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1895 The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
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Description
Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce
A scarce set of Poe's works, complete in ten volumes.
Including the short stories, poems and literary criticism of famed American writer Edgar Allan Poe, in the bright publisher's original cloth. A central figure of Romanticism in the United States, Poe is now best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre.
Edited by - and with notes from - Edmund Clarence Stedman and George Edward Woodberry.
Volume I illustrated with five plates, and featuring 'Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque'.
Volume II with four plates, and featuring 'Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque'.
Volume III with four plates, and featuring 'Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque'.
Volume IV with four plates, and featuring 'Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque'.
Volume V with four plates, and featuring 'Tales of Adventure and Exploration'.
Volume VI with two plates, and featuring Poe's literary criticism.
Volume VII with three plates, and featuring Poe's literary criticism.
Volume VII with two plates, and featuring Poe's literary criticism.
Volume IX with two plates, and featuring 'Eureka, and Miscellanies'.
Volume X with six plates, and featuring Poe's poems.
Collated, complete.
Condition
In the publisher's original cloth binding, with gilt detailing to back strip. Bumping to back strip heads and tails, with back strips lightly age toned, and boards bright. Front hinge of volumes I and VII slightly strained, but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound, but with volume I title page and following leaf detached and loosely inserted. Pages bright, with light spotting to leaves facing plates.
Very Good
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