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POE, Edgar Allan.

Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1930. Hardcover. Illustrations by W.A. Dwiggins. Small 8vo. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering, rules and decorations and grey decorative paper over boards, green gilt-sprinkled paper-over-boards slipcase with paper spine label. 495pp. Top edge gilt. Full-page illustrations, decorations. Fine/very good. Volume is remarkably, uncannily bright and pristine; slipcase shows mild age toning. Item #49454

Outstanding first of this edition, with rear colophon noting limitation of 1,000 copies. Tight, hefty compilation of all of Poe's important fictional writing. Gilt as fresh as the day applied and text block as white as the day printed.

Price: $395.00