Description

Hardcover, full brown genuine leather binding, decorated in gold with raised spine. All edges gilt, orange silk moire end-papers and silk ribbon marker bound-in. Printed on archival acid-neutral paper. 366 pages. Introduction by Vincent Starrett. Illustrated with full-page macabre gravures from William Sharpe’s aquatints and with a portrait of Edgar Allan Poe by Raymond F. Houlihan, especially commissioned for this edition. Contains publisher’s preface as per usual. First Easton Press edition thus. A title in the 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series, Collector’s Edition. Neat previous owner’s book-plate on half-title page. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Near Fine. A large, heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage.