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[EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809-1849)]
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, of Nantucket, North America; comprising the details of a mutiny, famine, and shipwreck, during a voyage to the South Seas; resulting in various extraordinary adventures and discoveries in the eighty-fourth parallel of Southern latitude. London: Manning & Mason for Wiley & Putnam, 1838. 8° (202 x 120mm.). Half-title. (Some staining to first five leaves). Original dark brown cloth, titled in gilt on spine. (Spine chipped at head and foot, later endpapers), modern cloth slip-case.
First English edition of Poe's only published novel. Spence 918.
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, of Nantucket, North America; comprising the details of a mutiny, famine, and shipwreck, during a voyage to the South Seas; resulting in various extraordinary adventures and discoveries in the eighty-fourth parallel of Southern latitude. London: Manning & Mason for Wiley & Putnam, 1838. 8° (202 x 120mm.). Half-title. (Some staining to first five leaves). Original dark brown cloth, titled in gilt on spine. (Spine chipped at head and foot, later endpapers), modern cloth slip-case.
First English edition of Poe's only published novel. Spence 918.
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