Lot 509
Poe (Edgar Allan) The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, first edition, New York, 1838.
Hammer Price: £1,200
Description
Poe (Edgar Allan) The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, first edition, 2pp. advertisements at front, 12pp. advertisements at end, lacking rear free endpaper ?and final f. advertisements, 1 advertisement f. torn, foxing and damp-staining, bookplate, ?contemporary brown cloth, rubbed and bumped, 8vo, New York, 1838.
⁂ Poe's first book of prose and his only novel.
Description
Poe (Edgar Allan) The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, first edition, 2pp. advertisements at front, 12pp. advertisements at end, lacking rear free endpaper ?and final f. advertisements, 1 advertisement f. torn, foxing and damp-staining, bookplate, ?contemporary brown cloth, rubbed and bumped, 8vo, New York, 1838.
⁂ Poe's first book of prose and his only novel.