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1850réf. 319277New York: J. S. Redfield 1850. Frontispiece portrait of Poe by J. Sartain in volume 1 with tissue guard offsetting onto title. Half-titles in vols. 1 and 4 as issued. 4 vols. 12mo. Original black blind-embossed cloth gilt-lettered on spines vols. 1-3; the fourth volume in contemporary black cloth without embossing gilt-lettered on spine. Volume 1 with losses along joints and chips at ends of spine; other volumes with small chips and losses; volume 4 with brittle and browned endleaves. Frontispiece portrait of Poe by J. Sartain in volume 1 with tissue guard offsetting onto title. Half-titles in vols. 1 and 4 as issued. 4 vols. 12mo. FIRST EDITIONS second printings of vols. 1-3 vols. 1-3 in binding E signed by Geo. W. Alexander; first edition of vol. 4 in a binding not identified in BAL; advertisements in vols. 1 and 4 as called for. "Poe's mother-in-law Mrs. Clemm persuaded Griswold a few days after Poe's death to be his literary executor claiming that Poe had asked for him. The news that Griswold would be the editor of Poe's collected works raised a clamor from Poe's supporters. Griswold was not willing to give up the executorship so long as he believed it was Poe's wish . Griswold used his editing of Poe's works to purge uncomplimentary references to his own work and he inserted material into letters from Poe that made Poe seem dependent on him and treacherous to other editors such as George Graham Louis Godey and George W. Eveleth. His forgeries were not discovered at the time" ANB. Maria Clemm supplied the Notice to the Reader in vol. 1 which she later regretted after Griswold's scandalous portrait of Poe appeared in vol. 3. The first volume contains the Tales and the second Poems and Miscellanies. The third volume was published separately and comprises the first edition of The Literati and includes Griswold's infamous sketch of the author. The first three volumes were published in 1850; the fourth volume was not published until 1856. It became the standard edition of Poe's works for 25 years and served as the model for nearly another quarter of a century. It is also the edition upon which Charles Baudelaire based his famous translations of Poe's works into French in Histoires Extraordinaires 1856 Nouvelles Histoires Extraordinaires 1857 and Histoires Grotesques et Serieuses 1865. Complete sets of Poe's Works are now quite scarce. BAL 16158 16159 and 16161; Heartman & Canny pp. 129-33 J. S. Redfield unknown
1853réf. 140940674London: Clarke Beeton & Co 1853. First Edition. Very Good. ca 1852 1853. The first combined English illustrated edition. The first and second series bound together in one volume. Bound in contemporary half leather over diced grain cloth featuring 26 wood engravings throughout the first series and 16 throughout the second. These two illustrated volumes of Poe's stories the first including poems were issued in Great Britain as part of the Readable Books series. Pages toned owner name to blank recto of frontis illustration of the Second Series. Uncommon. Clarke, Beeton, & Co unknown books
1850réf. 319277New York: J. S. Redfield 1850. Frontispiece portrait of Poe by J. Sartain in volume 1 with tissue guard offsetting onto title. Half-titles in vols. 1 and 4 as issued. 4 vols. 12mo. Original black blind-embossed cloth gilt-lettered on spines vols. 1-3; the fourth volume in contemporary black cloth without embossing gilt-lettered on spine. Volume 1 with losses along joints and chips at ends of spine; other volumes with small chips and losses; volume 4 with brittle and browned endleaves. Frontispiece portrait of Poe by J. Sartain in volume 1 with tissue guard offsetting onto title. Half-titles in vols. 1 and 4 as issued. 4 vols. 12mo. FIRST EDITIONS second printings of vols. 1-3 vols. 1-3 in binding E signed by Geo. W. Alexander; first edition of vol. 4 in a binding not identified in BAL; advertisements in vols. 1 and 4 as called for. "Poe's mother-in-law Mrs. Clemm persuaded Griswold a few days after Poe's death to be his literary executor claiming that Poe had asked for him. The news that Griswold would be the editor of Poe's collected works raised a clamor from Poe's supporters. Griswold was not willing to give up the executorship so long as he believed it was Poe's wish . Griswold used his editing of Poe's works to purge uncomplimentary references to his own work and he inserted material into letters from Poe that made Poe seem dependent on him and treacherous to other editors such as George Graham Louis Godey and George W. Eveleth. His forgeries were not discovered at the time" ANB. Maria Clemm supplied the Notice to the Reader in vol. 1 which she later regretted after Griswold's scandalous portrait of Poe appeared in vol. 3. The first volume contains the Tales