first edition Full leather
1946 · New York
by Edgar Allan Poe
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Full leather. Near Fine. E. McKnight Kauffer. The 1946 1st thus, complete in 2 volumes and bound in a custom full-morocco by the French binder Maurin (identified by their tiny gilt-stamps at the front pastedowns). Clean and Near Fine, with 4 raised bands and intricate tooling and floral design within the compartments. Very slight cocking to Vol. I, otherwise tight as could be. Uniform octavos, top-edges gilt, illustrated in color by the great E. McKnight Kauffer. "Introduction and explanatory notes by Arthur Hobson Quinn, texts established, with biographical notes, by Edward H. O'Neill" (Inventory #: 20742)