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Edgar Allan Poe | First Editions
1809 - 1849
See below our stock of Edgar Allan Poe First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
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Tales of Mystery and Imagination.
London: Folio Society, 1957. [Strange tales] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.xiii; [1]; 302. Publisher's black cloth, titles in silver to spine, silver lamp design to upper, top edge red, illustrated dust-jacket. Issued without slip-case. With occasional illustrations by Ayrton. Internally fine, dust-jacket shows very well, a little... More about Tales of Mystery and Imagination
The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe. The Virginia Edition.
New York, NY: Thomas Y. Cromwell, 1902. [Strange Tales and Mysteries]. FINELY BOUND COMPLETE WORKS. Seventeen volumes. Crown octavo (16 x 11 x 39cm). With frontispiece engravings. Contemporary tan half calf with raised bands, gilt titles to contrasting green and brown labels to spines, gilt decoration to spines and marbled... More about The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe. The Virginia Edition
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe. Tales; Poems; Criticisms.
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1874. [Complete works] FIRST THUS, in a variant cloth. Four volumes. Octavo (20 x 14 x 17cm), pp.[4]; c; 513; [1]; pp.vi; 569; [1]; pp.viii; 517; [3]; pp.[2]; viii; 574; [2]. With a frontispiece engraving to each volume, and occasional in-text vignettes. Publisher's green, rather... More about The Works of Edgar Allan Poe. Tales; Poems; Criticisms
The Gold Bug.
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1894. [Strange Tales] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED, first thus. Very small octavo in half-sheets (13 x 8cm), pp.[8]; 123; [5]. With fine occasional engraved illustrations by Mittis, including a frontispiece and decorated title page. In very fine contemporary speckled calf with raised bands, gilt titles... More about The Gold Bug
Tales of Mystery and Imagination, Edgar Allan Poe. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
London: George G. Harrap, 1935. FIRST RACKHAM EDITION. Large octavo (26 x 20cm), pp.318. With 12 fine colour plates and 17 line drawings, captioned tissue guards and pictorial endpapers. In publisher's black cloth with titles and illustrations stamped in gilt to spine and upper board. Top edge black, others untrimmed... More about Tales of Mystery and Imagination, Edgar Allan Poe. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven Edition.
New York, NY: The Lamb Publishing Company, no date [circa 1902]. [Strange Tales] FINELY BOUND SET. 10 volumes. Octavo (21 x 15 x 35cm). With eight half-tone plates to each volume, including a frontispiece, as well as numerous vignette illustrations. An out-of-series copy from a limited edition of 1000 copies... More about Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven Edition
Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe.
New York, Fred de Fau and Company, [1902]. [Literature] COMPLETE WORKS. The Valdemar Edition. Ten volumes, octavo (20 x 14 x 31cm). Mixed numbers from a limited edition of one thousand sets. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt titles and ornamentation to spines, top edges gilt. Each volume illustrated with a frontispiece... More about Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe
The Works of E.A. Poe (including Tales of Mystery and Imagination).
New York: The Chesterfield Society / Bigelow Smith and Company 1909. EDITION DE LUXE, printed for subscribers, limited to 1000 numbered sets (this being out-of-series). Crown octavo; 10 volumes complete. A beautiful edition, illustrated with fine photogravures and black and white plates, title-page printed in gilt and colours. Elegantly hand-bound... More about The Works of E.A. Poe (including Tales of Mystery and Imagination
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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe. [including Tales of Mystery and Imagination].
London: Published by J. Shiells and Co., 1895. [Strange Tales]. FINELY BOUND. Eight volumes. Octavo (18 x 12cm). With 24 fine photogravure plates. Contemporary dark red half calf with two maroon title labels, gilt raised bands and gilt to spines. Marbled boards and end papers; top edges gilt, others untrimmed... More about The Works of Edgar Allan Poe. [including Tales of Mystery and Imagination
A Valentine, and The Bells. Contained in Sartain's Magazine, volume V.
Philadelphia, July-December 1849. A Periodical. FIRST APPEARANCE of these poems. 8vo.; pp. 389 + 3. Contemporary binding of burgundy morocco, gilt, raised bands, elaborate gilt and blank tooled borders to boards. Small chip to head of spine, corners worn, inner hinges split, foxing. Good. With music scores, engraved illustrations both... More about A Valentine, and The Bells. Contained in Sartain's Magazine, volume V
Tales of Mystery and Imagination. Illustrated by Harry Clarke.
New York, NY: Brentano's, n.d. [c.1923]. Early Edition, printed in the US (the first US issue utilised the British sheets). Quarto, pp. 412. With 32 plates, of which 8 are coloured. Publisher's black cloth with bright gilt titles to spine, pictorial title pasted down to upper; top edge tinted black... More about Tales of Mystery and Imagination. Illustrated by Harry Clarke
Tales of Mystery and Imagination. Illustrated by Harry Clarke.
London and New York: George Harrap 1919. [Strange Tales] FIRST CLARKE EDITION, printed in Great Britain by the Complete Press. Quarto (28 x 21cm), pp.384. With 24 full-page plates, numerous illustrations within the text. Publisher's limp brown suede, yapp edges, lettered in gilt to spine, blocked in blind to upper... More about Tales of Mystery and Imagination. Illustrated by Harry Clarke
The Bells.
Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 1881. ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Square octavo, 24 thick leaves. An unusual presentation in publisher's linen backed grey paper covered boards with silver, gilt and brown pictorial upper; all edges gilt. Upper inner joint starting. Black and white illustrations and text printed on recto side only. Boards a.... More about The Bells
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The Gift - A Christmas and New Year Present. [The Pit and The Pendulum]
Philadelphia, Carey and Hart 1843. 8vo. Bound in full, black straight grain morocco, titles and very ornate, floral gilt decoration to spine and boards. Gift inscription in ink to upper front free endpaper. A seasonal publication containing several stories, poems and plates - all from american contributors, including 'The Pit... More about The Gift - A Christmas and New Year Present. [The Pit and The Pendulum
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