on upper and lower covers panelled spines with floral decorations t.e.g. by Stikeman; a few joints rubbed internally fine; an attractive set from the library of Joan Whitney Payson. Coburn F.S. Annabel Edition. Illustrated with frontispiece vignettes and 60 lettered tissue-guarded photogravure plates by F.S. Coburn. 10 vols. 8vo. Handsomely Bound and Illustrated Set of Poe's Complete Works. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
1902025551New York/London;: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1902. Limited Edition. Octavo. The Eldorado edition one of only 150 copies signed and numbered by the publisher. In ten volumes edited and chronologically arranged on the basis of the standard text with certain additional material and with a critical introduction by Charles F. Richardson professor of English in Dartmouth College beautifully illustrated by Frederick Simpson Coburn with printed tissue guards. Bound in publisher's 3/4 green morocco over light green cloth flat spines lettered and decorated in an art Nouveau floral motif marbled endpapers top edges gilt green morocco has changed evenly to brown on spines and corners of volume one. a few spots of staining to a couple of volumes gilt on top edges with some degree of wear to gilt otherwise a very good set of this scarce limitation. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
1902220287New York: Crowell 1902. Limited. hardcover. very good. Edited by James A. Harrison Frontispiece in each volume & many other illustrations lettered tissue guards. 17 volumes 8vo 3/4 red morocco spines gilt with floral motifs marbled boards t.e.g. Several spines are chipped. New York: Crowell & Society of English and French Literature 1902. Limited to one of 1000 copies. Very good.<br/><br/> Crowell unknown books
19028550New York. George D. Sproul Company. 1902. Lavishly bound in Publisher's Deluxe custom 3/4 burgundy crushed morocco and marbled boards. Gilt-tooled spine compartments with fleural motifs.Gilt-tooled raised bands. Marbled endsheets. t.e.g. 8vo. 5.5" x .25". The Monticello Edition. This Edition Limited to only 1000 numbered sets of which this is #330. Illustrated throughout with delightful tissue-guarded monochrome plates Editied by renowned Poe scholar James A. Harrison the Monticello Edition of Poe's Works is one of the scarcest of early compilations with no complete set appearing at auction in more than thirty years.The 17 Volumes are comprised of: Tales Poems Biography Literary Criticism Essays Miscellanies Literati Autography Marginalia Eureka and Letters. Spines delicately and evenly sunned with first 2 volumes slightly less so. A number of volumes uncut. A Fine greatly appealing very rare set. George D. Sproul Company. hardcover books
1902216903New York and London: G P Putnam's Sons The Knickerbocker Press 1902. The Book-Lover's's Eldorado Edition of Poe's Works number 174 of only 1050 copies copiously illustrated with numerous woodcuts and full page photogravures. Photogravure frontispieces and plates with captioned tissue guards Illustrated by Frederick Simpson Coburn. Title pages signed Womrath. 10 vols. 8vo. Contemporary three quarter blue pebbled morocco gilt-decorated spines raised bands marbled endpapers t.e.g. rest uncut. With initial EBR on lower front panel of each volume. With note in pencil on flyleaf "Eleanor Page Roberts a wedding present from our best man-George Graham Thansen 1905" Almost fine. Coburn Frederick Simpson. The Book-Lover's's Eldorado Edition of Poe's Works number 174 of only 1050 copies copiously illustrated with numerous woodcuts and full page photogravures. Photogravure frontispieces and plates with captioned tissue guards Illustrated by Frederick Simpson Coburn. Title pages signed Womrath. 10 vols. 8vo. See BAL 16171 G P Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press unknown books
190221688New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1902. Eldorado Edition. Hardcover. Three quarter green morocco and marbled boards with matching endpapers. Teg. Near fine. 10 vols. 22 x 15 cm. Limited edition copy 487 of 1050. Photogravure frontispieces and plates on Japanese vellum titles in red and black numerous woodcuts by Frederick Simpson Coburn captioned tissue guards wide text margins bound by Root & Son. Critical introduction by Charles F. Richardson. Title pages signed Womrath. Title Index in last volume. Raised bands spine panels lettered in gilt with gilt device separating cover leather from the marbled boards. BAL16171. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
