A collection of The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 4 volumes.</li><li>Edgar Allan Poe (American).</li><li>New York:&nbsp;J.S. Redfield,&nbsp;1850-56.</li><li>Frontispiece portrait of Poe by J. Sartain in volume 1.</li><li>Half-titles in vols. 1 and 4 as issued.</li><li>First editions, second printings of volumes 1-3, first edition of volume 4.</li><li>Volumes 1-3 bound in original black blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered on spines, the 4th volume in contemporary black cloth without embossing, gilt-lettered on spine.&nbsp;</li></ul>

The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe

First edition, first printing of this selection of Poe's tales, including "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue."<ul><li>Edgar Allan Poe (American).</li><li>New York:&nbsp;Wiley and Putnam,&nbsp;1845.</li><li>[6], 228 pages.</li><li>Bound in modern half brown goatskin with contemporary marbled boards, spine ruled with gilt lettering.</li><li>Housed in custom quarter green goatskin slipcase and green cloth chemise.</li></ul>

Tales Including The Fall of the House of Usher, First Edition

A first edition, finely bound copy of The Raven and Other Poems.<ul><li>Edgar Allan Poe (American).</li><li>The Raven and Other Poems [and:] Tales.</li><li>New York:&nbsp;Wiley and Putnam,&nbsp;1845.</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>Raven with half title, "Wiley and Putnam's Library of American Books," name of stereotyper T. B. Smith on the title verso; Tales, third printing with three-line copyright.</li><li>Bound in three quarter blue morocco gilt, t.e.g., by Riviere &amp; Son.</li></ul> Students all over the world know of the title poem, and many know others as well: "The Conqueror Worm," "Eulalie," "Leonore," "To Helen," etc. "The most important volume of poetry that had been issued up to that time in America..." —Grolier American 56 A choice set of the major books published during Poe’s lifetime, BAL’s “reissue B,” issued by Wiley and Putnam in April 1846, comprising the first edition sheets of The Raven and The Tales in either second or third printing (here in BAL’s third printing, distinguishable by the three-line copyright notice). BAL notes that “impressions from the plates of several pages vary in an anomalous way. For instance, the first three letters of the last three lines of p. 160 appear both battered and intact within the three printings.” This copy has slight battering to “I” and “o” on p. 160, while the “v” is intact. The “E” in the running head on p. 187 is broken here (as in most copies of all printings. BAL cautions, “It is possible that the printings designated below as second and third are in fact two states of the same printing.” This copy is textually complete in both books, including the integral ads; the volume has been rebound without the separate gatherings of advertisements that followed the text.

The Raven and Other Poems

A first edition copy of The Conchologist's First Book.<ul><li>Edgar Allan Poe (American).</li><li>The Conchologist's First Book: or, A System of Testaceous Malacology.</li><li>Philadelphia:&nbsp;Published for the author by Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell,&nbsp;1839.</li><li>156 pages.</li><li>Includes 12 lithographed plates after P.S. Duval.&nbsp;</li><li>First edition, stated second edition on the upper board.</li><li>Variant binding dated 1840.</li><li>Bound in original red roan-backed printed boards.</li></ul> The text of this book conforms to the first edition (156 pp.) and the title page is dated 1839, but the upper board states second edition and is dated 1840, a binding not noted by BAL or Heartman &amp; Canny. The 1840 second edition (BAL 16132) is dated 1840 on the title page and runs to 166 pages. A third edition is noted with date 1845.

The Conchologist's First Book

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?Book%20Subject=Fine%2520bindings" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">finely bound</a> first trade edition of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=edgar%20allan%20poe&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Poe</a>'s Tales Of Mystery And Imagination.<ul><li>Edgar Allan Poe (American).</li><li>Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.</li><li>London: George G. Harrap &amp; Co., Ltd., 1935.</li><li>Small folio.</li><li>12 tissue guarded color plates and 17 others.</li><li>Bound in full black morocco, raised bands, gilt lettered spine, gilt skeleton and title to front cover, gilt dentelles, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, all edges gilt, by Zaensdorf for E. Joseph.</li></ul>

Tales Of Mystery And Imagination

Limited signed and illustrated edition of Poe's Bells and Other Poems.<ul><li>Edgar Allan Poe (American).</li><li>Illustrated by Edmund Dulac (French).</li><li>London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d., (1912).</li><li>Illustrated with twenty-eight tipped-in color plates, as well as several headpieces printed in black and yellow.</li><li>Limited to 750 numbered and signed copies by the illustrator, this is number 378.</li><li>Bound in full black morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spine, covers ruled in gilt, title gilt to front cover, gilt dentelles, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut as issued, by the Chelsea Bindery.</li></ul>

Bells and Other Poems

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Fine%2520Bindings%2520and%2520Sets" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">finely bound set</a> of the works of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Edgar+Allan+Poe&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Edgar Allan Poe</a>.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 10 volumes.</li><li>Edgar Allan Poe (American).</li><li>New York and Pittsburgh:&nbsp;The Colonial Company, Limited,&nbsp;1903.</li><li>With over 50 full-page illustrations in color and black-and-white. </li><li>Illustrated portrait frontispiece of Poe in 3 states: color, hand-colored, and black-and-white. </li><li>Limited Edition, limited to ten sets. </li><li>Newly collected and edited, with a memoir, critical introductions and notes by Edmund Clarence Stedman and George Edward Woodberry. </li><li>Silk endpapers, gilt, silk, and leather double res on inner cover, deep brown full Morocco leather binding with elaborate gilt floral border decoration on covers and spine panels, raised bands, top edges gilt.</li></ul>

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe

A finely bound set of Poe's works.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 4 volumes.</li><li>Edgar Allan Poe (American, 1809-1849).</li><li>Edited by John H. Ingram.</li><li>London: A. &amp; C. Black, 1899.</li><li>With an engraved frontis portrait plate in volume 1.</li><li>Bound in fine half red calf, ribbed gilt decorated spine, gilt lettered black morocco spine labels, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, top edges gilt.</li></ul>

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