(CHELONIIDAE PRESS) Poe Edgar Allan The Black Cat

Sale 2179 - Lot 45

Price Realized: $ 2,880

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Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000

(CHELONIIDAE PRESS.) Poe, Edgar Allan. The Black Cat. 2 variants of the deluxe limited edition. Each with 11 wood engravings by Alan James Robinson and additional suites. Printed by Harold McGrath at Hampshire Typothetae in Bulmer Monotype on Rives Lightweight and vintage Bodleian paper. All laid into custom black morocco and linen clamshell box. a handsome production designed by robinson and arthur larson. Easthampton, Mass, 1984

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two copies of the deluxe limited, full leather edition, each one of only 15 copies (x/xv) signed by robinson and specially bound from a total edition of 325. One volume is bound in black morocco with an inset of cast paper from a bas relief sculpture of the cat on front cover, the rear cover contains a blindstamped pressmark and binder Gray Parrot's initials in gilt.
A second copy is bound in black handmade paper. In addition, two suites of the plates are included: one with an original signed pencil drawing and 23 working proofs, most in two states, each annotated and signed by Robinson. The second suite contains the prospectus (with signed plate of Poe) and 12 prints, each signed and numbered X/XV in pencil, lower margins.