The Purloined Letter
by Poe, Edgar Allan
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Ulysses Bookshop, 1931. First Edition Thus. Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. N/a. Type: Limited Edition 28pp. 1931. First edition thus in this format. An unnumbered unique copy of this publication limited to 325 copies. This copy was a 'fanfare press file copy' and this is written in a neat contemporary ink hand to the limited edition page. In addition to this information this copy contains more information in hand-written form - to the front endpaper about the fanfare press and their use of 'the Typefounder's cutting of the perpetua type.'. It has information about where the punches were cut (in France) and by whom (Charles Malin) and how Stanley Morison became involved with them...'. No other inscriptions. Some age toning to the very thin spine and slightly to the margins of the front card cover. A very good, clean, tight unique copy of interest to a bibliographer.
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- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 238182
- Title
- The Purloined Letter
- Author
- Poe, Edgar Allan
- Illustrator
- N/a
- Format/Binding
- Card Covers
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Ulysses Bookshop
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1931
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.