1843réf. 021055Philadelphia: 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." George R. Graham hardcover
1933réf. B7294New York and London: Standard Book Company. 1933. Interiors clean and crisp. . Binding: Full navy cloth boards. Spines lettered in gilt. Notes: Edgar Allan Poe 1809 – 1849 was an American writer poet editor and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as one of the central figures of Romanticism and Gothic fiction in the United States and of early American literature. Poe was one of the country's first successful practitioners of the short story and is generally considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction genre. In addition he is credited with contributing significantly to the emergence of science fiction. He is the first well-known American writer to earn a living exclusively through writing which resulted in a financially difficult life and career. Size: 8vo. 195 x 130 mm Illustration: Very good example of this set completed in 10 volumes. Volume: 10 volumes. Category: Book Literature; Standard Book Company. hardcover
1884réf. 75997Paris:: A. Quantin 1884. old 3/4 morocco; marbled sides; t.e.g. . Spines sunned and scuffed; both volumes tight and sound; contents fine. 8vo. Edition Illustree de Treize Gravures Hors Texte. . Traduites par Charles Baudelaire. A. Quantin, unknown
2013réf. 8630Loket Czech Republic: Jarmila Jelena Sobota 2013. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Archival Box. Limited Edition. Hardcover. The story involves cryptography with a detailed description of a method for solving a simple substitution cipher using letter frequencies. The cryptogram is: 53‡‡†3056;48264‡.4‡;806;48†8 ¶6085;1‡;:‡8†83885†;46;8896 ;8‡;485;5†2:‡;495625-48 ¶8;4069285;6†84‡‡;1‡9;48081;8:8‡ 1;48†85;4485†52880681‡9;48;88;4 ‡34;484‡;161;:188;‡; The decoded message is: A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line from the tree through the shot fifty feet out. Signed by Jarmila Sobota. Tight bright and unmarred. "Bradel" binding structure covered with dark green goatskin onlay of laser-cut leather skull gilt lettering and decorative elements; archival box in leather and marbled paper with magnetic 'bug' that can crawl on the cover. Appox. 3x3". 95pp. Limited edition of 13 copies this being _ signed such lacking the wee bug. Jarmila Jelena Sobota hardcover
1933réf. 64453New York:: Standard Book Company Limited 1933. original blue cloth; gilt spines. The volumes are as new in original plain glassine wrappers and preserved in the original shipping box with printed paper label. The glassine wrapper to Vol. V is split; other minor use; a beautiful set. 8vo. Standard Book Company, Limited, hardcover
1849réf. 51601040002Graham's Magazine Philadelphia 1849. Hardcover. Acceptable. Fair hardcover. RARE ORIGINAL 1849 PRINTING. 12 ISSUES OF GRAHAM'S MAGAZINE FROM 1949 BOUND IN HARDCOVER BY LIBRARY. ISSUES: Jan. no cover Feb. March Apr. includes review of Mrs. S. Anna Lewis - The Child of the Sea and book review/critisism by Edgar Allen Poe May includes “Fifty Suggestions” part I by Edgar Allan Poe June includes “Fifty Suggestions” part II by EAP. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. and Dec. Ex-Library with usual markings. Text unmarked. Pages with corner/edge wear. Some loosening from binding. Covers show heavy edge wear with rubbing/scuffing and bumped corners. Spine completely covered with library tape. Binding is loosening. Many mezzotints and steel engravings with songs fashion plates etc.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Graham's Magazine, Philadelphia hardcover
2021réf. x-1350181250Bloomsbury Academic 2021. Hardcover. New. 405 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. Bloomsbury Academic hardcover
