Name/Title
Prose Tales / Edgar Allan PoeEntry/Object ID
2015.7.267Description
354 pages. Illustrations, 3 leaves of plates.
Contents: The fall of the House of Usher -- Ligeia -- The gold bug -- The black cat -- The murders in the Rue Morgue -- The mystery of Marie Roget -- The purloined letter -- The masque of the red death -- MS. found in a bottle -- A descent into the maelstrom -- The pit and the pendulum -- The facts in the case of M. Valdemar.Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsBook Details
Author
Edgar Allan PoePublisher
T.Y. Crowell & CompanyPlace Published
City
New YorkState/Province
New YorkCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Published
circa 1900Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- White Spine, FloralBinding Notes
Bound in a wide white cloth spine stamped in elaborate gilt design. With pictorial paper covered boards to half of cover in flowers printed in orange, brown, purple and green against a white background. Binding represents a style which was extremely popular at the turn of the century noted for white spines and repeating small flower patterns in calico-like cloth or paper - obviously marketed to the feminine buyer.Notes
No publication date.
Gift inscription: Eva Alice Meigs June 21st, 1900
