[Rarebooks] FS: POE'S CONCHOLOGIST'S FIRST BOOK

[Norman Kane]

POE, EDGAR  A[LLAN].
THE CONCHOLOGIST'S FIRST BOOK: A SYSTEM OF TESTACEOUS MALACOLOGY . . .  SECOND EDITION, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF 215 SHELLS . . .
First of this revised edition (in the Preface to this edition Poe says: "Many important alterations & additions are now made; errors of the press carefully corrected; & many more recently discovered American species added ...")  12mo (7 X 4-1/4 inches), original printed boards, lightly worn, new leather shelfback. Very light old penciling on blanks and at the bottom margin of a some pages. Complete with 12 black & white plates.  166 pages.  A very good unfoxed copy.
$ 625 ($ 550 to the trade) + Post. 

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