The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Ten Volumes
Description: Ten volumes of "The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe". Edited and chronologically arranged on basis of the standard text with certain additional material and with critical introduction by Charles F Richardson and illustrated by Frederick Simpson Coburn. Book-Lover's Eldorado Edition. Number 926 out of 1050 sets. Each volume with cream cloth boards, rough-cut pages, gilt to the top edges, and a gilt raven to the cover.
Markings & Inscriptions: Each volume inscribed with a previous owner's name
Date: 1902
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London; The Knickerbocker Press, New York
Dimensions: 9" x 16.25" x 6".
Provenance: From a Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania collection.
Condition: Wear to spines. Some separation to spines, more pronounced with second volume. Rubbing and minor losses to leather, some soiling to cloth covers. Occasional scattered foxing/staining to pages.
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Description: Ten volumes of "The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe". Edited and chronologically arranged on basis of the standard text with certain additional material and with critical introduction by Charles F Richardson and illustrated by Frederick Simpson Coburn. Book-Lover's Eldorado Edition. Number 926 out of 1050 sets. Each volume with cream cloth boards, rough-cut pages, gilt to the top edges, and a gilt raven to the cover.
Markings & Inscriptions: Each volume inscribed with a previous owner's name
Date: 1902
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London; The Knickerbocker Press, New York
Dimensions: 9" x 16.25" x 6".
Provenance: From a Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania collection.
Condition: Wear to spines. Some separation to spines, more pronounced with second volume. Rubbing and minor losses to leather, some soiling to cloth covers. Occasional scattered foxing/staining to pages.