and the second Poems and Miscellanies. The third volume was published separately and comprises the first edition of The Literati and includes Griswold's infamous sketch of the author. The first three volumes were published in 1850; the fourth volume was not published until 1856. It became the standard edition of Poe's works for 25 years and served as the model for nearly another quarter of a century. It is also the edition upon which Charles Baudelaire based his famous translations of Poe's works into French in Histoires Extraordinaires 1856 Nouvelles Histoires Extraordinaires 1857 and Histoires Grotesques et Serieuses 1865. Complete sets of Poe's Works are now quite scarce. BAL 16158 16159 and 16161; Heartman & Canny pp. 129-33 J. S. Redfield unknown books
réf. 23457Williamsburg MA: Cheloniidae Press 1984. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. Finely printed by Harold McGrath and illustrated with eleven wood engravings by Alan James Robinson. Designed by Alam James Ropbinson and Arthur Larson the text based on the 1845 Witney-Putnam edition. The Deluxe Edition of 60 copies printed on vintage Bodleian paper french-folded and bound quarter leather by Gray Parrot. An additional suite of wood engravings all signed by Robinson are laid in in a chemise and placed in a quarter leather tray-case. A drypoint etching of the cat signed by Robinson is included The case book and chemise with its contents are all in fine condition. Number 22 of 60 copies of the Deluxe Edition. Aith the Prospectus laid into the case as well. . Cheloniidae Press hardcover books
1870réf. 85383Paris: Michel Lévy frères 1870. Fine. Michel Lévy frères Paris 1870 12.50 x 19 cm broché First collected edition. New edition of the French translation by Charles Baudelaire forming the seventh and final volume of his complete works one of the very rare copies printed on Holland paper the only deluxe issue. Followed by the French translation of Eureka also by Baudelaire. The text is preceded by a preface by Théophile Gautier. Minor restorations to the margins of the covers and to the foot of the spine. The work was sold separately or as the seventh volume of Charles Baudelaires complete works whose publication extended over three years. One of the exceedingly rare copies on Holland paper the only one we have traced preserved in wrappers as published. Fewer than ten copies are believed to have been printed. Michel Lévy frères unknown
1902réf. 895F39DNew York and London: G. P. Putnam & Sons Knickerbocker Press 1902 . Leather. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 6.5". Frederick Simpson Coburn. A beautiful limited edition set of the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe illustrated with ten plates to each volume and signed by the publisher. The Arnheim Edition of Poe's works.This set is number thirty-seven of three-hundred signed and numbered sets produced signed by publisher G. P. Putnam's Sons.In half morocco bindings with cloth covered boards.The collected works of Edgar Allan Poe a collection of the American author's poetry and short stories most importantly containing his tales of mystery and the macabre.Volume I containing 'Poems' and 'Essays on the Poet's Art' illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates. Collated complete.Volume II containing 'Tales' illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates. Collated complete.Volume III containing 'Tales' illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates. Collated complete.Volume IV containing 'Tales' illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates. Collated complete.Volume V containing 'Tales' illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates. Collated complete.Volume VI containing 'Tales' illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates. Collated complete.Volume VII containing 'Criticisms' illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates. Collated complete.Volume VIII containing 'Criticisms' illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates. Collated complete.Volume IX containing 'Tales' illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates. Collated complete.Volume X containing 'Miscellany' illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates. Collated complete.Critical introductions by Charles F. Richardson. 'The Raven' is included in Volume I.The 'Criticisms' includes essays on Elizabeth Barret Browning Lord Tennyson Charles Dickens and more.The 'Miscellany' includes 'Maelzel's Chess-Player' 'Philosophy of Furniture' 'A Chapter on Autography' and more.Plates are printed on on vellum.The plates are the work of Canadian painter Frederick Simpson Coburn who was also a notable early photographer. In half morocco bindings with cloth covered boards. Externally exceptionally bright. Small area of rubbing to centre of front joint of volume VII. Light rubbing to back strip head of volume X. Light rubbing to front joint of volume I with hinge starting but holding firm. Front hinges of volume II and V strained but firmly held. Head of front hinge of volume VII lightly strained but firmly held. Front hinge of volume VI strained between page vi and following leaf with first gathering tender. One leaf detached and one gathering working loose to volume III. Otherwise firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright with light spotting to fore edge of final few leaves of volume III. Very Good Indeed G. P. Putnam & Sons, Knickerbocker Press hardcover
