Edgar Allan Poe
The Conchologist's First Book
Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell
1839
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A first edition copy of The Conchologist's First Book.
- Edgar Allan Poe (American).
- The Conchologist's First Book: or, A System of Testaceous Malacology.
- Philadelphia: Published for the author by Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, 1839.
- 156 pages.
- Includes 12 lithographed plates after P.S. Duval.
- First edition, stated second edition on the upper board.
- Variant binding dated 1840.
- Bound in original red roan-backed printed boards.
The text of this book conforms to the first edition (156 pp.) and the title page is dated 1839, but the upper board states second edition and is dated 1840, a binding not noted by BAL or Heartman & Canny. The 1840 second edition (BAL 16132) is dated 1840 on the title page and runs to 166 pages. A third edition is noted with date 1845.
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GoodA bit rubbed.
Leather dry.
Some occasional pale foxing.
Signs of age and wear.
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