Spectacles by Poe Edgar (36 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 88 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.22 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 88 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.22 inches. In Stock.

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 45 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.11 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 45 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.11 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 45 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.11 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 45 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.11 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. GD+ Moderate edgewear, 1-1/2" split to heel of spine, light creasing to spine and adjacent to spine, light creasing to corners, mild age-toning to pages, otherwise clean throughout. Cover art by O. Rainey.

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Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Republication of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Spectacles" which was lost for over 100 years. Found by Richard Gimbel, President of the International Poe Society, The Edgar All Poe Club and the Richard Gimbel Foundation for Literary Research. A 1/4-inch chip to the base of the spine. The bottom edge of page 12 has 1 1/2-inch tear. In good condition.

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 90 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.21 inches. This item is printed on demand.

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Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 46 1:B&W 5.5 x 8.5 in or 216 x 140 mm (Demy 8vo) Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Thus. & 12 B/W illustrations on unpaged leaves as well as 4 page publisher's advertising section at rear . Bibliography, HBDJ, Stated Published November 1928., 1st Edition THUS, DATES Match on Title & Copyright pg ,VG- BK/ POOR DJ ,HALF LEATHER EDITION. xxii, 520, [4] pages. Hardcover: H 18.5cm x L 12.5cm. Dark RedOrange dust jacket with rubbed and soiled front and rear panels Detached from one another as spine panel is mostly PERISHED; DJ protected ClearMylar. Quarter leather binding; with Dark Green Cloth, Green leather spine with bright gilt stamping, CVR spine ENDS well scuffed and Frayed . Green cloth boards. Top edge GOLD gilt. Toning to fore-edge and bottom edge; Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm Light wer Fox. A very good- copy in a POOR dust jacket. Also laid-in are three colored slips of paper (presumably contemporary to the book (i.e. circa 1928) offering Post Office Christmas warnings and admonitions regarding unsolicited mail and the like.FEW TINY DOGEASRED PGS 7 Light Fox. ,INCLUDES Oval Portrait, Balloon Hoax, Metzengerstein, Gold Bug, Pit & Pendulum, Purloined Letter, Oblong Box, Facts in Case of M. Valdemar, Black Cat , ETC.

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Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Small Tears chips inner Hinges, , The Spectacles Story was Found at Last by Col. Richard Gimbel, President of International Poe Society, Edgar Allan Poe Club of Philadelphia & Richard Gimbel Foundation for Literary Research ! Illustrated by J. Henry, Stephen Grout, ETC in B/W & Color, PBO. MAGAZINE light Rub, Wear Tiny Chips, light wrinkles, Tears Cover & Edges, Light Wrinkling, GOOD + Condition, AS-IS, September 24, 1938. 1st Edition, Interior nice tight Clean, light FOX, Wear, Couple pages with some Red light Stains, .Contains The Spectacles, Edgar Allan Poe's Lost Short Story of more than 100 yrs - Found at LaSt by Col. Richard Gimbel, one of Wealthiest Men in Country was President of International Poe Society ! The Spectacles, Story of Aunt Married Only 1 Yr. & Her Husband Killed In Spain in Military leaves her with Daughter Lucy ,who live in Beautiful Cottage. Aunt Devoted herself to education of Lucy, who was Pretty Little Fairy of a Daughter, who by the way is a picture of similarity of Poe's Child-wife, Virginia. Like Lucy Virginia loved Violets & PLayed the Harp. Here we have a puzzle worthy of Poe himself, Is It a Hoax or Not? Lucy's Aunt is same sort of woman as Poes Aunt. Lucy wears Spectacles Only to Read Music. Includes Mystery by Whitman Chambers, & Room Without View by Hamlen Hunt, Over Kansas City by Fred Allhoff, from Worse to Better by Walter Brooks, Dizzy Dean is a Pop-Off ETC.

softcover. Condition: VG-. THE SPECTACLES-EDGAR ALLEN POE'S LOST STORY IN LIBERTY MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 24,1938 - VG- some staining and tears.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Second printing. 32mo. Stapled printed pink wrappers. One of 1000 copies. According to one source apparently erroneously attributed to Poe.

softcover. Condition: VG+. THE SPECTACLES-EDGAR ALLEN POE'S LOST STORY IN LIBERTY MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 24,1938 - VG+.

