Lot 180
Poe, Edgar Allan
Tales
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 February 2020 at 10:00 GMT
£4,500
Description
London: Wiley & Putnam, 1846. First English edition, 8vo, [iv], 228; half-title, original green blindstamped cloth, pale yellow endpapers, rather spotted and stained, covers slightly marked and faded, head and tale of spine rubbed, corners slightly rubbed, spine slightly faded
Footnote
Note: Issued one year later than the American first edition, the first British edition used the sheets of the first printing and a cancel title page. BAL 16146, reissue C.