LEATHER; EDGAR ALLAN POE Poetical Works! Poetry Full Calf! Raven Horror

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The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe. Complete in one volume. Printed in 1909. Full gilded calf leather. The binding is original. With Three Essays on Poetry. Oxford Edition by Poe, Edgar Allan and edited by R. Brimley Johnson London: Henry Frowde / Oxford University Press 1909. 8 inches tall. lx, 316 pp. Full Tree Calf Oxford binding with gilt borders to boards. Decorative gilt floral design to spine with leather title label. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers and portrait of Poe as frontispiece. Some heavy spotting to endpapers, but generally internally clean. Ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Contains the original tipped-in note at p. xi acknowledging Brimley Johnson's breach of copyright. A nice copy. Near Fine with rubbed hinges. Full Tree Calf. 1909. A gorgeous book worthy of gifting.

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