1902réf. 130411G.P. Putnam & Company 1902. Leather. Very Good. 1902 G.P. Putnam & Company Arnheim edition #29 of 300 limitation 10 volume set. Bound in full gilt decorated morocco by the Booklovers Shop Cleveland with the book plate of Albert Anthony Augustus to each front paste down. Illustrated through out by Frederick Simpson Coburn. Gilt top edge remainder rough cut 5 hub spines leather dentellestight bindings no marks. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. G.P. Putnam & Company hardcover
1841réf. 1608325Graham's Magazine 1841. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. The true first appearance of Poe's classic tale Murders in the Rue Morgue considered the first detective story ever published. In original binding. Book is in good condition. This is Graham's compilation of all of their issues starting in February published in 1841. The Murders starts on page 166.Bound magazine. Two volumes in one: Volumes 18 and 19: January-December 1841. Octavo. iv 1-295 1pp. and 12 engraved plates; iv 1-308pp. and 19 engraved plates. Complete. Contains the first printed appearances of: "Murders in the Rue Morgue" considered the world's first detective story "A Descent into the Maelstrom" and three other Poe tales; the complete essay "Secret Writing" in four installments the first two parts of the essay "A Chapter on Autography" and over 50 critical reviews by Poe. Also included are the first revised printings of the poems: "To Helen" and "Israfel." A complete run of 12 monthly issues from 1841 when Poe served as the magazine's literary editor and had reached the peak of his powers and influence both as a writer and editor. The run also includes nine mezzotints by Philadelphia's famous engraver John Sartain one of which illustrates Poe's tale: "The Island of the Fay." A scarce and desirable annual volume. Housed in a custom-made slipcase. Graham's Magazine hardcover
1913réf. 24573London: Hodder & Stoughton 1913. First edition. Very good. Hardcover. Large 4to. Unpaginated. Green buckram blocked in gilt on the spine and upper board. Illustrated by Dulac. Light wear to the lower part of the upper board else a fine copy. Inscribed on the half title: "To E. W. Marshall with all best wishes from Edmund Dulac. 1913." And with a two page ALS to Marshall: "Please accept this little souvenir of the building of the studio. Yours sincerely Edmund Dulac." And with an original pencil sketch on the half title by Dulac. . Hodder & Stoughton unknown
1845réf. 1610043Wiley and Putnam 1845. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes. Vol. I January-June 1845; vol. II July-December 1845. In vol. I: The Raven p.143 and Some Words with a Mummy p.363. In vol. II: Eulalie-A Song p.79 and The Facts of M. Valdemar's Case p.561. Vol. I and II: Thick quarto half red morocco over marbled boards. Spine with raised bands and gilt geometric patterns in compartments. Vol. I: Light foxing to the preliminaries and fore edges. Vol. II: Light foxing to the preliminaries and fore edges front inner hinge open. Very good uncommonly clean copies. Housed in a custom-made slipcase. Wiley and Putnam hardcover
1841réf. 1608325Graham's Magazine 1841. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. The true first appearance of Poe's classic tale Murders in the Rue Morgue considered the first detective story ever published. In original binding. Book is in good condition. This is Graham's compilation of all of their issues starting in February published in 1841. The Murders starts on page 166.Bound magazine. Two volumes in one: Volumes 18 and 19: January-December 1841. Octavo. iv 1-295 1pp. and 12 engraved plates; iv 1-308pp. and 19 engraved plates. Complete. Contains the first printed appearances of: "Murders in the Rue Morgue" considered the world's first detective story "A Descent into the Maelstrom" and three other Poe tales; the complete essay "Secret Writing" in four installments the first two parts of the essay "A Chapter on Autography" and over 50 critical reviews by Poe. Also included are the first revised printings of the poems: "To Helen" and "Israfel." A complete run of 12 monthly issues from 1841 when Poe served as the magazine's literary editor and had reached the peak of his powers and influence both as a writer and editor. The run also includes nine mezzotints by Philadelphia's famous engraver John Sartain one of which illustrates Poe's tale: "The Island of the Fay." A scarce and desirable annual volume. Housed in a custom-made slipcase. Graham's Magazine hardcover books
