Item #012428 The Literati: Some honest opinions about Autorial Merits and Demerits, with Occasional Words of Personality. Together with Marginalia, Suggestions and Essays. With a sketch of the author by Rufus Wilmot Griswold. Edgar Allan Poe.

The Literati: Some honest opinions about Autorial Merits and Demerits, with Occasional Words of Personality. Together with Marginalia, Suggestions and Essays. With a sketch of the author by Rufus Wilmot Griswold

New York: J.S. Redfield, Publisher, 1852. Cloth. Poor. Item #012428
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Black decorative cloth. Xxxix, 607 pp. A lengthy collection of essays by Edgar Allan Poe critiquing and reviewing many authors and poets of his day, mixing in personal opinion and gossip, sometimes resulting in rebuttals and personal attacks. POOR condition, ex-library. Binding and extremities covered in black cloth tape. Usual pockets, pastedowns, stamping and interior/exterior treatments present. Missing any front pages up to the title page. Some scuffing and fading. Text block cocked. Interior hinges reinforced with white library tape, with a few pages also bearing tape repairs in the gutters. Some pages protruding a bit from the block, with chipping to their extremities. A few minor underlines in the text. Minor to moderate general toning.

Price: $70.00

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