The Mask of the Red Death," "Life in Death," and four other pieces in GRAHAM'S MAGAZINE. Vols. XX & XXI: Jan. 1842-Dec. 1842 by (POE, Edgar Allan) - 1842

Independently published, 2020-04-07. Paperback. Used:Good.

Independently published, 2020-04-07. Paperback. Used: Good.

Number 482 of only 500 copies signed by the illustrator to the limitation page. Quarter black cloth under brown linen boards with 16 colored lithographs throughout. Gilt title to spine. Housed in a matching brown slipcase with minor wear to corners and edges (see image). No previous owners' names or other defacements.
11.25 x 15 in or 28.5 x 38 cm

Philadelphia: George R. Graham, 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. Moderately foxed throughout, as usually the case; wear with some loss to boards and light wear to joints but binding firm. Very Good. Two volumes bound in one, publisher's gilt-lettered brown morocco leather and boards with matching leather corners. Illustrated with numerous steel engravings and 7 color plates (5 fashion plates). First appearance in print of these six Poe works: “The Mask of The Red Death”; “Life in Death”; “An Appendix of Autographs”; “A Few Words About Brainard”; “To One Departed”; and “The Poetry of Rufus Dawes.” Also with contributions by Charles Dickens, James Fennimore Cooper, Henry Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, and others.

George Rex Graham, 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine, volumes XX-XXI, comprising the whole of 1842; the editor's position shifted from Poe to Griswold in April of that year. Green half-leather with gilt spine titling and decoration; green marbled paper boards; heavy shelf-wear and edgewear including rubbing, scraping, bumped and frayed spine ends and fore-edge corners, one inch of loss to the leather at spine head. Marbled textblock edges. Hinges cracked; the revealed threads are secure here. The last pages of the April issue, comprising the illustrations between pages 254 and 255, have pulled from the thread binding and are nearly fully split in the gutter, holding only by a small part at bottom margin. All pages present, and no other pages appear to be loosening. Faded, illegible previous owner's name or phrase inked to FFEP. Pages foxed; occasional dampstaining. Interior else clean and unmarked. With contributions from Edgar… Read More