2 vol., first edition, 4pp. advertisements at beginning of vol.II, damp-staining affecting lower third of pages to vary degree throughout, both vol. with some spotting and darkening to edges, original blank endpapers mounted onto new card endpapers, glue marks to first and last f. and endpapers in vol.II, original purple cloth, recased, both vol. with some skillfull recolouring, vol.II rebacked preserving contemporary backstrip with subtle recornering, both vol. with facsimile spine labels, housed in modern morocco-backed drop-back box, [BAL 16133], 8vo, Philadelphia, Lea & Blanchard, 1840. *** "A milestone in [Poe's] career as a prose writer", Heartman & Canny, A Bibliography of First Printings of the Writings of Edgar Allan Poe, 1940. One of only 750 copies, this first collection of Poe's tales includes such notable titles as The Fall of the House of Usher, Ms Found in a Bottle, Siope (now Silence) and The Visionary (now The Assignation).
2 vol., first edition, 4pp. advertisements at beginning of vol.II, damp-staining affecting lower third of pages to vary degree throughout, both vol. with some spotting and darkening to edges, original blank endpapers mounted onto new card endpapers, glue marks to first and last f. and endpapers in vol.II, original purple cloth, recased, both vol. with some skillfull recolouring, vol.II rebacked preserving contemporary backstrip with subtle recornering, both vol. with facsimile spine labels, housed in modern morocco-backed drop-back box, [BAL 16133], 8vo, Philadelphia, Lea & Blanchard, 1840. *** "A milestone in [Poe's] career as a prose writer", Heartman & Canny, A Bibliography of First Printings of the Writings of Edgar Allan Poe, 1940. One of only 750 copies, this first collection of Poe's tales includes such notable titles as The Fall of the House of Usher, Ms Found in a Bottle, Siope (now Silence) and The Visionary (now The Assignation).
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