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1889WRCLIT62654Paris: Léon Vanier 1889. xii167pp. Large octavo. 19th century three-quarter red morocco and marbled boards t.e.g. original printed parchment wrappers bound in. Portrait and eight plates. Wrappers a bit foxed as usual faint foxing to margins of portrait extremities a bit rubbed with small ink smudge on spine otherwise a very good copy. Bookplate of James S. Copley and with earlier gilt ownership initials "R.A." at toe of spine. First French edition in part of these translations preceded by a limited edition published in Belgium the previous year and the 1875 separate appearance of LE CORBEAU. Apart from the engraved plate of Poe's tomb the plates are printings of Édouard Manet's black & white lithographs including the four images from the celebrated folio edition of LE CORBEAU. Mallarmé dedicated the collection: "A la mémoire de Baudelaire que la Mort empécha d'achever en traduisant l'ensemble de ces poèmes le monument magnifique et fraternel dédié par son génie à Edgar Poé." MONOD 9178. TALVART & PLACE XIII p.130. Léon Vanier hardcover books
1930WRCLIT70142Paris: Editions G. Cres 1930. Small quarto. Printed wrappers. Portrait. Plates. Usual faint tanning else fine and unopened. First edition in French of the Valentine Museum collection BAL 16184 including Ms. Stanard's commentary as well as additional material by Andre Fontainas the translator. One of 1000 numbered copies on velin. Editions G. Cres unknown books
192154633Paris: René Kieffer Relieur d'Arts 1921. Number 337 of 500 copies sur vélin. 35 2 pp of ads and 30 pochoir illustrations by Pierre Falké. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Bound in full brown pictorial embossed leather with central image of a bottle floating in the ocean on upper and lower covers marbled endpapers t.e.g. Fine copy of a beautiful book from Kieffer. Number 337 of 500 copies sur vélin. 35 2 pp of ads and 30 pochoir illustrations by Pierre Falké. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Pochoir Poe in Kieffer Binding. René Kieffer, Relieur d'Arts unknown books
199179175Mankato:: Creative Education. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 088682477X . First edition thus. Fine in an about fine dust jacket. . Creative Education, hardcover books
18491609025Godey 1849. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Thick quarto black morocco. Boards with decorative gilt designs. Spine replaced with gilt lettering. Clean internally. A very good sound copy. Contains first appearance of Poe's Mellonta Tauta. Godey hardcover books
19412307334New York: Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints 1941. First Thus. First Thus. Very Good/No Jacket. First thus. Board corners rubbed paper pasted to front paste-down endpaper ink name on front free endpaper. 1941 Hard Cover. xiii 38 pp. Edited with an introduction by Thomas Ollive Mabbott. Scholars' Facsimiles and Reprints announces Merlin a Play about Edgar Allan Poe Baltimore 1827. Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints unknown books
184643625London: Short & Co 1846. <p>Poe Edgar Allan 1809-49. Mesmerism "in articulo mortis." An astounding & horrifying narrative shewing the extraordinary power of mesmerism in arresting the progress of death. 16pp. London: Short & Co. 1846. 213 x 138 mm. Without wrappers as issued; preserved in a cloth folding case. Light toning but a fine copy. Bookplate of American book collector Edward Hubert Litchfield 1879-1949.</p> <p> First Separate Edition of Poe's gruesome short story on the occult "powers" of mesmerism originally published under the title "The facts in the case of M. Valdemar" in The American Whig Review of December 1845. "Poe plays with the idea that a dying person may be so imbued with magnetic fluid by a mesmerist that he can remain although dead in a kind of suspended death for months until released by the mesmerist—at which point his body immediately turns into a pile of stinking putrid slime. Taking it to be factual people seriously debated whether such a horrifying use of mesmerism was possible and condemned it on the assumption that it was" Waterfield Hidden Depths: The Story of Hypnosis p. 146. "Mesmerism ‘in articulo mortis'" was the last of three mesmeric tales Poe wrote in 1844 and 1845; although these works "were essentially literary it is also significant that these works were written in the style of scientific texts . . . Although Poe's intentions remain somewhat ambiguous leading some critics to suggest that he may have actually attempted to perpetrate a literary hoax it is important to acknowledge that these works were published and received as legitimate contributions to the field of science and thus they offer insight into the assumptions and expectations of the scientific community" Enns p. 65. Enns "Mesmerism and the electric age: From Poe to Edison" in Willis & Wynne eds. Victorian Literary Mesmerism pp. 61-82. Heartman & Canny A Bibliography of the First Printings of the Writings of Edgar Allan Poe p. 111. </p> . Short & Co unknown books