1966réf. 30183HBDJ 1966 1st Edition THUS EARLY ISSUE REPRINT LARGER FORMAT VG/NFINE- BLUEGREEN ILLUSTRATED DJ .Small GREEN cloth boards GOLD GILT ON SPINE CVR LITE WEAR. Extremities tiny chipswear to DJ BACK DJ MENTIONS OVER 500 VOLS. END WITH ZOLA HAS LITE SCUFFING 527 PGS NO ADS LITE Mild tanning to pages throughout . Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. . Unclipped jacket has light edge wear . Mild rubbing and tanning to spine DJ Gold Bug is 1st example Crytogram Story . & 1ST EXAMPLES OF MODERN DETECTIVE STORY WITH Purloined Letter Mystery Marie Roget & MURDERS IN RUE MORGUE EVERYMAN’S LIBRARY J. M. DENT LONDON hardcover
1933réf. 005173New York: Tudor Publishing Co. 1933. Cloth. Fine/Fair. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Harry Clarke. The classic printed and bound by J.J. Little & Ives Company New York. First Tudor Edition. Black cloth with spine titled in gilt. Pictorial paper label onlay to front cover. 412 pages with all 8 color plates and 24 black and white plates from the fantastic Harry Clarke. Interior very clean and fresh. Original still-attractive dust jacket now protected in an archival plastic cover has some serious tears with cello taped repairs. Lacking the original box. Truly an artistic triumph both in the book's art and production. Tudor Publishing Co. hardcover
1982réf. 219401New York: Knopf 1982. Book-Of-the-Month-Club; First Printing. Hardcover. Both volumes Very Good in boards. Knopf hardcover
2000réf. BN5210002000. 2000. Havran Havran Edgar Allan Poe unknown
1941réf. LIQ-6178P. Librairie Grund 1941. 2 volumes in-8° demi chagrin noir, dos à larges faux nerfs, couvertures conservées.
1934réf. 73286Gallimard | Paris 1934 | 12 x 19 cm | broché
réf. 20818André Sauret, 1987. Traduit de l'américain par Charles Baudelaire. In-folio (210 x 28 mm env.), Reliure plein cuir rouge de l'éditeur, dos à quatre nerfs portant titres et tomaisons dorés, décor en noir et blanc d'après Leonor Fini sur les premiers plats, tranches de tête dorées, gardes noires illustrées, sous étui assortis bordés de cuir rouge,265 pages, (3) ff. - 237 pages, (2) ff. - 252 pages, (3) ff., 30 illustrations hors texte en couleur, 545/3700 sur vergé. Très bel exemplaire.
réf. 1088Paris, Michel Lévy, 1865. In-12, demi-maroquin brun, dos à nerfs orné, tête dorée, couverture et dos conservés (Rel. du XXe s.).Édition originale française, traduite par Charles Baudelaire. C'est le cinquième et dernier ouvrage de Poe traduit par Baudelaire, qui traduisit donc trois recueils de contes : Histoires extraordinaires, Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires, Histoires grotesques, un roman : Aventures d’Arthur Gordon Pym, et un essai : Eurêka.Plaisant exemplaire.
réf. 3119Paris, Michel Levy, 1856 ; 1859 Reliure en demi-chagrin rouge d’époque, dos à 4 nerfs orné. Très bon état de la reliure. Rares rousseurs sur à peine quelques pages. Édition originale de la traduction et de la préface de BAUDELAIRE pour les Histoires extraordinaires, seconde édition pour les Nouvelles histoires.
1853réf. 100062Paris, Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie, 1853, in-12, [4]-V-148 pp, Demi-chagrin brun, dos à nerfs fleuronné, Première édition française et première parution en volume, en France, de ces deux nouvelles de Poe. Cette traduction d'Amédée Pichot (dit Alphonse Borghès), publiée au sein de la Bibliothèque des chemins de fer (Troisième série, Littérature française et étrangère), est antérieure à celle de Baudelaire. Le Scarabée d'Or avait été publié à l'origine en novembre 1845 dans La Revue Britannique Peu courant. Petits frottements. Pages jaunies. Sinon, bon exemplaire. Couverture rigide
1919réf. 742Paris La Sirène 1919 In-8 (257x165mm) broché, couverture imprimée.
