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Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) The Complete Works with a Critical Introduction by Charles F. Richardson. New York & London: G.P. Putnam's and Sons, the Knickerbocker Press, [1902].
Ten octavo volumes, illustrated throughout by Fredrick Simpson Cobum, bound in uniform full red sheepskin, gilt decoration to boards and spines, joints a bit dry, some endcaps slightly chipped, 8 x 5 1/4 in.
[together with] The Complete Writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Amesbury Edition, Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, Riverside Press, [n.d.], in seven octavo volumes; illustrations by Howard Pyle, Frederic Remington, and others; bound in uniform half sheep, spines gilt lettered and tooled, 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. (17)
Estimate $400-600
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Keywords
Edgar Allan, Charles F. Richardson, London, Knickerbocker Press, Fredrick Simpson Cobum, John Greenleaf Whittier, Howard Pyle, Riverside Press, Frederic RemingtonJohn Dorfman
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