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POE, Edgar Allan. The Raven and Other Tales, London, Wiley & Putnam, 1846, 8°, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY, title signed by William Allingham, further inscribed by Allingham on verso of title and with an original pencil sketch by him on rear pastedown (spotting), original green blind-stamped cloth, spine titled in gilt (worn).
Provenance: William Allingham; Hugh Walpole, Brackenburn (bookplate); Simon Nowell Smith (presentation inscription: "John Sparrow from Simon Nowell Smith 1950"). William Allingham's pencilled inscription reads: "I bought this book off a bookstall, then dined at 'The Cock', & sketched its old chimney piece (see end of book) W.A." The pencil sketch, on the yellow pastedown at the end of the book, is illustrated here.
Provenance: William Allingham; Hugh Walpole, Brackenburn (bookplate); Simon Nowell Smith (presentation inscription: "John Sparrow from Simon Nowell Smith 1950"). William Allingham's pencilled inscription reads: "I bought this book off a bookstall, then dined at 'The Cock', & sketched its old chimney piece (see end of book) W.A." The pencil sketch, on the yellow pastedown at the end of the book, is illustrated here.