18401609036Haswell Barrington and Haswell Philadelphia 1840. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo pp. 166 12 lithographic plates. Bound in original green printed boards very good general wear rebacked with leather spine. A very good copy of this fragile book. BAL 16132; Heartman & Canny p. 44; Tucker "Natural History in America 1609-1860" 1754 calling the book a piracy; Yale Gimbel Collection 38. Poe was accused of pirating this little book from Thomas Wyatt's "A Manual of Conchology" when he was putting this out in response to Wyatt's wishes and at his suggestion. This is the only one of Poe's American imprints to be reprinted in his lifetime. Second Edition corrected and enlarged from the first edition issued only six months earlier with a new preface by Poe on which he comments on the success of the publication. Haswell, Barrington and Haswell, Philadelphia hardcover books
1839WRCLIT65327Philadelphia: Published for the Author by Haswell Barrington and Haswell 1839. 156pp. plus 12 lithographed plates. 12mo. Brown sheep-backed lithographed pictorial pink paper over boards. Boards and endsheets soiled and slightly discolored early ink name on upper board and front pastedown spine extremities chipped with split to upper joint cords still sound pencil computations on preliminary blank plates slightly darkened at margins faint marginal tidemark to last few leaves of index and glossary otherwise a good copy. First edition of this unacknowledged adaptation of Thomas Brown's THE CONCHOLOGIST'S TEXT-BOOK Glasgow 1833 edited and with a preface by Poe. This is one of the copies with the plates not in color and plate III is in BAL's state A no priority established. BAL 16131. HEARTMAN & CANNEY pp.41-4. NORMAN LIBRARY 1720. RINDERKNECHT 57990. Published for the Author, by Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell hardcover books
1839WRCLIT65326Philadelphia: Published for the Author by Haswell Barrington and Haswell 1839. 156pp. plus 12 color lithographed plates. 12mo. Green sheep-backed lithographed pictorial yellow paper over boards. Paper on upper board significantly chipped around lower and fore-edge with loss to the margins of the image spine extremities worn with crack to lower joint cords still sound ownership signature and elaborate manuscript ex-libris on endsheets of Dr. Charles Henry Payn some foxing to text but the plates largely unaffected neat pencil captions on one plate otherwise a good copy. First edition of this unacknowledged adaptation of Thomas Brown's THE CONCHOLOGIST'S TEXT-BOOK Glasgow 1833 edited and with a preface by Poe. This is one of the preferred copies with the plates lithographed in color and plate III is in BAL's state A no priority established. BAL 16131. HEARTMAN & CANNEY pp.41-4. NORMAN LIBRARY 1720. RINDERKNECHT 57990. Published for the Author, by Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell hardcover books
184037559Philadelphia: Published for the author by Haswell Barrington and Haswell 1840. 12mo pp. 166; 12 leaves of black and white lithographic plates; original brown blind-tooled cloth gilt-stamped spine; small loss to bottom of spine shelf wear; ex-Hill Library with usual markings; some discoloration to endpapers interior mostly fine. BAL 16132. <br/><br/> Published for the author, by Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell hardcover books
1839406589Philadelphia: Published for the Author by Haswell Barrington and Haswell 1839. Joints split but threads holding leather dry; some occasional pale foxing. 12mo 17 x 10.5 cm. 156 pages. 12 lithographed plates after P. S. Duval. Original red roan-backed printed boards dated 1840. FIRST EDITION in boards unrecorded by BAL or Heartman & Canny. The upper board on this copy notes that it is for the second edition and is dated 1840. BAL 16131; Heartman & Canny pp. 41-44; Norman 1720. <br/><br/> Published for the Author by Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell hardcover books
18431609026Graham 1843. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First appearance of Poe's The Conqueror Worm. Philadelphia: Graham 1842. Large thick quarto half roan over marbled boards. Spine with raised bands and simple gilt borders to compartments. Contents clean and fresh. A very good copy. Graham hardcover books
1933Embry 69621Houghton Mifflin & Co. 1933. First edition. Fine with previous owners bookplate and name in near fine lightly rubbed and edgeworn dust jacket. B&W illustrations and photos. With a 1981 newspaper clipping related to Billy the Kid laid in. Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1933. First edition. unknown books
