ISRAFEL. The Life and Times of Edgar Allan Poe. 2 Volumes in Slipcase. ( Signed )
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1926. The Shrine Edition. Hardcover. The Shrine Edition, 1926. Limited to 250 copies with this being hand numbered 230, SIGNED by author. A Very Good set in Very Good dust jackets with Good original slipcase. 8vo., 932 pp. in two volumes, top edge gilt, bound in publishers green cloth with titles in gilt on front covers and spines. with tan dust jackets. Housed in publishers brown paper covered slipcase with paper description pasted on side panel. Jacket spines are tanned with a few small chips/tears; small water stain volume I spine, overall light soiling. Cloth is clean, gilt is bright. End papers lightly toned. Short gift inscription inside volume II opposite half title page, otherwise text appears unmarked. Slipcase has rubbing along edges with some light soiling to pastedown. SCARCE in dust jackets. BAL 7, p. 150. Very Good / Very Good. Item #37232
This limited, numbered edition of two hundred and fifty copies autographed by the author is especially prepared for the Edgar Allan Poe Shrine Richmond, Virginia.
Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who became famous for his dark and macabre tales. His work is considered a major influence on American and international literature, and he's often credited as the inventor of Gothic Literature.
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