The Conchologist's First Book: or, A System of Testaceous Malacology
POE, Edgar Allan
The Conchologist's First Book: or, A System of Testaceous Malacology
POE, Edgar Allan
Publisher: Published for the Author by Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, Philadelphia
Date published: 1839
Format: Hardcover
12mo (17 x 10.5 cm). 156 pages. 12 lithographed plates after P. S. Duval. Original red roan-backed printed boards dated 1840. FIRST EDITION, in boards unrecorded by BAL or Heartman & Canny. The upper board on this copy notes that it is for the second edition and is dated 1840. BAL 16131; Heartman & Canny, pp. 41-44; Norman 1720. Joints split but threads holding, leather dry; some occasional pale foxing
POE, Edgar Allan. The Conchologist's First Book. Pink lithographed boards with green leather shelfback. Philadelphia: Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, 1839. First edition. BAL 16131. Plate 3 state A. Wear to corners and boards.All 12 plates present. Some foxing. Former owner's name on front free flyleaf. Very good.
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