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THE IRIS: AN ILLUMINATED SOUVENIR FOR MDCCCLII (1852)

THE IRIS: AN ILLUMINATED SOUVENIR FOR MDCCCLII (1852)

by [EASTMAN, Mary & Seth] HART, John (editor)

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Used - The Presentation plate filled out by the owner in December 1852. Moderate to heavy foxing and staining throughout, the plates da
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Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. The Presentation plate filled out by the owner in December 1852. Moderate to heavy foxing and staining throughout, the plates darkened a bit but still fairly clean and quite attractive. Overall a Very Good copy with early color plates of Native Americans. Seth Eastman. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/4") bound in the original full embossed burgundy morocco leather with a gilt decorative figure in the center of both covers. Neatly rebacked at a recent date with a new leather spine. Most notable for the color plates of scenes of Native Americans, some of the earliest chromolithographs made. Also with many articles and poems about Native Americans, most (18) by Mary Eastman. Complete with 12 plates--including the often lacking Presentation plate and The Landing of William Penn--as well as the Illuminated Title Page plate, the List of Illustrations plate, and all 8 chromolithographs of Native Americans by P. S. Duval after drawings by Capt.… Read More
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THE PURLOINED LETTER in THE GIFT: A CHRISTMAS, NEW YEAR, AND BIRTHDAY PRESENT 1845

THE PURLOINED LETTER in THE GIFT: A CHRISTMAS, NEW YEAR, AND BIRTHDAY PRESENT 1845

by (POE, Edgar Allan)

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Used - Internally mostly clean but for staining to the title page, occasional foxing mostly to pages near the engravings, as often the
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Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. Internally mostly clean but for staining to the title page, occasional foxing mostly to pages near the engravings, as often the case with this title; 1908 owner name on front endpaper. Covers fairly tight, though there is a two-inch split at the bottom of the front joint; large chip at the top of the spine. Still Very Good. Original highly gilt-decorated polished calf, a lovely publisher's gift binding. BAL 4024 & 16143. The first appearance in print of this classic Poe piece collected the same year in his TALES. Other first appearances include Longfellow (BAL 12074) and Emerson (BAL 5202). Illustrated with 8 engravings, mostly by J. Cheney and J. I. Pease, including one titled "Washington Crossing the Alleghany" by R. W. Dodson.
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WILLIAM WILSON in THE GIFT: A CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S PRESENT FOR 1840

WILLIAM WILSON in THE GIFT: A CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S PRESENT FOR 1840

by (POE, Edgar Allan) Miss LESLIE (editor)

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Used - Foxing to plates; text fairly clean; 1840 pencil ownership inscription on front endpaper. But for the missing plate, a close to
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Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, (1839). First Edition. Hardcover. Foxing to plates; text fairly clean; 1840 pencil ownership inscription on front endpaper. But for the missing plate, a close to Fine copy and uncommon as such. Original embossed black morocco with gilt lettering on the spine. Illustrated title page and 7 (of 8) steel engravings with tissue guards by various artists. BAL 992 and 16130. The first appearance in print of this important story by Poe.
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