The SPECTACLES, Tales of the Folio Club, Tale #16, Limited to 100 Copies RARE, Edgar Allan Poe 1st Edition, July 1938. Small Pamphlet Like SOFTCOVER 14 Pgs, Edgar Allan Poe Stated That 'The Tales of the Folio Club are Sixteen in All. / Fifteen Tales

Edgar Allan Poe , Title Page Bears the Inscription 'To MZ from RG (obviously a Presentation from collector/publisher Richard Gimbel) GIMBEL, One of Wealthiest Men in Country Bought Tiny Cottage on Brandywine Street in Philadelphia Where Poe Once Lived.

Verlag: Philadelphia,Issued & Published By Richard Gimbel, Edgar Allan Poe House,530 N. 7th St. Issued By Famed Poe Collector Richard Gimbel in an Edition of Only 100 Copies!, 1938

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PBO, Small Pamphlet Like SOFTCOVER of Marblelized GreyPurple with Black Title & Author on Front, NearFine- Condition, SOLD AS-IS, SOFTCOVER, Approx 5 1/4 X 3 1/2 Inches, 1st Limited EDITION 100 Copies, RARE, July 1938. #25 of 100 copies printed. Title page bears the Inscription 'To MZ from RG (obviously a presentation from collector/publisher Richard Gimbel) 14 pages.Condition: Slight fading to the stiff purple paper binding, overall a Near Fine copy of a true rarity. Interior nice tight clean light FOX Wear, Front Cover Light FADE. Colonel Richard A. Gimbel Discovered this tale which was later published in Liberty Magazine In Sept , 1938, Here we have a puzzle worthy of Poe himself, Is it a Hoax or Not? , Outside Spine Cover tiny Clear TAPE Mends, . Edgar Allan Poe Stated that 'The Tales of the Folio Club are sixteen in all. / Fifteen Tales are Known./ This is the Sixteenth. Colonel Richard A. Gimbel Discovered this tale which was later also published in Liberty Magazine In Sept , 1938, Gimble being the Premier #1 Collector of Poe 1st Editions. Here we have a puzzle worthy of Poe himself, Is it a Hoax or Not? Even a challenged Poe tale will be of Great Interest to Poe collector's and scholars, In honor of E. A. Poe's Bicentennial, THIS is Different Story than Another one by Same Title in Vol.8 of Cameo Poe Editions. This Story of an Aunt whose Refused a Baronet with 10,000 a Yr. to Marry Ensign who was Killed in Spain Year Later. She Later Lived in Prettiest Cottage by Thames, in Richmond Upon Death of Distant Relation who Made her Quite Independent. Aunt Devoted herself to education of Lucy, who was Pretty Little Fairy of a Daughter, who by the way is a picture of similarity of Poes Child-wife, Virginia. Like Lucy Virginia loved Violets & Played the Harp.Theoretically a long-lost variant of Poe's short story, "The Spectacles", published in 1844. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 25241

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Titel: The SPECTACLES, Tales of the Folio Club, ...

Verlag: Philadelphia,Issued & Published By Richard Gimbel, Edgar Allan Poe House,530 N. 7th St. Issued By Famed Poe Collector Richard Gimbel in an Edition of Only 100 Copies!

Erscheinungsdatum: 1938

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: 1st Edition