1845réf. 1610043Wiley and Putnam 1845. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes. Vol. I January-June 1845; vol. II July-December 1845. In vol. I: The Raven p.143 and Some Words with a Mummy p.363. In vol. II: Eulalie-A Song p.79 and The Facts of M. Valdemar's Case p.561. Vol. I and II: Thick quarto half red morocco over marbled boards. Spine with raised bands and gilt geometric patterns in compartments. Vol. I: Light foxing to the preliminaries and fore edges. Vol. II: Light foxing to the preliminaries and fore edges front inner hinge open. Very good uncommonly clean copies. Housed in a custom-made slipcase. Wiley and Putnam hardcover books
1913réf. 24573London: Hodder & Stoughton 1913. First edition. Very good. Hardcover. Large 4to. Unpaginated. Green buckram blocked in gilt on the spine and upper board. Illustrated by Dulac. Light wear to the lower part of the upper board else a fine copy. Inscribed on the half title: "To E. W. Marshall with all best wishes from Edmund Dulac. 1913." And with a two page ALS to Marshall: "Please accept this little souvenir of the building of the studio. Yours sincerely Edmund Dulac." And with an original pencil sketch on the half title by Dulac. . Hodder & Stoughton unknown books
1883réf. 205177New York: E. P. Dutton 1883. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Good in boards. Front hinge starting. Front page missing. Gilded text block edges. Illustrations by W. L. Taylor. E. P. Dutton hardcover
1900réf. 3427Philadelphia: George Barrie 1900. Large Paper Library Edition Limited Edition. Leather Bound. Very Good. Large Paper Library Edition Limited Edition. Leather Bound. 6 vol. Edgar Allan Poe The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe. With bibliographical essay by John H. Ingram. Large Paper Library Edition Limited Edition of 250 copies printed on imperial Japan paper of which this is no. 102. Frontispiece in 2 states. 20 original etchings five photographs and a new etched portrait. Bound in 3/4 olive green Morocco leather with blue and green marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt. Raised bands on spine with gilt embellishment on spine panel compartments. Published Philadelphia: George Barrie circa 1900. H: 9" W: 7 1/4" D: 1 1/2 George Barrie unknown
1903réf. 147348New York and Pittsburgh: The Colonial Company Limited 1903. Limited manuscript edition of the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe. Octavo ten volumes bound in full crushed levant morocco by The Monastery Hill Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in four compartments within gilt raised bands gilt turn-ins top edge gilt watered silk endpapers three tissue guarded frontispieces in each volume illustrated with tissue guarded engravings. One of only thirty copines printed on Japan vellum and signed by editors Edmund Clarence Stedman and George Edward Woodbury on the verso of the title page. In near fine condition. An exceptional set. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre American Romantic writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe is credited with inventing the genre of detective fiction and contributing to the genre of science fiction only just emerging at the turn of the 20th century. Poe was the first well-known American writer to earn a living through writing alone resulting in a financially difficult life and career and his works influenced literature around the world as well as specialized fields such as cosmology and cryptography. Poe's most memorable tales include: The Black Cat The Cask of Amontillado The Gold-Bug The Pit and the Pendulum The Premature Burial and The Tell-Tale Heart. The Colonial Company, Limited hardcover
1845réf. 140946420New York: Wiley and Putnam 1845. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing of "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe printed on pp. 143 under the pseudonym "Quarles." Bound in contemporary quarter leather over marbled boards. Very Good with wear soiling and staining to binding. Contemporary ownership on title page tide mark and foxing throughout. Marginal chip to pp. 3/4. This volume also includes Poe's story "Some Words with a Mummy" pp. 363-370 and his poems "The Valley of Unrest" and "The City in the Sea" pp. 392-3 which unlike "The Raven" appear under Poe's name. Wiley and Putnam unknown
