Search results for: 'POE, Edgar Allan.'
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POE, Edgar Allan. The Works.New York : 1903
The Autograph edition, one of a limited edition of 150 numbered copies signed by the editors and publisher on the limitation leaf. The set collects all of Poe's works together with a biographic memoir and six volumes of literary criticism. Editors Edmund Clarence Stedman and George Edward Woodberry were both well-known poets, literary critics, and scholars.... Learn More£4,500.00Stock Code: 103856
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POE, Edgar Allan. The Poetical Works.London : 1853
First edition thus, under the title of "The Poetical Works", published as part of Addey's Illustrated Classics series, this one dedicated to Rossetti. Hannay's collection was seen as the definitive collection of Poe's poetry, and "maintained its popularity for decades". An attractive early illustrated edition; preceded only by Vizetelly's Tales (1852).... Learn More£800.00Stock Code: 144318
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POE, Edgar Allan. The Poetical Works.London : 1853
First UK collected edition, and the first separately-published collected edition of Poe's poetry (Poe's collected works of prose and poetry were published in three volumes in the US the same year). The volume includes an introductory essay and biography of Poe by James Hannay, who dedicated the edition to Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Learn More£1,000.00Stock Code: 144453
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POE, Edgar Allan. The Works.New York : 1894-95
A handsomely bound set. Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 38711
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POE, Edgar Allan. Tales.New York : 1845
First edition, first printing, with the New York imprint, one of 1,500 copies issued; this copy with the half-title present.
This collection of 12 tales features some of Poe's most significant fantastical stories, such as the horrific "The Black Cat", which contains "a complementary mixture of supernaturalism and dramatic irony" (Magill, p.... Learn More£27,500.00Stock Code: 136458
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POE, Edgar Allan. The Works.Chicago : 1894
A handsomely bound set. There is extra material in volume VII, which was previously unpublished. This material is; the final paragraph of "Plagiarism," "An Author's Face," "Apothegms," "Hyperism," and the eleven pieces on pp.336-349. It also has the first American publication of " The Journal of Julius Rodman" in volume V. Learn More£3,750.00Stock Code: 114677
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POE, Edgar Allan. The Works.New York : 1914
Edition limited of 204 numbered copies of which this is number 181, printed on Old Stratford paper and signed by the publisher on the limitation page. A particularly bright and handsome set. Learn More£2,750.00Stock Code: 122433
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CLARKE, Harry (illus.); POE, Edgar Allan. Tales of Mystery and Imagination.New York : 1933
First Tudor edition in the publisher's box. The first version of Harry Clarke's illustrations of Tales of Mystery and Imagination (without colour plates) was published in the UK in 1919, followed by an edition with colour plates in 1923. Learn More£875.00Stock Code: 107047
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POE, Edgar Allan, & Charles Baudelaire (trans.) Histoires extraordinaires; Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires.Paris : 1884
First editions thus, each number 66 of 100 copies on Japon paper, of Poe's classic tales, extra-illustrated and and with an original watercolour in both volumes by noted Swiss artist Evert van Muyden (1853-1922), who left Rome to study at Geneva's Beaux-Arts around 1884. Van Muyden is best known for his illustrations of plants and animals inspired by... Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 141759
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RACKHAM, Arthur. Complete deluxe limited editions set.1905–51
IRVING, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. London: William Heinemann, 1905
Quarto. Original vellum, titles to spine and front board gilt, pictorial image blocked in gilt to front cover, brown endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, cream ribbon ties. Housed in a custom green cloth slipcase. Colour frontispiece and 49 colour plates mounted on brown... Learn More£100,000.00Stock Code: 144251
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IRVING, Washington; COBURN, Frederick Simpson (illus.) Rip Van Winkle.New York : 1905
An attractively-bound copy of Washington Irving's classic work, illustrated by Frederick Simpson Coburn (1871-1960), a Canadian painter who illustrated a number of authors, including Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and Robert Browning. The first Coburn-illustrated edition of Rip Van Winkle was published in 1899. Learn More£150.00Stock Code: 123554
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ARABIAN NIGHTS; GALLAND, Antoine (trans.) Les mille & une nuits.Paris : 1881
Limited edition, from a stated issue of 10 copies printed on japon (this copy unnumbered); a further 170 copies were issued printed on Holland paper, 20 on China paper, and 20 on Whatman paper. The publishing company Librairie des bibliophiles was founded by Damase Jouast (1834-1893) to publish exceptional editions of the great works of French and world... Learn More£650.00Stock Code: 130843
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DICKENS, Charles. Barnaby Rudge.Philadelphia : 1842 [i.e. 1841]
First US edition in book form, inscribed by the author on his first visit to America on the vignette title page: "George Morris from Charles Dickens New York. First June 1842".
The recipient was the noted American journalist and poet George Pope Morris (1802-1864), editor and founder of various papers including the New-York Mirror and Ladies'... Learn More£45,000.00Stock Code: 143156
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DICKENS, Charles. The Old Curiosity Shop.Philadelphia : 1842
Second US edition in book form, inscribed by the author on his first visit to America on the title page: "George Morris from Charles Dickens New York. First June 1842".
The recipient was the noted American journalist and poet George Pope Morris (1802-1864), editor and founder of various papers including the New-York Mirror and Ladies' Literary... Learn More£45,000.00Stock Code: 143159
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PARGETER, Edith, as Ellis Peters. Death and the Joyful Woman.London : 1961
First edition, first impression of the author's third novel as Ellis Peters, for which she was awarded the Edgar Allan Poe Award by the Mystery Writers of America. "Ellis Peters became Pargeter's most successful literary incarnation and the name by which she is best known as a writer" (ODNB). Scarce in anything approaching this condition. Learn More£875.00Stock Code: 107102
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CHAMBERS, Robert W. The King in Yellow.Chicago & New York : 1895
First edition of this collection of short stories, the second book from American author Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933). Bleiler called The King in Yellow "a mind destroying book" (Bleiler) and "one of the most important works of supernatural horror between Edgar Allan Poe and modern horror fiction" (Bleiler, Supernatural Fiction Writers, p. 739). Of... Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 139919
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DOUGLAS, Norman. Experiments.London : 1925
First UK trade edition, first impression, originally printed privately at Florence in April 1925. "The text differs from both the privately printed and American editions. It contains the revised version of "D. H. Lawrence and Maurice Magnus: A Plea for Better Manners", not included in the privately printed edition, and the book-reviews and dedication... Learn More£75.00Stock Code: 97955
