Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1842

Item #84212

(GIFT BOOK). (POE, EDGAR ALLAN). The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1842. Elaborate gilt-stamped boards and spine, a.e.g. Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, [1841]. Frontis., extra engraved title page, illus. Includes the first appearance of "Eleanora," a short story by Edgar Allan Poe on p. 154. Bound by S. Moore of Philadelphia, with his name stamped on the front board. Frontis. leaf loose, front hinge cracked but holding, some foxing, else very good.

Price: $1,500.00