Conchologist's First Book
by Poe, Edgar Allan
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, 1840. Second edition revised & enlarged. Hardcover. Good. 16mo, 166 pages, quarter calf, printed boards, covers rubbed.
This is Poe's remarkable adaptation of Thomas Brown's text-book of conchology. This has added American species coverage, and a new Introduction by Poe. Illustrated with 12 lithographic plates by Duval of Philadelphia. Note: with state B of Plate 3 ( no priority) with the title as "Part of Shells" [ see BAL 16131, 16132 ].
This is Poe's remarkable adaptation of Thomas Brown's text-book of conchology. This has added American species coverage, and a new Introduction by Poe. Illustrated with 12 lithographic plates by Duval of Philadelphia. Note: with state B of Plate 3 ( no priority) with the title as "Part of Shells" [ see BAL 16131, 16132 ].
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- Bookseller
- Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0009006
- Title
- Conchologist's First Book
- Author
- Poe, Edgar Allan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second edition revised & enlarged
- Publisher
- Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1840
- Keywords
- edgar allan poe, conchology,
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About the Seller
Thomas J. Joyce And Company
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Chicago, Illinois
About Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
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