Nov 10, 2015 - Sale 2397

Sale 2397 - Lot 263

Price Realized: $ 250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 350 - $ 500
POE, EDGAR ALLAN. Siope - A Fable. [in:] The Baltimore Book. Illustrated with 6 engravings (with plate at p. 184 mis-titled "Beach Hill"). 8vo, publisher's gilt and blindstamped full morocco, recased with new endpapers, moderate wear; contemporary ownership inscription, contents foxed; housed in custom 1/4 cloth drop-back case (LMS booklabel). Baltimore: Bayly and Burns, 1838

Additional Details

first appearance of Poe's short story, later collected in Tales of the Grotesque. Volume designed to showcase Baltimore contributors, in imitation of prior collections of Boston and Philadelphia. BAL 16129.