The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe. Together with His Essays on the Poetic Principle and the Philosophy of Composition, and a Critical Memoir. With Illustrations by John Tenniel, Birket Foster, Percival Skelton, and Others. London: Ward, Lock, & Co. Undated but circa 1890.
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Provenance:
Ink ownership inscriptions of Edward Seholfield Shamforth (?) and Kathleen Speight.
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Size: 130 x 186 mm (approx.)
Condition:
[frontis, t.p., v-cxi, 254pp.]
Half green calf over green morocco with a tooled label to the spine in a compartment between raised bands, other compartments with simple decorative gilt. Binding lightly rubbed. The spine and the tooled label sunned. Both boards securely attached with rubbing along joints. Shelf and edge wear. Marbled page edges slightly dulled. Spine lightly cocked. No attached bookplates. Ownership inscriptions to the front blank. Text block very clean with very light edge toning and occasional foxing, the foxing more prominent to the first few and last few leaves.