1845réf. 140946420New York: Wiley and Putnam 1845. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing of "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe printed on pp. 143 under the pseudonym "Quarles." Bound in contemporary quarter leather over marbled boards. Very Good with wear soiling and staining to binding. Contemporary ownership on title page tide mark and foxing throughout. Marginal chip to pp. 3/4. This volume also includes Poe's story "Some Words with a Mummy" pp. 363-370 and his poems "The Valley of Unrest" and "The City in the Sea" pp. 392-3 which unlike "The Raven" appear under Poe's name. Wiley and Putnam unknown books
1846réf. ST21119London: Short & Co 1846. First Separate Edition. 211 x 135 mm. 8 1/4 x 5 3/8". 16 pp. Pamphlet unbound as issued stitched together with thread. In a slightly rubbed early 20th century blue buckram portfolio gilt lettering to spine. Inside front cover of portfolio with bookplate of American book collector Edward Hubert Litchfield. Heartman & Canny p. 111; Robertson II 234-35. Very small split to tail edge of fold outer bifolium only a hint of yellowing to edge of leaves but still A VERY FINE COPY entirely clean and fresh. From the collection of a notable American bibliophile this is an extremely well-preserved copy of Poe's goriest foray into science fiction. The final of three short stories on the theme of mesmerism composed by Poe in 1844-45 and first published as "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" in "The American Whig Review" in December 1845 the present piece is the first separately issued story by Poe to be published in Europe following "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Gold-Bug" in 1843 in Philadelphia. The story follows Valdemar a man dying of tuberculosis who is placed in a mesmeric trance that suspends him "in articulo mortis" "at the point of death". This is done as an experiment conducted by a mesmerist identified only as "P" to determine if a mesmeric trance at that threshold between life and death can prolong one's time among the living. The outcome is a partial--but horrifying--success: Valdemar's body ceases to function but his mind remains alive trapped for seven long months until it is determined that he should be "awakened." At that moment his body rapidly decomposes into "a nearly liquid mass of loathsome--of detestable putridity." Robertson calls the work Poe's "most grotesque conception" with its vivid detail about the partially animated corpse with for example eyes producing a "profuse out-flowing of a yellowish ichor from beneath the lids of a pungent and highly offensive odor." The story is presented as a first-person scientific narrative and there was a great deal of public speculation about its veracity at the time of its publication. Poe apparently delighted by the response to his writing coyly wrote that it "has given rise to some discussion--especially in regard to the truth or falsity of the statements made. It does not become us of course to offer one word on the point at issue. We leave it to speak for itself." Our copy was owned by important American collector Edward Hubert Litchfield 1879-1949 whose library featured American and English first editions incunabula and antiquarian science and the occult. The sale of his collection in 1951 at Parke-Bernet Galleries in New York was a major bibliophilic event. From an immensely wealthy family made rich through railroad and real estate development Litchfield was among the highest of high society indulging in big-game hunting at home and abroad and hosting extravagant parties at the palatial Litchfield Castle on his 50000-acre estate in the Adirondacks. Short & Co unknown
1846réf. ST21119London: Short & Co 1846. First Separate Edition. 211 x 135 mm. 8 1/4 x 5 3/8". 16 pp. Pamphlet unbound as issued stitched together with thread. In a slightly rubbed early 20th century blue buckram portfolio gilt lettering to spine. Inside front cover of portfolio with bookplate of American book collector Edward Hubert Litchfield. Heartman & Canny p. 111; Robertson II 234-35. Very small split to tail edge of fold outer bifolium only a hint of yellowing to edge of leaves but still A VERY FINE COPY entirely clean and fresh. From the collection of a notable American bibliophile this is an extremely well-preserved copy of Poe's goriest foray into science fiction. The final of three short stories on the theme of mesmerism composed by Poe in 1844-45 and first published as "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" in "The American Whig Review" in December 1845 the present piece is the first separately issued story by Poe to be published in Europe following "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Gold-Bug" in 1843 in Philadelphia. The story follows Valdemar a man dying of tuberculosis who is placed in a mesmeric trance that suspends him "in articulo mortis" "at the point of death". This is done as an experiment conducted by a mesmerist identified only as "P" to determine if a mesmeric trance at that threshold between life and death can prolong one's time among the living. The outcome is a partial--but horrifying--success: Valdemar's body ceases to function but his mind remains alive trapped for seven long months until it is determined that he should be "awakened." At that moment his body rapidly decomposes into "a nearly liquid mass of loathsome--of detestable putridity." Robertson calls the work Poe's "most grotesque conception" with its vivid detail about the partially animated corpse with for example eyes producing a "profuse out-flowing of a yellowish ichor from beneath the lids of a pungent and highly offensive odor." The story is presented as a first-person scientific narrative and there was a great deal of public speculation about its veracity at the time of its publication. Poe apparently delighted by the response to his writing coyly wrote that it "has given rise to some discussion--especially in regard to the truth or falsity of the statements made. It does not become us of course to offer one word on the point at issue. We leave it to speak for itself." Our copy was owned by important American collector Edward Hubert Litchfield 1879-1949 whose library featured American and English first editions incunabula and antiquarian science and the occult. The sale of his collection in 1951 at Parke-Bernet Galleries in New York was a major bibliophilic event. From an immensely wealthy family made rich through railroad and real estate development Litchfield was among the highest of high society indulging in big-game hunting at home and abroad and hosting extravagant parties at the palatial Litchfield Castle on his 50000-acre estate in the Adirondacks. Short & Co unknown books
1850réf. 1307211850. First Edition. POE Edgar Allan. The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe: with Notices of His Life and Genius. New York: J.S. Redfield 1850 1856 Volume IV. Four volumes. Octavo mid-20th-century three-quarter teal morocco gilt raised bands top edges gilt. $6000.First collected edition of Poe's complete works published one year after his death with steel-engraved portrait of Poe in Volume I. This set includes the separately published third and fourth volumes which includes the first edition in book form of Poe's The Literati his essays on contemporary authors Volume III and Rufus Griswold's notorious ""Memoir of the Author"" a smear penned by Poe's ill-chosen executor.""Poe was the founder of the modern detective storyÉ as well as the ablest critic of his time in America. In verse he achieved incomparable melodic effectsÉ His influence has been incalculable in both verse and prose on later writersÉ 'This finest of finest of artists' Bernard Shaw has called him"" Kunitz & Haycraft 625. This four-volume set the first collected edition of Poe's works includes Poe's tales poems literary criticism and miscellaneous works. This collection was edited by N.P. Willis James Russell Lowell and Poe's rather ill-chosen executor Rufus Griswold and includes in Volume III Griswold's notorious ""Memoir of the Author."" ""For decades after Poe's death his reputation suffered from the smears of the editor Rufus Griswold. Over the years the two men had developed an outwardly respectful relationship with undercurrents of mutual fear envy and loathing. In a scurrilous obituary article and a late memoir of Poe included here in Volume III Griswold alleged or implied that his competitor had been expelled from the University of Virginia had deserted the army and had tried to seduce John Allan's second wife. Although many of Poe's admirers defended him in print against Griswold nothing has spoken so convincingly for his importance as has the influence of his works. His detective fiction and his macabre treatment of the uncanny and the disgusting pervade 20th-century popular culture. Among the foundations of modernism is the analytic attitude he brought to literature his determined separation of the man who suffers and the artist who creates"" ANB. Publisher Redfield clearly intended to publish only two volumes of Poe's Works as indicated on the first two title pages ""In Two Volumes."" These first two volumes contain the Tales Poems and some miscellaneous prose. Volume III published separately later in 1850 is titled The Literati: Some Honest Opinions about Autorial Merits and Demerits and collects Poe's essays on contemporary authors marking the first edition in book form; Volume IV published in 1856 includes Poe's long story ""Narrative of A. Gordon Pym"" along with further miscellaneous prose works. Volume I is the second printing with preliminary matter ending on page xx and no statement ""Was published on the First of April"" on the last page of advertisements; Volume II is the first printing with the ""r"" in ""choir"" missing in the first line of the third stanza on page 46. Volume III is the second printing state listed by BAL with ""1"" signature mark on page 1. BAL 16158 16159 16161. Scattered light foxing and smudging contents overall clean; spines evenly toned. A handsome set. hardcover
