The Gift

Philadelphia: Cary and Hart, 1845. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full brown calf binding, black leather spine label printed in gilt. Aeg. Near fine. 300 pages. 22 x 15 cm. Second issue without date on title or copyright date, and without printed title. First appearance of THE PURLOINED LETTER, with twelve steel engraved plates including frontispiece with tissue guards.… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1839. First Edition / First Appearance . Original Morocco. Very Good. 7 1/4 x 4 3/4. Steel engravings. Philadelphia: Cary & Hart, 1839. First appearance of Poe's short story, "William Wilson", Pp. 229-253 in The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1840. Whole volume offered. viii, [17]-328 pp. With 8… Read more about this item

1840. Hard Cover. (Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1840 [but May 1839]. Edited by Miss Leslie. FIRST APPEARANCE OF WILLIAM WILSON by EDGAR ALLAN POE. Frontispiece; engraved title page, and regular title page. Publisher's maroon morocco, elaborately stamped In gilt on spine and on front and rear boards; pale yellow end-papers; all edges gilt. 9… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New.

Carey & Hart, 1841. Hardcover. Good. The Gift (annual) for 1842, featuring the first-ever appearance of Edgar Allan Poe's 'Eleanora.' Black boards with titling and elaborate decoration in gilt; boards scuffed and edgeworn, frayed to corners, front outer hinge starting and rear outer hinge split at top 3.5 inches. Inner hinges strong; gutter cracked at page two, with… Read more about this item

Hardback. New.

Carey and Hart, 1842. Hardcover. Good. The Gift (annual) for 1843, featuring the first-ever appearance of Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Pit and the Pendulum.' Brown boards with titling and elaborate decoration in gilt, with age-soil, heavy shelf-wear and edgewear, including minor loss to spine. Gilt textblock edges, the gilt rubbed and a little dulled. Rear inner hinge split;… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New.

Carey And Hart, 1843 Gilt-decorated red leather quarto, Carey And Hart, 1843. Minor foxing of pages. Fine condition. Gold-leaf. 328pp. First appearance of The Pit and the Pendulum. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine.