Poe, Edgar Allan. The Works Of The Late Edgar Allan Poe: With Notices of his Life and Genius. Vols 1 & 2. Edited/compiled by N.P. Willis, J.R. Lowell, and R.W. Griswold. NY: J. S. Redfield, 1850. 8vo. xx,483;495pp. Original blue-green cloth. Forms the first 2 volumes of a 4-volume series completed in 1856. Cloth with spine variant ''F'' (gilt lettering, blindstamped rules, filigree decorations on spines). Vol I lacks first two pages of ads at rear and lacks statement ''Was Published on the First of April''. 2nd printing. BAL 16158.
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Joints starting, edges partly worn. Tear to Vol I ffep and blank leaf.
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Fine & Rare Books, First Editions, Americana
3:30 PM PT - Dec 13th, 2007
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Quinn's & Waverly Auction Galleries
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Falls Church, VA 22046
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