1928022289Paris: Editions Narcisse 1928. Limited Edition. Small Quarto. Limited to 300 copies the present copy is number 111 on Holland van gelder zonen paper. 50pp. With an introduction by Arthur Symonds illustrated by Alastair with five illustrations tipped-in onto a silver foil leaf with tissue guards present. While this cop was printed in Paris the text is in English. Bound in original publisher's stiff paper wraps printed in red and black in original glassine which has only light wear some toning to edges occasional spots of foxing but mostly to endpapers. A very nice copy. Editions Narcisse unknown books
1931WRCLIT29125New York: Cheshire House 1931. Quarto. Burlap over boards paper label. Illustrated with original wood-engravings by Abner Epstein. One of twelve hundred numbered copies. Fine in very good edge-tanned and slightly cracked slipcase. Cheshire House hardcover books
1985WRCLIT57696New York: The Limited Editions Club 1985. Folio. Quarter red morocco with morocco fore- edges and marbled boards by John Isakovics. Fine in lightly hand-smudged cloth clamshell box with gilt label. Illustrated with two color lithographs and an etching by Alice Neel with a tribute to Neel by Raphael Soyer. One of fifteen hundred numbered copies printed on mouldmade paper at the Anthoensen Press. Due to her illness and death in the course of the book's production only a small portion of the edition was signed by Neel. This copy is signed by Soyer only. LEC newsletter laid in. The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
193022021Maastricht: Halcyon Press 1930. Hardcover. Full black morocco. Teg. Fine in fine matching black cloth slipcase. Alexeieff Alexandre. 68 pages. 26 x 20. Ten aquatints by Alexandre Alexeieff each with tissue guard. Limited edition copy 207 of 325 of which 301-325 are not for sale on Dutch paper printed by Joh. Enschede with the Roman type cut by J.M. Fleischman in 1739. Bound by Asprey gilt ruled covers and dentelles marbled endpapers two raised bands wide text margins a bright very fresh copy. Halcyon Press hardcover books
198547288New York: The Limited Editions Club 1985. Edition limited to 1500 copies signed by Raphael Soyer and Alice Neel; thin folio pp. 32; plates of Alice Neel's original etchings paintings and drawings printed at the Anthoesen Press; endpapers lightly spotted near fine in maroon leather-backed marbled boards gilt-lettered spine publisher's slipcase some fading. Monthly newsletter laid in. <br/><br/> The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1985100323New York: Limited Editions Club 1985. Limited. hardcover. fine. Alice Neel. Illustrated by Alice Neel. Afterword by Raphael Soyer. Thin folio leather backed marbled boards; cloth folding case light dust soiling. New York: Limited Edition Club 1985. Fine.<br/><br/> Of 1500 copies this is one of a few signed by both Soyer and by Neel who died while the book was in production.<br/><br/> Limited Editions Club unknown books
193130030New York: Cheshire House 1931. First edition thus. Cloth. Very Good. Thick clothbound volume with prinyed paper label on spine and front panel. #1146 of 1200 copies printed from type by Richard Ellis and the wood-cut illustrations printed from the original blocks. 31 pp. Some light stains to rough cloth binding. Very good condition overall of this fine press edition. Lacks the original slipcase with this copy. Cheshire House unknown books
19852635New York: Limited Editions Club/Anthoensen Press 1985. First Edition Thus. Loose Signatures. Fine. Bright and unmarred. fo. 32pp. Illus. color and b/w plates. Signed by Neel and Soyer. Unnumbered. <br/><br/>This is a set of loose signatures of Poe's classic tale printed by the Anthoensen Press on mould-made paper designed by Ben Shiff and hand-set by Michael and Winifred Bixler. The bound copies were bound by John Isakovics in hand-marbled paper by Faith Harrison. Alice Neel died shortly before the publication of this volume and the images are dark and exceptional and include her stunning skull "self-portrait" the last not present in the loose signatures. The printer brought blank pages to Neel to sign and she signed approximately 400 of them before she passed away. This copy is additionally interesting as it was a printer's proof from Anthoensen Press and is unnumbered. Signed by Neel and Soyer. Limited Editions Club/Anthoensen Press unknown books