Property from the Estate of
ALAN L. WEINER
POE, EDGAR ALLAN. The Tales. New York: Wiley and Putnam 1845. 8vo, contemporary half green roan and marbled boards, spine gilt and gilt-lettered, small split at rear outer joint at heel of spine, rubbed, narrow light dampstain at fore-margin of preliminary and text leaves, the 20 pages of advertisements at rear not preserved; half morocco folding case. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (with all of BAL's points), half-title, the first printing said to have been only 750 copies and issued only in wrappers (of which only five copies are known), the second and third printings issued in cloth. BAL 16146; a Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone (and on the original Haycraft Cornerstone list); Lilly, Detective Fiction, pp. 14-16; Grolier American 55.
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POE, EDGAR ALLAN. The Tales. New York: Wiley and Putnam 1845. 8vo, contemporary half green roan and marbled boards, spine gilt and gilt-lettered, small split at rear outer joint at heel of spine, rubbed, narrow light dampstain at fore-margin of preliminary and text leaves, the 20 pages of advertisements at rear not preserved; half morocco folding case. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (with all of BAL's points), half-title, the first printing said to have been only 750 copies and issued only in wrappers (of which only five copies are known), the second and third printings issued in cloth. BAL 16146; a Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone (and on the original Haycraft Cornerstone list); Lilly, Detective Fiction, pp. 14-16; Grolier American 55.
Queen's Quorum 1: "...the first important book of detective stories, the first and the greatest, the cornerstone of cornerstones...the highest of all highspots...contains for the first time in book form all three Dupin stories -- 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue,' 'The Mystery of Marie Roget,' and 'The Purloined Letter.' This volume also adds three masterpieces of horror: 'The Fall of the House of Usher,' 'The Descent into the Maelstrom,' and 'The Gold Bug.'"
Queen's Quorum 1: "...the first important book of detective stories, the first and the greatest, the cornerstone of cornerstones...the highest of all highspots...contains for the first time in book form all three Dupin stories -- 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue,' 'The Mystery of Marie Roget,' and 'The Purloined Letter.' This volume also adds three masterpieces of horror: 'The Fall of the House of Usher,' 'The Descent into the Maelstrom,' and 'The Gold Bug.'"