The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Poe, Edgar A

New York: (1830): Blakeman & Mason. 16mo. 64pp. Child's learning book describing and discussing all kinds of objects, each with an attractive woodcut drawing. Bound in green embossed cloth, spine plain, yellow endpapers, occasional spots of foxing or staining, short closed tear to outer margin of page 51Attractive pages with an occasional stain spot. Previous owner's gift inscription in pencil. A good copy.

Boston: The Barta Press, 1908. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 141p. Plates (some colorded), diagrams. A pristine copy in original suede with front cover showing full title in gilt over brown leather label. Color representations of the playing cards with their symbolism, the swastika, the belted globe surmounted by the Patriarchial Cross, the Keystone and many other esoteric symbols.

Glasgow; nd (ca.1899): David Bryce & Son. Octavo. 8 volumes in four contained in a box designed to look like a book, illustrated. Copies at the Folger, British Library, the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Cambridge, and the National Library of Scotland. Very rare. The Folger copy is in the Vault (C) and the notation is that it is restricted awaiting conservation and only available by special permission. A copy in the box appeared at the Anderson Gallery Auction in 1900. Books are bound in green cloth lettered and decorated in a black floral design with gilt lettering, reproduced on spines, each title with its own title pages, housed within a green cloth covered clamshell resembling a book, gilt lettering to upper board, spine lettered and decorated in a matching floral design with gilt lettering, publisher's full page label listing the contents mounted to the verso of the upper board. A very nice set with wear and old repair to the box.

London; Nd( but 1823): W. Simkin and R. Marshall. First Edition. Small Octavo. In three volumes: Each volume has a different vignette title page. Vol. I: 332, Vol. II: 316 and Vol. III: 349pp. A very scarce set on the German ghost, fairy tales and ghost stories influenced many of England's gothic writers. The Bottle Imp story was clearly used by Robert Lewis Stevenson. Among its unnamed translators are Thomas De Quincy, Robert Browning, and several others. Copies are found only in the British Museum, the Bodleian, the Boston Public, and the Library of Congress. The date had been excised(?) but is 1823. Bound in 3/4 green polished calf over marbled paper covered boards, raised bands, double brown morocco spine labels gilt, other compartments gilt decorated, all edges marbled with matching endpapers, marbled boards rubbed, spine rubbed or nicked, with a few chips to heads. A very good set.

Boston; 1834-1837: Ball and Marshal; John L. Sibly and Benjamin H. Greene, and William D. Ticknor. Small quarto. This comprises all three volumes, each in the original monthly parts fully illustrated throughout.. Volume I: 536 pages (Sept. 1834-August 1835). Voluime II: 520 pages (Sept. 1835--Aug. 1836) and Volume III, 486 pages (Oct. 1836-Sept. 1837). The publisher in 1836 gave Nathaniel Hawthorne his first job as an editor (though he was unnamed in the volumes and also unpaid). What is of particular interest to Hawthorne scholars begins in Volume II, pages 395-397 where Hawthorne has written: "The Duston Family". His account shows he knew Cotton Mather's Magnalia so he used that along with Peter Parley's Method of Telling About History and R.I. Munchk's The History of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Directly above the sketch on page 395 is an illustration from Parley which was copied and modified by the engraver. Samuel Goodrich or another of the officers of the company clearly directed Hawthorne to take… Read More

New York: (1830): Blakeman & Mason. 16mo. 64pp. Child's learning book describing and discussing all kinds of objects, each with an attractive woodcut drawing. Bound in green embossed cloth, spine plain, yellow endpapers, occasional spots of foxing or staining, short closed tear to outer margin of page 51Attractive pages with an occasional stain spot. Previous owner's gift inscription in pencil. A good copy.

Chicago: Boy Scouts of America, 1930. First Edition. 12mo. Pictorial Cover. 51 pp. Dark green cover with orange drawings by the author. No. 3196 in Boy Scouts of America Service Library. Some light soiling in text. Techniques and designs for totem poles, frequently used in Scout camping.

Glasgow; nd (ca.1899): David Bryce & Son. Octavo. 8 volumes in four contained in a box designed to look like a book, illustrated. Copies at the Folger, British Library, the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Cambridge, and the National Library of Scotland. Very rare. The Folger copy is in the Vault (C) and the notation is that it is restricted awaiting conservation and only available by special permission. A copy in the box appeared at the Anderson Gallery Auction in 1900. Books are bound in green cloth lettered and decorated in a black floral design with gilt lettering, reproduced on spines, each title with its own title pages, housed within a green cloth covered clamshell resembling a book, gilt lettering to upper board, spine lettered and decorated in a matching floral design with gilt lettering, publisher's full page label listing the contents mounted to the verso of the upper board. A very nice set with wear and old repair to the box.

London; Nd( but 1823): W. Simkin and R. Marshall. First Edition. Small Octavo. In three volumes: Each volume has a different vignette title page. Vol. I: 332, Vol. II: 316 and Vol. III: 349pp. A very scarce set on the German ghost, fairy tales and ghost stories influenced many of England's gothic writers. The Bottle Imp story was clearly used by Robert Lewis Stevenson. Among its unnamed translators are Thomas De Quincy, Robert Browning, and several others. Copies are found only in the British Museum, the Bodleian, the Boston Public, and the Library of Congress. The date had been excised(?) but is 1823. Bound in 3/4 green polished calf over marbled paper covered boards, raised bands, double brown morocco spine labels gilt, other compartments gilt decorated, all edges marbled with matching endpapers, marbled boards rubbed, spine rubbed or nicked, with a few chips to heads. A very good set.

Boston; 1834-1837: Ball and Marshal; John L. Sibly and Benjamin H. Greene, and William D. Ticknor. Small quarto. This comprises all three volumes, each in the original monthly parts fully illustrated throughout.. Volume I: 536 pages (Sept. 1834-August 1835). Voluime II: 520 pages (Sept. 1835--Aug. 1836) and Volume III, 486 pages (Oct. 1836-Sept. 1837). The publisher in 1836 gave Nathaniel Hawthorne his first job as an editor (though he was unnamed in the volumes and also unpaid). What is of particular interest to Hawthorne scholars begins in Volume II, pages 395-397 where Hawthorne has written: "The Duston Family". His account shows he knew Cotton Mather's Magnalia so he used that along with Peter Parley's Method of Telling About History and R.I. Munchk's The History of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Directly above the sketch on page 395 is an illustration from Parley which was copied and modified by the engraver. Samuel Goodrich or another of the officers of the company clearly directed Hawthorne to take… Read More