Description: The Gift: A Christmas and New Year’s Present. MDCCCXLIII, Carey and Hart, Philadelphia, 1842, 328 pp, full gilt leather, 7.75 x 5”, 12mo. In fair condition. Front board quite delicate, attached at single cord. Moderate wear to extremities with scuffing to corners and end bands. Spine darkened and desiccated with slight loss at tail. Gilt finishing remains bright and clean. End papers have old hand ownerships. Splotchy, moderate foxing to preliminaries and frontis. Heavy foxing to front gutter at title. Tissue guards intact, albeit foxed. Free of known markings. Typical age-toning with some instance of finger soiling. Binding intact. All edges gilt. Please see photos. First appearance of Poe’s immortal The Pit and the Pendulum, one of the best horrors stories ever written and of profound influence on the genre! RAREA1842KRUZ
Price: 1250 USD
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Shipping Cost: 5.38 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Leather
Language: English
Author: Edgar Allen Poe
Publisher: Carey and Hart
Topic: Literature
Subject: Poetry
Original/Facsimile: Original
