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Price: US$61.36 + shipping
Description: THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, deckled page edges, vi + 430pp + 20pp ads to rear, VG- (ALL ILLUS/PLATES INC. FRONTIS MISSING, heavy bruising & chipping to spine extrems- some sl loss, light scuffing & bruising to board corners, moderate fading & tanning/staining to spine, moderate to heavy chafing/surface loss & dsicolouration to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate cracking to some gutters, varying degrees of foxing throughout- although adds to its character! occasional pencil markings to prelims)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Price: US$2254.46 + shipping
Description: Limited Edition No. 13 of 150 copies. 14.7 x 23 cm Bickers signed binding, half leather over marbled boards with gilt stamped boarders and titles to the spine. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Volume I, [ii] xxxix, 362[2]pp; Volume I,I [ii]vi, 430[2]pp; Volume II,I [x,] 304[2]pp; with 15 etchings and 3 photogravure. A near fine set beautifully bound with a couple of very light scratches to the boards. Internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate and just a hint of ghosting from some of the illustrations. A good looking early set with some excellent illustrations. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
Seller: Rainford & Parris Books - PBFA, Bishop's Stortford, United Kingdom
Edgar Allan Poe. The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe. John C Nimmo, London, 1884.
Price: US$3413.90 + shipping
Description: A beautifully illustrated and very smartly bound, limited edition of Edgar Allan Poe's works. In a lovely Bickers binding. Limited edition, numbered 14 of 150 copies printed with proof etchings on Japanese paper.With the bookplate of Robert Hyde Greg to the front pastedown of all volumes. Greg was an MP, industrialist, economist and antiquary.Beautifully illustrated throughout all volumes, a frontispiece and six plates to volume I, a frontispiece and three plates to volume II, frontispiece and three plates to volume III, , with a frontispiece and two plates to volume IV. Collated complete. In a half calf binding, with cloth covered boards. Externally, very smart. Slight fading to the spines. Light rubbing to the head and tail of spines. Bookplate to the front pastedown of all volumes, Robert Hyde Greg. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom