TALES OF MYSTERY & IMAGINATION: Collector's Edition
by Poe, Edgar Allan/Starrett, Vincent
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press (1975) 366 pp. Original dark brown leather covers w/ elaborate gilt decoration to binding. Gilt title and five raised bands on spine. Binding very bright and clean. All edges gilt w/ mauve moire endpapers. "The Easton Press" bookplate attached to front paste-down w/ previous owner's name printed on it. Illust. w/ a color frontispiece and b/w plates. Contents very nice.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24480LIT
- Title
- TALES OF MYSTERY & IMAGINATION: Collector's Edition
- Author
- Poe, Edgar Allan/Starrett, Vincent
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, CT
- Keywords
- LITERATURE FICTION GENERALY MYSTERY MYSTERIES AMERICAN HORROR TALES SHORT STORIES DRAMA LITERARY WORKS AUTHORS POE EDGAR ALLAN 1809 1849 ILLUSTRATED
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature/Mystery;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
Shoemaker Booksellers
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
Established in 1992, we are family owned and operated. We strive to provide excellent customer service and our inventory is hand picked for the best quality and subject matter. Our diverse inventory of used, rare and out of print books, as well as ephemera, covers most areas of interest and favors more the uncommon or unusual titles.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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