193268209First Photoplay Edition With Black-and-White Film Stills POE Edgar Allan. The Murders in the Rue Morgue. and Other Tales of Mystery. New York: Grosset & Dunlap n.d. c.a. 1932. First photoplay edition. In publisher's dust jacket. Octavo 8 x 5 3/8 inches; 202 x 136 mm. 4 315 1 publisher's ads pp. "Illustrated with scenes from the Universal Photoplay presented by Carl Laemmle." With photographic endpapers frontispiece and six additional movie still black-and-white plates one of which is double paged. These film stills are from the Universal motion picture of "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" starring Bela Lugosi. Full publisher's red cloth. Front board and spine lettered in black. Top edge green. Black-and-white photographic endpapers. The smallest amount of shelfwear to head and tail of cloth spine. In publisher's full color illustrated dust jacket. Some chipping along top and bottom edge of jacket. A few small chips at head and tail of jacket spine. Overall an about fine book in a very good and exceptionally bright dust jacket. The Murders in the Rue Morgue is the holy grail of mystery and detective fiction and one of the cornerstones of that genre. Poe wrote it during the height of his literary powers and it remains to this day the standard by which all mystery fiction if compared. BAL. Heartman and Canny. HBS 68209. $1850 Grosset & Dunlap hardcover books
1958311027Antibes France: The Allen Press 1958. One of 150 copies printed on Richard de Bas hand-made paper on an Albion hand press. Title-page decoration and 6 multi-colored chapter headings by Dorothy Allen. 1 vols. 8vo 24 x15 cm 9½ x 6". Paper over boards. About fine with prospectus. One of 150 copies printed on Richard de Bas hand-made paper on an Albion hand press. Title-page decoration and 6 multi-colored chapter headings by Dorothy Allen. 1 vols. 8vo 24 x15 cm 9½ x 6". Allen Press Bibliography 22 The Allen Press unknown books
1986WRCLIT61817New York: Robert Halmi Productions 1986. 1105 leaves. Quarto. Photo-duplicated typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in production company wrappers. 'CBS' in ink on upper wrapper else very good. An unspecified draft of this adaptation for television. The 7 December 1986 broadcast was directed by Jeannot Szwarc and starred George C. Scott Rebecca de Mornay Ian McShane et al. Robert Halmi Productions unknown 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 books
177New Jersey or New York: Al Capp 1930. UNIQUE. Framed. Very Good. Al Capp. Oil painting framed 15 1/2" H by 18 5/8" W; image: 13 7/16" x 16 7/16" signed by Al Capp with facial caricature of a man with bulbous eyes & two teeth plus initials; with the Edgar Allen Poe-based caption "Nevermore" in gold with black highlighting and double underlining above a cartoon of a drunken black raven with orange beak passed out upside down in a martini glass while still holding an olive with pimento. On the tattered brown paper backing there is the ink inscription: "PRESENT from MR. ACE" / The One and Only 1981" and an old browned newspaper cut-out of an Edgar Allen Poe caricature see below. Panel beneath the brown paper reads: Visit our Grecian Art Pavilion Ltd. Home of the "Hellenic Art Festival" Exquisite Oil Paintings Watercolors and select Handicrafts by Greek Artists 95-42 Queens Blvd. Rego Park N.Y. 11374 212 275-1745 Opposite Alexanders with auction tag Stamp faded on brown paper reads: Hellenic Art Center Ltd. 2804 Stenway Street Astoria N.Y. 1805 210-545-5093 Original Oil Paintings Framing & Frames in Stock. "Nevermore" is Al Capp's amusing painted parody of Edgar Allen Poe's famous croaking Raven adapted to point the negative moral of drunkenness for alcoholics. This remarkable and unique framed oil is in a somewhat worn wooden frame; executed on board ; and signed with Capp's unusual early caricature face & initials. Al Capp 1909-79 has been called--correctly I believe--the "Mark Twain of cartoonists." Other comparisons have likenened his work to that of Charles Dickens who also used social satire lampoons reformist topicality and memorable names for his unforgettable characters. Thus Capp observed that Dickens might have written comics if he had been alive today. As Capp also liked to emphasize: "No artist who can write should avoid words; no author who can draw should avoid drawing." From his boyhood on Al Capp was an enthusiastic reader of "literary classics" to name a few: adventure novels Dickens Thackeray Conrad Trollope G.B. Shaw and Edgar Allen Poe. During the late '40's and '50's when public fears mounted about violence and horror in comics having negative effects on children Capp used the example of Poe to illustrate that great authors and their works were not deemed to have such negatives. In this remarkable use of a major Poe image--that of the Raven who croaked "Nevermore"--Al only slightly twists it humorously to point a moral