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London: Short & Co, 1846. Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-49). Mesmerism "in articulo mortis." An astounding & horrifying narrative, shewing the extraordinary power of mesmerism in arresting the progress of death. 16pp. London: Short & Co., 1846. 213 x 138 mm. Without wrappers as issued; preserved in a cloth folding case. Light toning but a fine copy. Bookplate of American book collector Edward Hubert Litchfield (1879-1949). First Separate Edition of Poe's gruesome short story on the occult "powers" of mesmerism, originally published under the title "The facts in the case of M. Valdemar" in The American Whig Review of December 1845. "Poe plays with the idea that a dying person may be so imbued with magnetic fluid by a mesmerist that he can remain, although dead, in a kind of suspended death for months, until released by the mesmerist—at which point his body immediately turns into a pile of stinking, putrid slime. Taking it to be factual, people seriously debated whether such a horrifying use of mesmerism… Read More

Williamsburg, 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. .

POE, Edgar Allen. Tales of Mystery and Imagination. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: George G. Harrap [1935]. 4to, 318pp. White vellum pictorially stamped in gilt; t.e.g. Pictorial endpapers; 12 tipped-in color plates with captioned tissue guards, 17 full-page b&w illustrations and numerous smaller b&w illustrations, and two-color illustrated title. Spine ends and corners slightly rubbed, spine slightly soiled and sunned, else an unusually fine copy. Signed by the artist, Arthur Rackham.
First Rackham-illustrated edition, limited issue being one of 460 signed and numbered copies. Poe's haunting tales of terror and murder are brought to wondrous life in Arthur Rackham's powerfully chilling watercolor illustrations and pen-and-ink drawings. Featuring 25 of Poe's most beloved stories including The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Pit and the Pendulum, and The Cask of Amontillado. One of Rackham's best!

London: George G. Harrap & Co, 1935. No. 36 OF 460 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR, 450 of which were for sale. 272 x 197 mm. (10 5/8 x 7 3/4"). 317, [1] pp. Publisher's special binding of gilt-decorated vellum over boards, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed and about one-third UNOPENED. In the original (somewhat scuffed and worn) blue paperboard slipcase with paper title label to spine. Half title and title vignettes in gold, 11 illustrations in the text, and 29 plates (12 in color and mounted) by Arthur Rackham. Latimore & Haskell, pp. 72-73; Houfe, p. 424; Hudson, p. 172. ◆One corner rather bumped, otherwise A LOVELY COPY--clean, fresh, and bright internally, in a binding remarkably free of the soiling and splaying that usually affects vellum books like this one. While Rackham did illustrations for a great many books, Houfe observes that he concentrated "particularly [on] those of a mystical, magic, or legendary background," a fact that makes his work on Poe's "Tales of Mystery and… Read More

24 leaves of full page illustrations by Harry Clarke. Rear hinge cracked near bottom edge, some discoloration to vellum, foxing to front and rear endpapers and several leaves at front of book, contents and plates very clean. Number 68 of 170 copies numbered and signed by Clarke.

Signet / New American Library. As New. 1968. Paperback. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW, THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE, CLEAN, UNMARKED, AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - 285 pages -- with a bonus offer-- .

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Philadelphia: Tyndale, Mitchell & Co, 1870. Third Edition. Pamphlet. Good. The third separate printing of The Raven, following a Glasgow edition in 1869 (listed as BAL 16216 but not seen) and the illustrated version published by W. Jennings Demorest about July 1870 (Demorest's Illustrated Monthly printed an illustrated version of The Raven in its May 1870 issue of the magazine; by July of that year, Jennings Demorest was advertising the book version at 25 cents in wrappers and 50 cents in cloth). BAL (16213) also records an 1862 sheet music version. This edition, illustrated with four wood engravings by David Scattergood printed in black ink on a brown background, appears to have been offered as a premium by an enterprising printer who sold the idea to a number of companies near the end of 1870. This version was issued by Tyndale, Mitchell & Co., importers of china and stoneware from Europe. Johns Hopkins records a version from Singer Manufacturing and Brown has one from P. P. Hayes, a silversmith… Read More

HARDBACK, NO DUSTJACKET ISSUED, 1883 ON COPYRIGHT PG , NO DATE ON TITLE PG, 1st edition THUS, First PRINTING, Octavo. Unpaginated. VG+/NF, NO JACKET ISSUED ,Original brown cloth binding with mulit-colour image SILVER BIRD PALLAS and gilt lettering. Gilt foredges top, side, bottom. Very dark brown endpapers. Heavy buff stock. Seventeen illustrations by W. L.Taylor. Book in very good+ to near fine condition with slight wear to head and foot of spine. First thus. TINY NICK ON SPINE CVR , It tells of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man's slow descent into madness. The lover, often identified as being a student, is lamenting the loss of his love, Lenore. The raven, sitting on a bust of Pallas (the goddess of wisdom), seems to further instigate his distress with its constant repetition of the word "Nevermore". The poem makes use of a number of folk and classical references. Poe claimed to have written the poem very logically and methodically. His intention was to… Read More

