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Price: US$818.00 + shipping
Description: GUSTAVE DORE. First Edition. Edgar Allan Poe, Raven,GUSTAVE DORE. Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case for the exquisite illustrated book. Size of edition 18.5 x 14.5 (Please note! When you order please include the dimensions of the book since sizes may vary with age!). Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box is Gilt-stamped at the spine. The case is finished in rich black Leather with a 'sculpted design of a raven and skull with Gold on the side. Velour finished interior. Every TBCL case can be finished in a selection of fine leathers & cloths or Nuba® or a combination of both. Nuba® is a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck leather. This clamshell is perfectly sized to accommodate your first edition. A Handsome Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. Generally over 100 in-stock titles. Custom Craft available upon request. Book definitely NOT included. Photographs Upon Request.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven. Harper and Brothers, 1884.
Price: US$1225.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "The Raven"- one of the most famous American poems, written by Edgar Allan Poe, and first published in 1845. Illustrated by the French artist Gustave Doré, with commentary by Edmund C. Stedman. This is the first American edition, published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1884. Elephant folio 14" by 18". Original grey cloth boards with beveled edges, all edges gilt, black stamped title, bearing a door and smoke on the front cover behind a large angel with gilt-stamped wings. Composed of commentary, followed by The Poem, followed by alternating pages of text lines and corresponding full page illustration. Includes 26 engravings by Gustave Dore, the preeminent French engraver. All engravings are present. Gift inscription on title page to Zenaida Talbot (1892-1979) from her father Dr. C. Hart Merriam. Clinton Hart Merriam (1855 - 1942) was an American zoologist, mammalogist, ornithologist, entomologist, ecologist, ethnographer, geographer, naturalist and physician. He was commonly known as the 'father of mammalogy'. Condition: Good. Boards are lightly soiled, corners are bumped and rubbed. Small areas of foxing throughout. Half-title page has a small picture of Poe laid in. Front endpaper has shadow of previous bookplate. The first illustration ("Nevermore") is loose from binding, but is present. All pages have a 7½" long, 1½" high waterstain on the bottom right edge. Several pages have a crease, but none of the illustrations do. Illustrations are on a heavier paper than the text. Front and rear hinges starting. Front joint is split 2½" at the top front, and 1" at bottom front. A few pages have a closed 1¼" tear. Open ¼" tear on text page with "Doubting, dreaming dreams."
Seller: Cedar Tree Antiques, Upland, CA, U.S.A.
Poe, Edgar Allan; Stedman, Edmund C.. The Raven. Harper & Brothers, 1884.
Price: US$1506.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First American edition thus. Corners exposed, boards a bit rubbed and lightly soiled with abrasion along front edge, one page loose but included, 2 inch stain along top margin of first third of pages. 1884 Large Hardcover. 23, [1], followed by 25 unpaginated engraved plates (Dore's 26th engraving appears on p. 17). Elephant folio: 18 1/2 x 14 5/8. Original grey cloth boards with beveled edges, all page edges gilt, black stamped titles. Front board decorated with an image of an angel with gilt-stamped wings. A variant exists which includes purple embellishments, mainly to the angel's face and body - these are not present here. Includes 27 engravings: 26 from illustrations by Gustave Dore, and a title vignette from an illustration by Elihu Vedder. This was Dore's last published work, released the year after his death. It was published simultaneously in the United Kingdom, also in elephant folio format, but with a somewhat less attractive cover. During his career, Dore established himself as among the most skilled artists working in the medium of wood, copper, and steel engravings, and produced illustrated editions of numerous important works of literature, including the Holy Bible, Paradise Lost, The Divine Comedy, Don Quixote, and The Tempest. The original engravings were large format pieces, and thus many publications featuring Dore's works are elephant folios. Many reprints were (and still are) produced, though, often in smaller formats. These are characterized by loss of detail in the illustrations due to resizing of images, and the use of different printing methods. As such, imprints featuring the illustrations in their original incarnation are particularly sought after.
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2300.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition thus. Rare. Gigantic 15" x 19" elephant folio design weighing over seven lbs. Beautifully illustrated beveled boards in bright gilt and crisp black on grey-green b.g., some shelf, corner wear, rub, discoloration. Cover depicts crouching angel holding key and candle with richly decorated, gilded wings. Pages and plates generally very good, clean; few with moderate discoloration. Bright gilded text block at all sides. Dark brown pastedown and end pages. Bind good, intact; hinges reinforced. Wood engraved frontispiece of Pallas w/busts of Poe and Doré designed by Elihu Vedder. Additionally, twenty-six full-page illustrated plates of Gustave Doré grace the large volume from various engravers. Doré's mystical and chillingly macabre imagery illuminate Poe's eerie poem of sadness and longing for the dearest Lenore. Doré passed a year previous in January, 1883 after completing this, his last commission. With comment on Poe's narrative poem by Edmund C. Stedman. Near very good rarity and much better than most of this large elephan folio. Insured post. Size: Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Description: Elephant folio [46.5 cm]; hardcover in custom Morocco clamshell box. Gray pictorial cloth with full-cover angel illustration by Doré stamped in gold and black on the front board. All edges gilt. A beautiful and unusually fresh copy housed in a striking custom caramel-colored morocco clamshell box with raised bands, gilt rules, and gray morocco title labels on the spine. A few very minor flaws: one tissue guard with a few old creases, now mellowed; another tissue guard with a one-inch closed tear at lower margin; and another with expert repair to half-inch tear at lower margin. Verso of one plate and opposite tissue guard with light offsetting due to a previously laid-in card. Very slight soiling to the front board. Altogether, Very Good+ book in Fine custom clamshell box. A lovely, well-preserved copy with all leaves fresh, binding bright and tight, and corners sharp â" perhaps the nicest copy of this work that we have handled. Illustrated with twenty-six engravings by the preeminent French Victorian artist, Gustave Doré. The first edition thus of this beautifully illustrated edition of the classic Poe poem. This was Doré's last book, published a year after his death. Six-page introduction by Edmund Stedman, "plainly there was something in common in the working moods of Poe and Doré." The Poe-Doré combination is indeed one of the most revered author-illustrator relationships. Title page vignette designed by Elihu Vedder. *If shipping, this item will require extra postage charges due to its size and weight.*.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.