Poems courtesy of The Elbert Hubbard Museum
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Poems courtesy of The Elbert Hubbard Museum. Commentary and photos by Paul Jackson.
Poems
by Edgar Allen Poe, 1901
#35 of 100
This book measures 9" x 5 3/4" and has 54 pages. The text body is Caslon with
the regular edition printed on Kelmscott handmade paper. The binding for the
regular edition of this book is full suede or paper over boards with a suede
backstrap. Additionally 100 copies were bound 3/4 leather or paper over boards
with a suede spine and printed on Imperial Japan Vellum. The ornaments and title
page design are by Samuel Warner with the typography by Andrew Andrews. All
editions had the frontispiece portrait of Edgar Allan Poe on vellum and an
introduction written by Michael Monahan.
This book was listed in the 1901,
1902, and 1903
catalogs and sold for $15.00
