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Rome, 6 April [1843]. Letter. Mild crease from mailing. Near Fine. A three-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "Mary Shelley" written in Italian on one sheet of an 8" x 5" piece of paper folded to 4" x 5," dated 6 April [1843]. A rough translation: "Esteemed Sir. Thank you so much for your card -- and your kindness. I feel ashamed thinking about all the inconvenience that you are experiencing due to that annoying matter [strikethrough] of Tozzetti, but I am pleased that he is not obtaining all he was looking for. He deserved nothing. Thank you for the letter -- maybe others will come for us either sent to your address or simply to Florence. Would you graciously send someone to the post office to ask for our letters and send them here. My debt I would come and pay. I hope it is not too big to be a burden on my conscience, and I will find a way to repay it. [strikethrough] I hope that the weather has improved and that Nerina feels better. I would really love to see you and Nerina again. And who knows if I… Read More

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1990). First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Uncorrected proof in light blue wraps.

Arvada, CO: Roadkill Press, (1990). First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Fine. One of 300 SIGNED and numbered copies in pictorial wraps, this copy lettered "PC" indicating it is a printer's copy. This chapbook consists of selections removed by the author at the publisher's request from his not yet then published novel SUMMER OF NIGHT.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1965. Hardcover. Some fading to the covers and to the red topstain of the bulked text edge. Close to Near Fine, lackng the slipcase. Felix Hoffmann. Large octavo (7-1/8" x 11-1/8") bound in two textures of black cloth with gilt lettering and a blind-stamped design of Dracula on the front cover; 448 pages. Introduction by Anthony Boucher. Illustrated with 33 wood engravings, 8 in three-colors, by Felix Hoffmann printed from the wood blocks. Copy #382 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.

(New York): Viking, (1992). First Edition. Hardcover. Bookplate on front pastedown, otherwise Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. A fiendishly imagined version of Sartre's NO EXIT. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page: "For Angie--/Best,/Stephen King."

Philadelphia: George R. Graham, 1843. First Edition. Hardcover. Mostly light, sporadic foxing; moderate rubbing to covers. Very Good. Black morocco-backed marbled boards with matching leather corners and a gilt-lettered red morocco label with the owner's name on the front cover. Illustrated with 19 steel engravings, 2 of which are hand-colored. Illustrations include fashion plates as well as a portrait of Longfellow and a view from West Point. First appearance in print of Poe's poem "The Conqueror Worm" and his article "Our Amateur Poets," as well as James Fenimore Cooper's "Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief" and contributions by William Cullen Bryant, James Russell Lowell, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, including his poem "The Belfry of Bruges."

Philadelphia: George R. Graham, 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. Mostly light, scattered foxing. Rubbing to spine edges and corners; front cover just a little loose. Very Good. Black morocco-backed marbled boards with matching leather corners. Illustrated with steel engravings and 6 color plates. First appearance in print of several Poe works: “A Few Words on Secret Writing” (not in the index); “A Chapter on Autography”; “The Colloquy of Monos and Una”; “Never Bet Your Head”; and 2 poems: “To Helen” and “Israfel,” as well as several book reviews. Also two articles about Angling.

Philadelphia: George R. Graham, 1843. First Edition. Hardcover. Mostly light, sporadic foxing; moderate rubbing to covers. Very Good. Black morocco-backed marbled boards with matching leather corners and a gilt-lettered red morocco label with the owner's name on the front cover. Illustrated with 20 steel engravings, 4 of which are hand-colored. Illustrations include fashion plates as well as a portrait of William Cullen Bryant and a New York City view. First appearance in print of several minor pieces by Poe including "Our Amateur Poets," as well as contributions by James Fenimore Cooper, Miss Elizabeth B. Barrett, and William Cullen Bryant. With an article on Cuba by Epes Sargent.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1987). Hardcover. Fine in Fine dustwrapper. Second printing of the first English translation by William Yuill of the German bestseller STRASSE INS FEUER.

Philadelphia: George R. Graham, 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. Moderately foxed throughout, as usually the case; wear with some loss to boards and light wear to joints but binding firm. Very Good. Two volumes bound in one, publisher's gilt-lettered brown morocco leather and boards with matching leather corners. Illustrated with numerous steel engravings and 7 color plates (5 fashion plates). First appearance in print of these six Poe works: “The Mask of The Red Death”; “Life in Death”; “An Appendix of Autographs”; “A Few Words About Brainard”; “To One Departed”; and “The Poetry of Rufus Dawes.” Also with contributions by Charles Dickens, James Fennimore Cooper, Henry Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, and others.

London: Tegg and Castleman, [1803]. First Edition. Hardcover. Pages toned with scattered soiling and foxing, pencil notes on endpapers; binding Fine. Modern calf-backed orange paper boards (4-1/8" x 7"); 72 pages. Frontispiece engraving by I. Taylor after a design by W. M. Craig. Scarce Gothic fiction employing Phantasmagoria, developed in the late eighteenth century from the earlier magic lantern: illusionistic exhibitions and public entertainments in which "specters" were produced through the use of a magic lantern. One should not underestimate the horror felt by those whose vision, not trained by photography or the cinema, revealed to them spiritual entities that one could seemingly touch. According to an article by Terry Castle [CRITICAL INQUIRY 15.1 (Autumn 1988): page 39], “A number of literary works of the period contain episodes in which magic lanterns are used to deceive credulous would-be ghost-seers. Friedrich Schiller's fragment DER GEISTERSEHER (1789), translated into English as THE… Read More

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.

Philadelphia: George R. Graham & Co., 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. Foxing and staining; binding with only light wear. Very Good. Publisher's black morocco-backed embossed cloth with gilt lettering and decorations on the spine. Two pieces by Poe, also with contributions by Ann S. Stephens and James Russell Lowell, as well as a review of Melville's first book. Illustrated with 10 engravings.

Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, (1982). First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Unread. Pictorial wraps. Early major book of criticism on King with a bibliography.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1987). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper with touch of rubbing to gold. Unread. First issue with "Permission to Come" on copyright page.