against alcoholism. Of course Poe himself suffered from alcoholism . . . and more while Capp was always a teetotaller though he too suffered in later life from a "cocktail" of drugs he took to cope with manic-depressive tendencies and chronic pain caused by the early amputation of most of his right leg. No doubt in part because of the mysterious alchemy created by the interaction of his comedic genius with his physical and emotional problems Capp's comic-based social satire was brilliant inventive frequently controversial enormously influential and topical--having persisted for 40 or more years through the middle of the 20th century with numerous repercussions to this day. Capp's characters and related creations have become part of American folklore; among them Dogpatch and its folksy denizens: Mammy and Pappy Yokum; Li'l Abner and a bevy of busty-and-leggy femmes fatals: Daisy Mae Stupifying Jones Wolf Gal Lena the Hyena and Available Jones. For many the depressed region of "Slobbovia" still resonates. Capp's inventive genius led to other memorable creations such as "Sadie Hawkins' Day" from 1937 and the mass merchandising of "Shmoos" 1948ff. "Kigme's" and "Kickapoo Joy Juice." Several of Capp's memorable phrases have also entered everyday use such as "amoozin and confoozin" or during the Cold War the name "Nogoodnik." Likewise musicals and movies have been made of "Li'l Abner" while an Arkansas' theme park named "Dogpatch" opened in 1968. A high school dropout Al Caplin took a succession of art courses from several distinguished art schools before he invariably dropped out. Accordingly his brilliant gifts as a cartoonist were honed on the job after constant practice. Highly relevant to the dating of our oil "Nevermore" during Al Capp's school-and-early apprentice years he sometimes worked in oils. Because this rare--but undated--cartoon has been executed in oils we can delimit its creation to Capp's early creative years. For a brief time Capp was active as a boardwalk caricaturist around Asbery Park New Jersey. At that time--about 1931-32--he hung out with an alcoholic portrait sketcher named Anderson. That Capp strongly rejected having a similarly depressed tawdry and boozy life as a starving artist suggests the milieu in which this memorable piece may have been created. Instead as a lifelong teetotaller Al soon took his portfolio of drawings to New York City where he began his strenuous climb toward recognition and prominence. Also about this time though he was still signing his work as "A. G. Caplin" in the early 1930s he formally changed his name to "Al Capp" after he turned 22 in early 1931. We can thus place the creation of this piece to around this period. Comparison of Al Capp's signatures over his career--especially this caricature & initial--indicates that this example is from earlier in his career. Most famous for "Li'l Abner" he began his famous strip on August 8 1934 while his first full color Sunday strip came out on February 24 1934. The beloved strip achieved an enormous circulation of 25-million by 1946. And between 1937 and 1947 it is estimated that each day about 70 million people read his "Li'l Abner" comic strip. Artist-writer Capp often remarked: "I think of myself as a novelist and of 'Abner' as a novel a page of which is pulled every day. At the end of the year I've written 365 pages fully illustrated." The remarkable period of the Thirties also saw the birth of Chester Gould's "Dick Tracy" 1931 and "Terry and the Pirates" 1934; while "Superman" Action Comics came into being in 1938. Capp created the comic strip of "Abbie an' Slats" in 1937. During World War II because he had lost most of his right leg in a trolley-car accident Capp was 4-F. He actively participated in creating promotions for war bonds and regularly visited wounded vets for whom he regularly drew pictures. The tone of our piece doesn't seem appropriate though for a possible hospital visit. During the war and through most of the later 1940's however Capp also created devastating pre-Mad magazine parodies. Among them he lampooned Milt Caniff's "Steve Canyon" with his own "Milton Goniff's 'Steve Cantor'"; John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath the Ford film of 1940; and his friend Chett Gould's "Dick Tracy" in contrast to Capp's ridiculous detective "Fearless Fosdick" 1942ff. Al overstepped contemporary legal boundaries with a strip parody of "Gone wif the Wind" starring "Wreck Butler" and "Scallop O'Hara" in late 1942. As a result Margaret Mitchell threatened to sue his publisher for $76-million thereby causing Capp to drop the spoof and formally apologize in another cartoon. Stylistically our "Nevermore" is a take-off or parody of Poe's very well-known ominous raven. During the early 1940s several cartoonists created similar crows and ravens. Capp's raven resembles Chuck Jones' "Mynah bird" that he created for Warner Brothers from 1939-41. Likewise Cliff Edwards' "Jim Crow" appeared in Disney's "Dumbo" in 1941. One also