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THE WORKS OF THE LATE EDGAR ALLAN POE, WITH A MEMOIR AND NOTICES OF HIS LIFE AND GENIUS. VOL. I, TALES. VOL. II, POEMS AND TALES. VOL. III, THE LITERATI. VOL. IV, ARTHUR GORDON PYM, & C. (FOUR VOLUMES)
by POE, Edgar Allan
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Glendale, California, United States
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About This Item
Early printings of the first collection of prose and verse works by Edgar Allan Poe; Vol. I II and III first published in 1850, as sets of two (1850), three (1851) and finally four volumes (1856), the set being early editions of the first three volumes and presumably a first edition of Vol. IV. With a portrait frontispiece, and a facsimile letter laid in. All four volumes signed by A. W. Thomson (1827-1881), a Confederate Chief Surgeon for South Carolina. Foxing to each volume, and heavy spotting to Volume IV; minor shelf wear, and spines moderately sunned. Plum colored cloth, with gilt lettering and designs. Top edge of Vol. I and II gilt. A Very Good set overall when one considers that not very many of these sets surface intact in the publisher's cloth. The set is now housed in a custom open-ended brown cloth slipcase with a large Morocco label.
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- Bookseller
- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 186
- Title
- THE WORKS OF THE LATE EDGAR ALLAN POE, WITH A MEMOIR AND NOTICES OF HIS LIFE AND GENIUS. VOL. I, TALES. VOL. II, POEMS AND TALES. VOL. III, THE LITERATI. VOL. IV, ARTHUR GORDON PYM, & C. (FOUR VOLUMES)
- Author
- POE, Edgar Allan
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st / early
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by Redfield
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1856
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English Literature, Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
- Size
- 8vo
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
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Glendale, California
About Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books LLC, specializes in books from the 16th through 20th century. We stock many books in the field of literature, Western philosophy, Greek classics, the history of ideas, Medicine & Science & fine sets. We are always looking to purchase individual books in our areas of interest.
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- Gilt
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- Sunned
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