[Rarebooks] FS: Poe: The Purloined Letter. 1st.

[Kaaterskill Books]

We offer for Sale:

Poe, Edgar Allen. "THE PURLOINED LETTER," IN THE GIFT: A CHRISTMAS, 
NEW YEAR, AND BIRTHDAY PRESENT. MDCCCXLV. Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 
1845. iv-[vi], [7]-300 pp. Illus. with 8 engraved plates. 8vo. Full 
publisher's morocco elaborately decorated in gilt, all edges gilt. 
BAL 16143. Also BAL 4024, 5202, 12074. First edition. First 
appearance of Poe's famous detective story (pages 41-61), the third 
of his three stories with the detective C. Auguste Dupin, the 
forerunner of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot. Also first 
appearance of works by Emerson, Longfellow, and others. Extremities 
rubbed, scattered marginal foxing, else a bright, fresh copy. 
[33789] $1500.00

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Charles Kutcher
Kaaterskill Books
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East Jewett, NY 12424
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