notes nose art that WWII pilots used to decorate their warbirds "Old Crow Express" being one such; as well as Paul Terry's very popular "Heckle & Jeckle"--actually two Magpies not ravens--that he created in 1946 for Terrytoons. Because of this ravenesque flocking I would put a terminus a quem date on Capp's fine piece of the mid-1940s. The above date spread circa 1929-1946 is reinforced by a survey of Al Capp's other bird sketches--not just ravens or crows. This too suggests that the simplicity and humor of his raven in "Nevermore" dates from an earlier phase of his long career. Examination of other birds--particularly parrots--indicates that his "bird-style" became more elaborate and decorative over time e.g. "The Parrots of Wimpole Street" Oct. 1959 drawn by Capp &/or Frazee lot 582 in Nate D. Sanders' 2013 catalog; a flamboyant and wildly colored parrot drawn by Capp in 1974 lot 710 in Sanders. We thus provisionally date our Edgar Allen Poe parody to between the late 1920's through the mid-1940's; and cartoon styles he used--in keeping with other cartoonists--during the 1940's as reflected by the cartoon of Capp's raven. Accordingly "Nevermore" fits within the period late 1920's through the immediate post-WWII period say 1946. The possible reverberation of Capp's antagonism to alcoholism pronounced in 1931-32; his use of paint as medium as during his student and impoverished apprentice days; coupled with the slight wear to the finish of the paint however suggest a date closer to the 1930's than the 1940's. We conjecture that this piece was possibly executed in New Jersey and taken with the cartoonist to New York as part of his portfolio in the early 1930's. One notes that Al Capp once again used oils near the end of his life when he had an exhibition of large paintings of notable "Li'l Abner" characters at the New York Cultural Center April 15-May 11 1975. At this time neither the finish subject backing nor size of our parody fit his late spurt of productivity in oils. The matter of dating is somewhat complicated by the brown paper backing writing stamp and framer's ad beneath it. The brown paper backing of the painting has become tattered but one can still read "For MR. ACE / "The One and Only" as well as next to it the clear date "1981." Given the early suggested dates for the creation of Capp's artwork we assume that this painting was given after Capp's death in 1979 to "Mr. ACE / The One and Only" whomever that was in "1981." Also on the paper backing there was previously a taped & now removed for safe-keeping small ~ 3" newspaper clippling depicting a caricature of Edgar Allen Poe with his famous raven not by Capp with a date of "1967" appearing on its verso. We cannot be certain who cut out this clipping but the "1967" date provides a terminus after which the clipping was cut. One can also identify the Greek framer see above. Given the convergence of likely dates around the late 1920's/early 1930s-early 1940s however these later indications of framing suggest that the painting was gifted--perhaps more than once--sometime between 1967 and 1981. For additional references see especially a recent catalog of Al Capp cartoons issued by Nate D. Silver Inc. in September 2013; as well as Michael Schumacher & Denis Kitchen Al Capp: A Life to the Contrary Bloomsbury 2013--especially pages 20 on Al's early reading; 34 on the alcoholic caricaturist Anderson; 81 112-13 136 on Poe; 162 on Stenbeck's plaudits; & pages 251-52: where Capp observed that when he took up oils in the 1970's he hadn't used that medium since art school. Al Capp unknown books
20092200428Big Pencil Press 2009. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 1st thus. Near fine. 2009 Trade Paperback. 235 pp. A collection of poetry and prose by Edgar Allen Poe. Big Pencil Press paperback books
1993426991993. POE Edgar A. ON POE. Durham: Duke University Press 1993. 8vo. A collection of Essays relating to Poe from American Literature dating from 1929 to 1987. Contributers include William Friedman Yvor Winters Micheal Williams and others. New in dust jacket. unknown books
1961WRCLIT71273London: Zanuck / Twentieth Century-Fox 1961. Original highly pictorial British Quad Crown poster 30 x 40"; 76 x 102 cm. Previously folded some light use at edges some small patches of black construction paper tipped to the corners on the verso otherwise very good. A poster issued to promote the UK release -- designated as "X ADULTS ONLY" -- of the second film adaptation of Faulkner's novel based on a screenplay by James Poe directed by Tony Richardson and starring Lee Remick Yves Montand Bradford Dillman Odetta and Strother Martin. SANCTUARY was previously filmed in 1933 as the highly controversial pre-code THE STORY OF TEMPLE DRAKE. Zanuck / Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
