The Murders in the Rue Morgue in Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. XVIII
$3,500 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books · No longer available
Phialdelphia, PA: George R. Graham, 1841. First appearance of Poe's groundbreaking short story The Murders in the Rue Morgue. Volume XVIII, lacking the March issue. Illustrated with steel-engraved plates and hand-colored fashion plates. Bound in contemporary half sheep over marbled boards with spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Good only with loss at crown, red rot at extremities. Scuffing to boards, light soiling to top
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