1850réf. 1307211850. First Edition. POE Edgar Allan. The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe: with Notices of His Life and Genius. New York: J.S. Redfield 1850 1856 Volume IV. Four volumes. Octavo mid-20th-century three-quarter teal morocco gilt raised bands top edges gilt. $6000.First collected edition of Poe's complete works published one year after his death with steel-engraved portrait of Poe in Volume I. This set includes the separately published third and fourth volumes which includes the first edition in book form of Poe's The Literati his essays on contemporary authors Volume III and Rufus Griswold's notorious ""Memoir of the Author"" a smear penned by Poe's ill-chosen executor.""Poe was the founder of the modern detective storyÉ as well as the ablest critic of his time in America. In verse he achieved incomparable melodic effectsÉ His influence has been incalculable in both verse and prose on later writersÉ 'This finest of finest of artists' Bernard Shaw has called him"" Kunitz & Haycraft 625. This four-volume set the first collected edition of Poe's works includes Poe's tales poems literary criticism and miscellaneous works. This collection was edited by N.P. Willis James Russell Lowell and Poe's rather ill-chosen executor Rufus Griswold and includes in Volume III Griswold's notorious ""Memoir of the Author."" ""For decades after Poe's death his reputation suffered from the smears of the editor Rufus Griswold. Over the years the two men had developed an outwardly respectful relationship with undercurrents of mutual fear envy and loathing. In a scurrilous obituary article and a late memoir of Poe included here in Volume III Griswold alleged or implied that his competitor had been expelled from the University of Virginia had deserted the army and had tried to seduce John Allan's second wife. Although many of Poe's admirers defended him in print against Griswold nothing has spoken so convincingly for his importance as has the influence of his works. His detective fiction and his macabre treatment of the uncanny and the disgusting pervade 20th-century popular culture. Among the foundations of modernism is the analytic attitude he brought to literature his determined separation of the man who suffers and the artist who creates"" ANB. Publisher Redfield clearly intended to publish only two volumes of Poe's Works as indicated on the first two title pages ""In Two Volumes."" These first two volumes contain the Tales Poems and some miscellaneous prose. Volume III published separately later in 1850 is titled The Literati: Some Honest Opinions about Autorial Merits and Demerits and collects Poe's essays on contemporary authors marking the first edition in book form; Volume IV published in 1856 includes Poe's long story ""Narrative of A. Gordon Pym"" along with further miscellaneous prose works. Volume I is the second printing with preliminary matter ending on page xx and no statement ""Was published on the First of April"" on the last page of advertisements; Volume II is the first printing with the ""r"" in ""choir"" missing in the first line of the third stanza on page 46. Volume III is the second printing state listed by BAL with ""1"" signature mark on page 1. BAL 16158 16159 16161. Scattered light foxing and smudging contents overall clean; spines evenly toned. A handsome set. hardcover books
1856réf. 167942Paris: Michel Lévy Frères 1856-58. The original three Baudelaire translations First editions. Baudelaire's famous prose translations of Poe began with these three works and were not continued for another seven years. Though Poe's national image was long a matter of controversy in continental Europe his reputation was immediately established through the translations of Baudelaire who "forever blended the style form and spirit of Poe with the literature of France" Harner. For Baudelaire "Poe was an alter-ego a long-lost brother a partner in crime and a writer in whom he could confide his sacred fury. Of the twelve volumes of Baudelaire's complete works five are devoted to his brilliant translations of Poe" Foye p. 75. The project "was not far different from that of an impassioned believer translating the New Testament" Arthur Ransome p. 225 and it left an indelible mark on the careers of both men. According to Valéry Baudelaire's natural talents "would have made him only an emulator of Gautier or an excellent artist of the Parnassian school if he had not due to his inquiring turn of mind had the good fortune to discover a new intellectual world in the words of Edgar Poe. From this point onward Baudelaire will possess his canonical identity" cited in Blood pp. 42-3. The set includes Baudelaire's early study "Edgar Poe: Sa vie et ses oeuvres" and some of Poe's most famous stories such as "The Gold-Bug" "The Black Cat" and "The Masque of the Red Death". Three works octavo 180 x 116 mm. First work bound without half-title. Contemporary brown half morocco red and green spine labels raised bands ruled in blind sides and corners with gilt fillet marbled sides and endpapers top edges gilt other edges untrimmed original wrappers bound in but without the first work's front wrapper. Engraved bookplate of "J.V." on front pastedowns. Spines slightly faded small corner wear contents lightly foxed. A very good set attractively bound. Sabin 63528 63560 & 63562; Vicaire VII pp. 735-7. Susan Blood Baudelaire and the Aesthetics of Bad Faith 1997; Raymond Foye The Unknown Poe: An Anthology of Fugitive Writings by Edgar Allan Poe 1980; Gary Wayne Harner "Edgar Allan Poe in France: Baudelaire's Labour of Love" Poe and His Times: The Artist and His Milieu 1990; Arthur Ransome Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Study 1910. hardcover
1943réf. 8614Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company / Tower Books 1943. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21cm; dark sage green paper-covered boards with titling and publisher's logo stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; 89-3173pp. Inscribed by Karloff on the front endpaper: "To Don / with every good wish / Boris Karloff / Jan 5/44." Some external wear shallow chipping to crown hint of sunning to spine with some mild bubbling to paper and lower front cover offsetting and some mild discoloration to endpapers and the usual tanning to the text edges; Very Good. Dustjacket is edgeworn with corresponding tears and creasing to upper spine panel a few tiny nick and tears and a small splash mark to upper front flap; Very Good or better. Offered together with a three-page ALS from Karloff to Dr. E.M. Sheare the publisher of this volume composed in black pen on three sheets of Arsenic and Old Lace letterhead measuring ca.8.5" x 11" and dated about five months prior to publication May 20 1943; 49 lines 280 words signed "as ever Boris." Two old folds from mailing smoothed out some very subtle toning to extremities else Fine together with the original mailing envelope. All housed in a custom quarter-morocco drop-backed clamshell case. Scarce first printing of this cheaply-manufactured wartime anthology of "terror stories" all selected by Karloff who has written a generous six-page introduction. The contents include contributions by Bram Stoker "The Judge's House" Ambrose Bierce "The Damned Thing" William Faulkner "The Hound" Edgar Allan Poe "The Tell-Tale Heart" Algernon Blackwood "The Willows" and Oliver Onions "The Beckoning Fair One" among others. The letter to his editor is particularly insightful showing Karloff's strong opinions regarding what merited inclusion: "I am quite firm against Dunsany's "Where the Tides Ebb and Flow." It is beautiful and imaginative and all that but it no in sic sense fits our patterns.For reasons of space I think we could omit I Dunsany II Woman at Seven Brothers III Shipment or Mute Fate or IV Breakdown / which is interesting but not terror. Hugh Binson's tale I consider a must also The Waxwork - I've had three invitations to dinner without points on the telling of that one! I am enclosing the amended list for your consideration. By all means "The Beckoning Fair One" should be in last place in the book on the score of length and excellence." Uncommon inscribed with a lengthy contemporary ALS. 8614. The World Publishing Company / Tower Books unknown
1902réf. 8550New York. George D. Sproul Company. 1902. Lavishly bound in Publisher's Deluxe custom 3/4 burgundy crushed morocco and marbled boards. Gilt-tooled spine compartments with fleural motifs.Gilt-tooled raised bands. Marbled endsheets. t.e.g. 8vo. 5.5" x .25". The Monticello Edition. This Edition Limited to only 1000 numbered sets of which this is #330. Illustrated throughout with delightful tissue-guarded monochrome plates Editied by renowned Poe scholar James A. Harrison the Monticello Edition of Poe's Works is one of the scarcest of early compilations with no complete set appearing at auction in more than thirty years.The 17 Volumes are comprised of: Tales Poems Biography Literary Criticism Essays Miscellanies Literati Autography Marginalia Eureka and Letters. Spines delicately and evenly sunned with first 2 volumes slightly less so. A number of volumes uncut. A Fine greatly appealing very rare set. George D. Sproul Company. hardcover