Hardback NO DUSTJACKET ISSUED, 1845, 1st Edition, 2nd Printing, and the first to appear under Poe's name. 2 VOLS IN 1, USED VG, Hardcover. Rubbing to the edges. Bound in three-quarter leather, with the owner's embossed on the front IN GOLD GILT. AEG (all edges gilt) . Clean & tight, with some foxing. Besides the second appearance in print of Poe's "The Raven", contains a number of hand-colored plates. ; Small 4to . 378 pages . RAISED BANDS ON BROWN LEATHER SPINE LITE RUB WEAR SOME SCUFF GOLD GILT , Frontispiece woodblock of " Entry in Ark in b/w by Seba Smith" B&w engraved plates and hand- colored floral plates, Contributions also by William Cullen Bryant, Felicia Hemans, Whittier, Washington Irving and others, Rebacked, Binding WORN, In Rubbed CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO LEATHER , Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" is the last work in the volume pg. 376. Includes works by J. G. Whittier, Seba Smith on N. American Indians, John B. Newman ETC , THE Original Printing of Poe's Poem Raven was also… Read More

J.K. Wellman, New YorK, 1845. Hardback NO DUSTJACKET ISSUED, 1845, 1st Edition, 2nd Printing, and the first to appear under Poe's name ,SCUFFED & Rubbed CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO LEATHER Boards with Gold Gilt Design on Front WITH Gold Gilt Name, Joseph D. Smalley in the Center Front Cvr, Spine Titled & Lined in Gold Gilt with WEAR & SCUFF on Spine., Magazines bound into Hardback, VG+/Good+, NO DustJACKET, SOLD AS-IS, includes The Raven by Poe, 1st edition, 2nd Printing, Slight Chipping Tears Corner Covers, , Interior Some FOXing & , occassional stains. . Hinges Relatively Tight. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4 in Approx, Text block tight. Some scuffing to top and bottom of spine and corners. , " Mrs. Sedgwick has some pieces as does Rev. T.H. Stockton and others. Many articles about women! Many about Christianity! Plus articles about a huge array of subjects! 378 pages. Some foxing, an occassional light stain wear pgs. Light Aging Light Wrinkling some interior Pages O/W Nice. 8VO., Gold Gilt on Outer… Read More

Hardback NO DUSTJACKET ISSUED, 1845, 1st Edition, 2nd Printing 2 VOLS IN 1,Ex-Hill Library with usual markings; , and the first to appear under Poe's name. USED VG, Hardcover. Rubbing to the COVER edges. Bound in three-quarter leather, with the owner's embossed on the front IN GOLD GILT. AEG (all edges gilt) . Clean & tight, with some foxing. Besides the second appearance in print of Poe's "The Raven", contains a number of hand-colored plates. ; Small 4to ; 378 pages . contemporary red gilt and blind-tooled cloth, shelf wear, hinge repair; ex-Hill Library with usual markings; early bookseller's description to front pastedown endpaper. hand painted Color flower botanical plates adorn this volume! Plain endpapers FoXed have Angel BOOKPLATE attached Endpapers , Frontispiece woodblock of " Entry in Ark in b/w by Seba Smith" B&w engraved plates and hand- colored floral plates, Contributions also by William Cullen Bryant, Felicia Hemans, Whittier, Washington Irving and others, Rebacked, Binding… Read More

London: George Routledge, 1896. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5". Not Stated. A very bright and smart complete six volume set of Edgar Allan Poe's writings. A beautiful set, being the 'Fordham' edition. Illustrated, with a frontispiece to each volume. Volume I has an additional six folding facsimile plates. Volumes II and IV both have an additional plate. Therefore, eight plates across all volumes and six folding facsimiles. A very bright six volume set of this 'Fordham' edition. The Fordham edition was produced to lighten Poe's dark, mysterious image with the reading public. It was first issued in 1884. This is the second issue, published in 1896 which enhances the appearance of the books, with the gilt decorative scrolling to the spines. This second issue is the first to include the essays and memoirs by Richard Henry Stoddard. Richard Henry Stoddard was an American critic and poet. He was a major figure in New York, and is arguable one of the most knowledgeable experts on Edgar Allan… Read More

Vienna: Wolfgang Buchta, 2002. Near Fine. Lovely 2002 self-published, fine press edition of Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart", with 24 aquatint etchings by Austrian artist Wolfgand Buchta (who also published this edition). LIMITED TO ONLY 43 COPIES (THIS BEING #18), EACH SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY THE ARTIST AT THE LIMITATION. A clean, crisp, easily Near Fine copy in its patterned, dark-chocolate boards, with just the slightest hint of light spotting-- and very faint, occasional scuffing-- at the panels. Tall, thin folio, Poe's immortal text very artfully accompanied by Buchta's evocative etchings along each margin. An impressive early 20th century Fine Press editon of one of Poe's classic tales.

