The Raven by Poe, Edgar Allan - 1980

(Easthampton, MA: Cheloniidae Press, 1980. Robinson, Alan James. Folio. (13)ff. One of 125 copies signed by the artist. This copy also with a signed pencil drawing of Poe's portrait. The haunted tone of Poe's poetry is echoed in the five full-page etchings of The Raven by Alan James Robinson, who has titled and signed each one in pencil. This is Robinson's first interpretation of The Raven, and it has remained one of his finest and most sought after publications. In addition, the wood-engraved vignettes that appear on the title page and colophon are printed on Japanese paper, signed and numbered by Robinson, and are laid into this copy, along with a third proof of the colophon raven, also signed. Bound in somber-colored marbled paper. A fine copy in the publisher's morocco-backed folding case, which shows slight rubbing and bumping to corners. Signed copy of the prospectus laid in.