POE, EDGAR ALLAN. TALES OF THE GROTESQUE AND ARABESQUE. 2 volumes. 8vo, original purple cloth, some wear with rubbing, spines faded

with printed labels partially worn away; Volume 1 with front endpapers renewed and lacking rear endpapers, rear hinges in both volumes cracked, scattered dampstaining and foxing; full morocco pull-off case, by Riviere. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1840 FIRST EDITION. One of 750 sets. With page 213 in the second volume numbered correctly, and the "i" and hyphen on page 219 correctly placed. With 4-page publisher's advertisements for the Tales in the beginning of the second volume. BAL 16133; Heartman and Canny, pages 32-36.