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Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1840. First Edition . Morocco, Gilt. Very Good. 7 1/2" Tall. 9 Plates. Viii, 17-328 [Complete]. Frontispiece, Engraved Title Page, And Regular Title Page. Publisher's Maroon Morocco, Elaborately Stamped In Gilt On Spine And On Front And Rear Covers, Yellow Endpapers, All Edges Gilt. Light Wear At Corners, Leather Nicely Refurbished; All Spine And Cover Gilt Bright And Complete; Gilt On Edges Of Page Block Partly Worn Away. Pages Clean, No Names Or Marks, Usual Foxing To Title Pages And Plates.

Carey & Hart, [1841]. Acceptable. 0x0x0. First ed. but not bound in calf as pictured and not signed by author or anyone else; the black cloth boards have identical bright gilt stamped ornamentation and in small lettering at base of front board is printed: "S. Moore, Binder, Philadelphia." These boards are quite scuffed and bumped and spine panel is peeling with small portion at base missing; gilt edges are dulled. 322 p., clean and unmarked except for "No.182" written in calligraphic hand at upper margin of paste-down; includes at back 6 p. of "Valuable Books Recently Published by Carey & Hart, Philadelphia;" followed by 6 blank pages that have large stains at lower corner, followed by 2 end pages that are clean. As this book begs for rebinding (the front gutter is cracked as well) these pages could be replaced. Includes 8 beautiful full-page engravings, some with tissue guards. Paper strong and though foxed, only mildly age-toned. In addition to Poe's… Read More

1 . hardback. Good. Edited by Miss Leslie. Illustrated. 1st ed. Phila (Carey & Hart) (1839). A collection of 32 short stories including "William Wilson" by Edgar Allan Poe (25pp), and "Deacon Enos" by Harriet Beecher Stowe (44pp). Black morocco, elaborately gilt. Hinges very rubbed, and plates rather foxed. Spine chipped and inner front hinge cracked. Few marginal pencillings, but generally a good copy. All edges gilt.

Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1839. Original dark brown morocco with elaborate gilt decorations, all edges gilt, yellow end papers, Very Good, small rubs at corners and spine ends, prior owner signatures front end page and first page of text,"Miss Emeline Fredrickson, Christmas, 1840", moderate to heavy foxing at engravings, first signature loosened yet holding, end papers soiled. Contains the first printing of Poe's story "William Wilson, plus "Deacon Enos" by Harriet Beecher Stowe. . First Edition. Morocco. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

1840. Hard Cover. (Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1840 [but May 1839]. Edited by Miss Leslie. FIRST APPEARANCE OF WILLIAM WILSON by EDGAR ALLAN POE. Frontispiece; engraved title page, and regular title page. Publisher's maroon morocco, elaborately stamped In gilt on spine and on front and rear boards; pale yellow end-papers; all edges gilt. 9 engraved plates as called for. Contains 'William Wilson' p.229-253, first appearance of Poe's short story inspired by his formative years on the outskirts of London which Poe deemed to be one of his "best tales", with seven others. (Quinn 430). William Wilson is a short story which late became a famous film in the 1960's under the title Spirits of the Dead starring Brigitte Bardot and Alain Delon. Also contains first appearance of Harriet Beecher Stowe's 'Justice and Charity' and "Deacon Enos" also by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Book-plate of Owen Bulkeley Baronet at Tadsworth Hall, Shropshire to front paste-down which also has a tiny bookseller's ticket. A… Read More

Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, (1839). First Edition. Hardcover. Foxing to plates; text fairly clean; 1840 pencil ownership inscription on front endpaper. But for the missing plate, a close to Fine copy and uncommon as such. Original embossed black morocco with gilt lettering on the spine. Illustrated title page and 7 (of 8) steel engravings with tissue guards by various artists. BAL 992 and 16130. The first appearance in print of this important story by Poe.

Carey & Hart, 1841. Hardcover. Good. The Gift (annual) for 1842, featuring the first-ever appearance of Edgar Allan Poe's 'Eleanora.' Black boards with titling and elaborate decoration in gilt; boards scuffed and edgeworn, frayed to corners, front outer hinge starting and rear outer hinge split at top 3.5 inches. Inner hinges strong; gutter cracked at page two, with the exposed threads of the binding secure; binding sound through text. Endsheets tanned, pencil markings to RFEP with bleedthrough to previous page. Pages bright, occasionally foxed; text else unmarked.

Philadelphia:: Carey and Hart,, [1842]. First edition.. publisher's cloth with gilt-lettered leather label on spine; t.e.g.. Foxing on many pages ("The Pit and the Pendulum" is fairly free of it). Spine and edges of cloth tanned; corners bumped.. Large 8vo,. Added engraved title page with vignette; engraved plates.. BAL 16137 Contains "The Pit and the Pendulum" (pp. 133-151).

Philadelphia:: Carey and Hart,, 1845.. Contains the first printing of Poe's "The Purloined Letter.". publisher's black elaborately gilt leather; a.e.g.. Light foxing to a few pages ("The Purloined Letter" is almost free of it); the leather is rubbed at joints and corners;tight and sound.. 8vo,. Added engraved title page; engraved frontispiece and plates.. BAL 16143.

Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1839. Hardcover. Good. 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 and spine, cream yellow endpapers, all edges gilt. Small early owner's name in ink on front free endpaper. Edges of the boards and corners lightly rubbed, the title page and engraved plates are foxed, a few gatherings slightly sprung, good or better. An attractive, bright copy in the original handsome binding. *BAL* 16130.

Philadelphia:: Carey and Hart,, 1845.. Contains the first printing of Poe's "The Purloined Letter.". publisher's red elaborately gilt leather; a.e.g.. Light foxing to a very few pages ("The Purloined Letter" is free of it); some light rubbing to the binding at extremities; tight and sound.. 8vo,. Added engraved title page; engraved frontispiece and plates.. BAL 16143.

Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. Internally mostly clean but for staining to the title page, occasional foxing mostly to pages near the engravings, as often the case with this title; 1908 owner name on front endpaper. Covers fairly tight, though there is a two-inch split at the bottom of the front joint; large chip at the top of the spine. Still Very Good. Original highly gilt-decorated polished calf, a lovely publisher's gift binding. BAL 4024 & 16143. The first appearance in print of this classic Poe piece collected the same year in his TALES. Other first appearances include Longfellow (BAL 12074) and Emerson (BAL 5202). Illustrated with 8 engravings, mostly by J. Cheney and J. I. Pease, including one titled "Washington Crossing the Alleghany" by R. W. Dodson.

Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1835. First book appearance of Edgar Allan Poe's "Manuscript Found in a Bottle," first published in 1833 as the winner of a story contest in the pages of The Baltimore Daily Visiter, and later collected in Poe's 1840 Tales of the Grotesque. Poe's chilling tale of a trapped sailor drifting toward the South Pole is a classic of American horror: "a curiosity to penetrate the mysteries of these awful regions predominates even over my despair, and will reconcile me to the most hideous aspect of death. It is evident that we are hurrying onwards to some exciting knowledge, -- some never-to-be-imparted secret, whose attainment is destruction." In addition to Poe, this Philadelphia gift annual features work by Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Washington Irving, Lydia Sigourney, Samuel Griswold Goodrich, and William Gilmore Simms, and is edited by "Miss Leslie." BAL 16126. A very good copy. Octavo, measuring 6 x 3.75 inches: x, [3], 18-292. Full crimson publisher's morocco signed… Read More

Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1839. First Edition / First Appearance . Original Morocco. Very Good. 7 1/4 x 4 3/4. Steel engravings. Philadelphia: Cary & Hart, 1839. First appearance of Poe's short story, "William Wilson", Pp. 229-253 in The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1840. Whole volume offered. viii, [17]-328 pp. With 8 (of 9) steel-engraved plates. 7¼x4¾, original morocco elaborately tooled in gilt, all edges gilt. First appearance of this sort story later collected in Tales of the Grotesque (1840). BAL 16130. Light scuffing to spine ends and corners; foxing to plates and occasionally to text, lacking the frontispiece, a signature sprung, else very good. Bright gilt and leather. Poe's semi-autobiographical tale of a young man who encounters a mysterious identical twin - who even bears the narrator's name, William Wilson - while at boarding school. The bond that grows between the two, the narrator's eventual hatred of his… Read More

Carey and Hart, 1842. Hardcover. Good. The Gift (annual) for 1843, featuring the first-ever appearance of Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Pit and the Pendulum.' Brown boards with titling and elaborate decoration in gilt, with age-soil, heavy shelf-wear and edgewear, including minor loss to spine. Gilt textblock edges, the gilt rubbed and a little dulled. Rear inner hinge split; binding cracked following the first fly leaf; gutter between front paste down and FFEP has been glued. Exposed threads are secure, the binding otherwise intact with no loose or missing pages. Pages foxed, interior else unmarked.

Philadelphia: Cary and Hart, 1845. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full brown calf binding, black leather spine label printed in gilt. Aeg. Near fine. 300 pages. 22 x 15 cm. Second issue without date on title or copyright date, and without printed title. First appearance of THE PURLOINED LETTER, with twelve steel engraved plates including frontispiece with tissue guards. Also included are works by Emerson, Longfellow and N.P. Willis. BAL 16138. HEARTMAN & CANNY p.89. The Poe short story clean and fresh. Some marginal spotting, toning to tissue guards. Tight, decorative and clean Victorian binding with some loss to gilt in the arabesque and star motifs. Owner signature dated 1857.

Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1844. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 300pp. Illustrated with eight engraved plates. This copy includes a ninth duplicate plate (of "Annette"). Contains the first printed appearance of Poe's *The Purloined Letter* (Mabbott text A) on pp. 41-61. Also contains the first appearance of "The Poet's Apology," by Emerson and "A Gleam of Sunshine," by Longfellow. Contemporary polished calf with an elaborate decorative design stamped in gold on both boards and spine, plain endpapers, all edges gilt. Owner inscription in ink on front free endpaper (dated Christmas, 1844). Later bookplate on front pastedown. Covers are rubbed with wear at the edges of the boards, spine is rubbed and faded, the engraved plates and tissue guards are foxed, very good. A handsome copy in the original binding, with the attractive decorative gold design still bright on both covers. *BAL* 16143, 5202, and 12074.