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100 1 $aPoe, Edgar Allan,$d1809-1849.
245 14 $aThe poetical works of Edgar Allan Poe /$cwith a notice of his life and genius by James Hannay ... ; and many illustrations by E. H. Wehnert, James Godwin, F. W. Hulme, Harrison Weir, and Anelay.
246 14 $aEdgar Poe's poetical works
250 $aComplete edition.
260 $aLondon :$bW. Kent & Co. (Late D. Bogue),$c1859$e(London :$fThomas Harrild, Printer Salisbury [S]quare, Fleet Street.)
300 $axxx, [5], 36-185, [7] p., [8] leaves of plates :$bill., 8 plates (wood engravings) ;$c19 cm.
500 $aT.p. printed within thin black rule border.
500 $a"These trifles are collected and republished chiefly with a view to their redemption from the many improvements to which they have been subjected while going at random the 'rounds of the press.' I am naturally anxious that what I have written should circulate as I wrote it, if it circulate at all. In defence of my own taste, nevertheless, it is incumbent upon me to say that I think nothing in this volume of much value to the public, or very creditable to myself. Events not to be controlled have prevented me from making at any time, any serious effort in what, under happier circumstances, would have been the field of my choice ... "--Preface signed "E. A. P." [i.e. Edgar Allan Poe].
500 $aIncludes "The life and genius of Edgar Allan Poe" by James Hannay dated 1852 (p. [xi]-xxx).
500 $aWood-engraved plates are with signature: "Geo Measom Sc." and listed as illustrated by Anelay.
500 $aWith the same wood-engraved illustrations engraved by G. and E. Dalziel within the text as those used in an edition of this title published in 1853 by Addey and Co. and printed by G. Barclay. See McLean D 0896.
500 $aWith the same setting of type, illustrations (except some footnotes and lack of signature mark on p. [99]) and wood-engraved plates as used in another "Complete Edition" of this title published [between 1853 and 1864] by J. & C. Brown and Co. and printed by Woodfall and Kinder. See McLean D 0898.
500 $aPlates and illustrations were also used in a "Complete Edition" of this title published [between 1870 and 1881] by Charles Griffin and Company and printed in Glasgow by Bell and Bain. See McLean D 0899.
500 $aPublisher's advertisements on p. [4-7] at end.
590 $aMASS copy: Bound in blue cord-grain cloth blocked in gold and blind; a.e.g. With cream endpapers. With binder's ticket: "Bound by Leighton Son and Hodge." With presentation inscription dated 1860.$5CaOTMC
655 7 $aWood engravings$xSpecimens$zGreat Britain$y1859.$2gmgpc
655 7 $aGold blocked bindings$xSpecimens$zGreat Britain$y1859.$2rbbin
655 7 $aBinders' tickets$xSpecimens$zGreat Britain$y1859.$2rbbin
700 1 $aHannay, James,$d1827-1873.
700 1 $aWehnert, Edward Henry,$d1813-1868.
700 1 $aGodwin, James,$dd. 1876.
700 1 $aHulme, Frederick William,$d1816-1884.
700 1 $aWeir, Harrison,$d1824-1906.
700 1 $aDalziel, George,$d1815-1902.
700 1 $aDalziel, Edward,$d1817-1905.
700 1 $aMeasom, George S.,$dfl. 1845-1862.
700 1 $aAnelay, Henry,$d1817-1883
700 1 $aHarrild, Thomas$e(printer)
710 2 $aDalziel Brothers.
710 2 $aLeighton, Son and Hodge$e(binder)
949 $aMcLean D 0897$wASIS$c1$i5843152-1001$lRAREBOOKS$mMASSEY$rN$sY$tBOOK$u5/4/2006