196021963ELos Angeles: Darryl F. Zanuck Productions / Twentieth Century-Fox 1960. Original final draft shooting script with color rewrite pages for the film Sanctuary written by James Poe based on the novel by William Faulkner directed by Tony Richardson and starring Bradford Dillman. This was Dillman’s working script with his scene notations throughout. With Dillman’s estate stamp which reads “From the Library of Bradford Dillmanâ€. Bradbound 138 pages dated July 15 1960. Dillman plays the character of Gowan Stevens with Lee Remick as Temple Drake and Yves Montand as Candy Man. An earlier film adaptation of Faulkner’s 1931 novel is the 1933 film The Story of Temple Drake starring Miriam Hopkins in the title role. A lightly handled copy with some minor darkening to the covers and a bit of edge wear. Bradford Dillman 1930-2018 was one of Hollywood’s best regarded actors among his peers and the public. He was trained at the Actors Studio under Lee Strasberg and knew James Dean in early television. Dillman rose to sudden fame with his appearance in Richard Fleisher’s film Compulsion 1959 with Dean Stockwell and Orson Welles and continued in movies throughout his career in such films as The Way We Were The Iceman Cometh The Enforcer Sudden Impact Crack in the Mirror Escape From the Planet of the Apes Francis of Assisi Piranha The Swarm etc. A great success in television Dillman appeared in a remarkable number of shows and made for TV movies in a variety of genres including Mission Impossible The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Columbo Wagon Train Ironside Dynasty The Wild Wild West Thriller Wonder Woman Cannon Barnaby Jones and many others. Darryl F. Zanuck Productions / Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
2004116584Sugar Land TX: Arm & Hammer Press 2004. cloth title on label on spine decoration gilt-stamped on front board. Miniature Books. miniature book 6.0 x 6.5 cm. cloth title on label on spine decoration gilt-stamped on front board. vi 21 3 pages. Limited to 65 numbered copies signed by publisher Gordon Rouze. A short story. Illustration of Poe with a quote from a letter from Poe to Frederick W. Thomas. Arm & Hammer Press unknown books
197620740Fairfax VA: George Mason University 1976. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. 4to. Perfect-bound pictorial wraps. Very good. Light toning hadling wear to wraps; abrasion to rear wrapper. Clean throughout. 96pp. <br/><br/>Issue of this student-edited poetry magazine featuring contributions by Bernard Welt Beth Joselow Patricia Murphy and many others. (George Mason University) paperback books
196952493New York: Oxford University Press 1969. Octavo pp. i-vi vii-x 1-2 3-255 256-262: blank note: last three leaves are blanks cloth. First edition. Study focusing on Poe's career as a journalist between 1835 and 1849 that places him within the tradition of contemporary European journalism. A fine copy in fine price-clipped dust jacket. #52493 Oxford University Press unknown books
193455756Richmond VA: Press of The Dietz Printing Co. Publishers 1934. No. 79 of 500 copies. Frontispiece portrait. 120 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Brown buckram. Head of spine lightly rubbed top edge slightly darkened else Fine in chipped dust jacket. No. 79 of 500 copies. Frontispiece portrait. 120 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Signed. Signed by Jackson and Whitty. BAL v.7 151 Press of The Dietz Printing Co. Publishers unknown books
197394826Durham N.C.: Duke University Press 1973. Octavo pp. 1-2 i-iv v vi vii-viii 1-2 3-228 229-230: blank note: first and last leaves are blanks cloth. First edition. Includes a translation of Ola Hansson's monograph on Poe the chief document to emerge from nineteenth-century Scandinavia's reading of Poe. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket with some age-darkening and light dust soiling. #94826 Duke University Press unknown books
19861341403Parsippany NJ: The Unicorn Publishing House 1986. First Thus First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 161 pages; VG; spine black cloth with silver lettering; mild shelf wear and scuffing; inscribed by Hildebrandt at front free end paper; profusely illustrated in black and white and full color; pages clean; shelved Poetry. 1341403. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Unicorn Publishing House hardcover books
196812084New Brunswick N.J.: Rutgers U.P. 1968. 1st edition. Very good copy in very good dust jacket. Rutgers U.P. unknown books
197094833Durham N.C.: Duke University Press 1970. Octavo pp. i-vi vii-xiii xiv xv-xvii xviii 1-2 3-238 cloth. First edition. A nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with several tiny nicks to bottom edges and some light dust soiling. #94833 Duke University Press unknown books
192288409East Aurora:: Roycrofters. Very Good. 1922. Hardcover. B000LY2PFS . First edition. Small octavo quarter bound in dark brown leather with gilt lettering and design paper covered boards top edge gilt sewn-in ribbon bookmark. Leather is worn away at the spine ends age toning to boards else very good. No dust jacket. ; 136 pages . Roycrofters, hardcover books
