PROSE TALES (FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD SERIES); LITERARY CRITICISM; POEMS AND ESSAYS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND A LIFE; EUREKA, MARGINALIA, A CHAPTER ON AUTOBIOGRAPHY, THE LITERATI: Six (6) Volume Set/Illustrated Sterling Edition
by Poe, Edgar Allan/Stoddard, Richard Henry
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Dana Estes & Company (1884) Original green cloth covers w/ gilt titles on spines. Bindings a bit rubbed at extremities but quite nice with the spine of volume 1 being more worn and soiled than the rest. Top edges gilt. Light scattered foxing. Several leaves in each volume dog-eared. Each volume illustrated w/ b/w plates, one volume also illustrated w/ fold-outs. Overall, a nice set for the collector.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24374LIT
- Title
- PROSE TALES (FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD SERIES); LITERARY CRITICISM; POEMS AND ESSAYS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND A LIFE; EUREKA, MARGINALIA, A CHAPTER ON AUTOBIOGRAPHY, THE LITERATI: Six (6) Volume Set/Illustrated Sterling Edition
- Author
- Poe, Edgar Allan/Stoddard, Richard Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Dana Estes & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Keywords
- LITERATURE FICTION GENERAL POETRY POEMS POETS PROSE POETIC WORKS POETICAL WORKS LITERARY WORKS AUTHORS AMERICAN WRITERS POE EDGAR ALLAN 1809 1849
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Literature/Poetry;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
Established in 1992, we are family owned and operated. We strive to provide excellent customer service and our inventory is hand picked for the best quality and subject matter. Our diverse inventory of used, rare and out of print books, as well as ephemera, covers most areas of interest and favors more the uncommon or unusual titles.
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- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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