“William Wilson. A Tale” [in] The Gift: A Christmas and New Year’s Present [for 1840]

by POE, Edgar Allan

$825 · Offered by Between the Covers

Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, (1839). Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. viii, [17]-328pp. Illustrated with eight (of nine) engraved plates. Lacking the final plate (“The Ghost-Book”). Contains the first printed appearance of Poe’s *William Wilson* on pp. 229-253. Contemporary black morocco with an elaborate decorative design stamped in gold on both boards..... More

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