London: Hodder & Stoughton. Limited Edition. Full Vellum. Near Fine. Edmund Dulac. Folio. Limited Edition of 750 copies SIGNED by Dulac, this being No. 178. Full vellum with ornate gilt decoration to upper cover and spine, top edge gilt others untrimmed, unpaginated, 28 full-colour plates tipped-in and framed, each with printed tissue guard, 10 headpieces. Negligible offsetting to endpapers, otherwise interior fine, crisp, and bright. Lower covers very lightly soiled, lacking the the tie closure, else a near fine copy of a very beautiful book.

New Jersey or New York: Al Capp, 1930. UNIQUE. Framed. Very Good. Al Capp. Oil painting framed (15 1/2" H by 18 5/8" W; image: 13 7/16" x 16 7/16") signed by Al Capp with facial caricature of a man with bulbous eyes & two teeth plus initials; with the Edgar Allen Poe-based caption "Nevermore" in gold with black highlighting and double underlining, above a cartoon of a drunken black raven with orange beak passed out upside down in a martini glass while still holding an olive with pimento. On the tattered brown paper backing, there is the ink inscription: "PRESENT from MR. ACE" / The One and Only 1981" and an old browned newspaper cut-out of an Edgar Allen Poe caricature (see below). Panel beneath the brown paper reads: Visit our Grecian Art Pavilion Ltd. Home of the "Hellenic Art Festival" Exquisite Oil Paintings, Watercolors and select Handicrafts by Greek Artists 95-42 Queens Blvd. Rego Park N.Y. 11374 (212) 275-1745 Opposite… Read More

Cobargo : The Croft Press, 1990. Tall folio, black cloth with pictorial printed label, 16pp plus six original full-page woodcuts by Rick Amor. Printed by Jim and Ruth Walker and co-published by Richard Griffin. Limited to 100 copies, of which ten were bound in leather, this is one of the 90 standard versions. Includes an additional original woodcut signed and numbered by Amor loosely enclosed. The blocks were cancelled upon completion of this book. A fine Australian private press. “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary…""  

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co, 1935. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket.. First US edition of Rackham's illustrated rendition of Poe's short stories, in the original dust jacket. TALES OF MYSTERY & IMAGINATION represents a rarely seen side of Golden Age great Arthur Rackham. Best known for his ethereal illustrations for fairy tales and classic stories, his art for this volume of is eerie and sometimes gruesome, complimenting Poe's gothic stories. Includes classics like "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Masque of the Red Death," and "The Fall of the House of Usher." Delightfully spooky. 9.75'' x 7.5''. Original red cloth boards with black stamping. Original unclipped ($5.00) color pictorial dust jacket. Red topstain. Pictorial endpapers with skeletons in black and white. Illustrated with color frontispiece with text-printed guardpaper, 11 color plates with text-printed guardpapers, and 17 black-and white plates. 318 pages. Small ink owner name… Read More

Hodder and Stoughton, 1912. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Dulac, Edmond. Signed by Author(s). Limited Edition. Number 220 of 750 autographed copies from the illustrator Edmund Dulac. Stunningly illustrated with 28 color plates. Front cover with fading and wear to outer edge, (see image), moderate wear to corners, silk ribbon is worn and front cover with bend. Interior pages bright and clean with no marks or writings, binding sound. Z1 More images upon request.

Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1843. First Edition . Very Good. First Edition, 8vo, bound in full-leather with gilt tooling on both covers and spine, a.e.g, 328 pages. Illustrated with eight engravings, all present. Binding has some wear at corners and edges, but is attractive with gilt tooling on a tan, age-toned leather, spine somewhat darkened; top of spine has 2 small splits and is worn, medium foxing throughout. The date, 1843, appears on the spine, on the printed title page and on the engraved title page; the date 1842 appears on the copyright page. A gift inscription appears twice - on the front free end page and the first blank reading, "Phebe T. Bussell's book / Presented by her father / Feb. 19, 1845." On pages 133 to 151 is the first appearance of Edgar Allan Poe's classic short story The Pit and the Pendulum.