1920réf. 07533TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION ca. 1920 first American edition some wear to the fore edge corner tips and spine extremities with some cloth and color loss now apparently retouched else a vg copy with bright spine decoration and lettering and with 32 full page full plate illustrations by Harry Clarke 8 of which are in full color and tipped-in as well as many various tail and head pieces. This volume contains most of Poe's classic tales as well as the first 2 tales of C. Auguste Dupin allegedly the world's first fictional detective. 1/2500 copies. Brentano's hardcover books
1920réf. 07533TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION ca. 1920 first American edition some wear to the fore edge corner tips and spine extremities with some cloth and color loss now apparently retouched else a vg copy with bright spine decoration and lettering and with 32 full page full plate illustrations by Harry Clarke 8 of which are in full color and tipped-in as well as many various tail and head pieces. This volume contains most of Poe's classic tales as well as the first 2 tales of C. Auguste Dupin allegedly the world's first fictional detective. 1/2500 copies. Brentano's hardcover
réf. 2111902158405773Takefumi-sha N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 11 217p Size: 20cm Takefumi-sha paperback
réf. MA12F-00062Warwick & York. Collectible - Acceptable. Baltimore: Warwick & York 1910. Limited edition. 12mo Hardcover. 102pp. B/W photographs and illustrations. No. 120 of 200 subscriber copies. Fair book. Covers soiled. Foot bumped and frayed. Medium sized punture to lower rear joint on rear cover through page 93. Pages and edges foxed. Binding split at page 81. Green boards with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Philip Schaefer bookplate on front pastedown. In protective mylar cover. From the collection of Charles Edward Roberts owner and founder of Wonder Book & Video. With his signature on his personalized bookplate on front free endpaper. edgar allen poe 1809-1849 anniversaries american authors 19th century biography Inquire if you need further information. Warwick & York hardcover
1923réf. 068819New York: Brentano's 1923. Book. Illus. by Harry Clarke. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Black cloth illus. pastedown on front cover spine panel lettered in gilt in scarce original illus. dust jacket. First edition thus first American color edition printed from the British Harrap plates the second and scarcer state showing only the Brentano's imprint on lower main title with no mention of Harrap the total print run limited to 2500 copies. 413 pp. Collection of 29 Poe tales illus. w/ 8 tipped-in color plates 24 monochrome drawings by Harry Clarke 1889-1931 a leading artist in the Irish Arts & Crafts Movement. Very slight rubbing to corners and extremities text block edges typically a bit tanned by age. Firm binding clean and unmarked interior. Half-title a bit tanned. All plates present and fully intact without tears; one color plate frontis. shows minor creasing to one bottom corner only. Dust jacket technically Good only with rubbed flap folds and joints several short closed tears with associated creasing along bottom front edge areas of loss along bottom rear edge loss to 3/4" at head of spine panel and shallow loss at heel still displays reasonably well in mylar. Brentano's Hardcover
1902réf. 327860NY: Fred De Fau & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1902. Limited Edition. Cloth. This is number 343 of 1000 copies. A nice solid set. ; B & W and Color Plates; 8vo . Fred De Fau & Company hardcover
1893réf. 46449Boston: Joseph Knight Company Printed at the University Press by John Wilson and Son 1893. A very scarce title from the short lived "World Classics" series by the Joseph Knight Company. Small volume in original three-quarter leather over marbled boards. Gilt decorated spine in six compartments maroon leather title and author labels. Top edge gilt. Red blue and gold marbled endpapers. viii 11-130 pages plates illustrations. Followed by the publisher's information and specimen pages for forthcoming titles. A nice item for the Edgar Allan Poe collector. See photos. . First Edition Thus. Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good. Illus. by Mittis. Joseph Knight Company, Printed at the University Press by John Wilson and Son Hardcover