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A Chapter on Autography
by Poe, Edgar Allan
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York: At the Sign of the Cupid and Lion By Lincoln MacVeagh at the Dial Press, 1926. Limited Edition. Octavo. Limited to 750 copies, this is copy #1, portrait frontispiece of Poe, 92pp., edited by Don C. Seitz, bound in gray-green paper covered boards lettered in gilt, backed in black cloth, spine lettering gilt. Very minor wear to corners otherwise a fine bright copy in nice, bright printed green dust jacket with some chipping to spine ends and corners. Short biographies of various authors along with their autograph in facsimile. [BAL 16255] A very nice copy.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017282
- Title
- A Chapter on Autography
- Author
- Poe, Edgar Allan
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- At the Sign of the Cupid and Lion By Lincoln MacVeagh at the Dial Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- Limited Edition 1st First Edition dust Jacket
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Facsimile
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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