Card Covers / Wrappers. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Two copies, First and Second Printings, of this curious Poeana. Small 8vo (89 x 137mm): [2],14pp. Original staple-bound dappled purple card covers (first) and salmon pink wrappers (second), both printed in black. Text setting identical in both printings; only wrapper text varies. Title page (both printings): "Edgar Allan Poe stated that: / 'The Tales of the Folio Club / are sixteen in all.' / Fifteen tales are known. / This is the sixteenth. / Uncovered by Richard Gimbel and Published / Philadelphia, July, 1938." According to the colophons (inside back cover): "This First Edition Attributing The Spectacles to Edgar Allan Poe / is limited to / 100 copies" [ours is no. 23.] "This Second Edition Attributing / The Spectacles / by / Edgar Allan Poe / is limited to / 1000 copies." Oddly, the second printing ("edition") is quite rare (no copy can be located for sale online at present, and WorldCat has no listing; what's more, no copy have appeared at auction, according to RBH and ABC. Odd because 10 times the number of second printings supposedly were issued. Neat ink date stamp ("SEP -1 1938") on verso of title page of first printing, else both volumes Fine, fresh and unmarked. OCLC: 22233296 and 4448925. Mabbott III, pp. 885-886. BAL, v. 7, p. 152. Heartman & Canny, pp. 234-36. Savoye, "Focusing on a Pair of False 'Spectacles'," Edgar Allan Poe Review, Spring 2009, vol. X, no. 1, pp. 98-102. Two printings of a spurious Poe text, supposedly the "earliest" draft of Poe's short story, "The Spectacles," "discovered" by celebrated Poe collector Richard Gimbel in 1938, then published in the September 24, 1938, issue of Liberty magazine ("The Spectacles: The Lost Short Story by Edgar Allan Poe, Hidden 100 years! Liberty presents a remarkable literary discovery. How the Story was Found. By Edward Doherty."), followed by these limited issues. The text is almost certainly a twentieth-century forgery; whether Gimbel perpetrated the hoax or was an unsuspecting dupe is unclear. According to Baltimore's Edgar Allan Poe Society, "The text appears to have been taken from a reprint of the story in Godey's Lady's Book for April 1836." Not to be confused with Poe's The Spectacles, first published in The Dollar Newspaper (Philadelphia), March 27, 1844, and reprinted in The Broadway Journal, November 22, 1845, and in Griswold, Vol. 1, 1850. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. PBO, Small Pamphlet Like SOFTCOVER of Marblelized GreyPurple with Black Title & Author on Front, NearFine- Condition, SOLD AS-IS, SOFTCOVER, Approx 5 1/4 X 3 1/2 Inches, 1st Limited EDITION 100 Copies, RARE, July 1938. #25 of 100 copies printed. Title page bears the Inscription 'To MZ from RG (obviously a presentation from collector/publisher Richard Gimbel) 14 pages.Condition: Slight fading to the stiff purple paper binding, overall a Near Fine copy of a true rarity. Interior nice tight clean light FOX Wear, Front Cover Light FADE. Colonel Richard A. Gimbel Discovered this tale which was later published in Liberty Magazine In Sept , 1938, Here we have a puzzle worthy of Poe himself, Is it a Hoax or Not? , Outside Spine Cover tiny Clear TAPE Mends, . Edgar Allan Poe Stated that 'The Tales of the Folio Club are sixteen in all. / Fifteen Tales are Known./ This is the Sixteenth. Colonel Richard A. Gimbel Discovered this tale which was later also published in Liberty Magazine In Sept , 1938, Gimble being the Premier #1 Collector of Poe 1st Editions. Here we have a puzzle worthy of Poe himself, Is it a Hoax or Not? Even a challenged Poe tale will be of Great Interest to Poe collector's and scholars, In honor of E. A. Poe's Bicentennial, THIS is Different Story than Another one by Same Title in Vol.8 of Cameo Poe Editions. This Story of an Aunt whose Refused a Baronet with 10,000 a Yr. to Marry Ensign who was Killed in Spain Year Later. She Later Lived in Prettiest Cottage by Thames, in Richmond Upon Death of Distant Relation who Made her Quite Independent. Aunt Devoted herself to education of Lucy, who was Pretty Little Fairy of a Daughter, who by the way is a picture of similarity of Poes Child-wife, Virginia. Like Lucy Virginia loved Violets & Played the Harp.Theoretically a long-lost variant of Poe's short story, "The Spectacles", published in 1844.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "The Spectacles" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, published in 1844. It is one of Poe's comedy tales. The narrator, 22-year-old Napoleon Bonaparte Froissart, changes his last name to "Simpson" as a requirement to inherit a large sum from a distant cousin, Adolphus Simpson. At the opera he sees a beautiful woman in the audience and falls in love instantly. He describes her beauty at length, despite not being able to see her well; he requires spectacles but, in his vanity, "resolutely refused to employ them". His companion Talbot identifies the woman as Madame Eugenie Lalande, a wealthy widow, and promises to introduce the two. He courts her and proposes marriage; she makes him promise that, on their wedding night, he will wear his spectacles. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.