Bentley's Miscellany, a British Periodical, American Edition, VOL. VI, JULY - DECEMBER 1840, The Fall of the House of Usher, a short Story by Edgar Allan Poe,1840, 1st editions, & The Transylvanian Anatomie, a Tale by R.B. Peake,

Edited with Index by Charles Dickens actually edited Bentley's Miscellany, Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher, and The Transylvanian Anatomie, by R.B. Peake, first appearance of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Wreck of the Hesperus,

Published by published by Jemima M. Mason, New York., 1840

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HARDBACK NODJ ISSUED, 1840, JULY - DECEMBER, 1ST U. S. EDITION, NF-/VG-, AS-IS,NOJACKET, Issues bound together from July through December 1840. Very Good- with Light rub & Wear, Fox, Bound with the original leather binding, spine Replaced in GREEN cloth with the original titles in leather and gilt. 9x6 inches, With a marbled page block. 643 pages. CHIPS & TEARS HARCOVER EDGES, Outer pgs edges marblelized , 9x6 inches, Interior Light wear , wrinkling some pgsFox, profusely illustrated with 13 full page B/W prints by George Cruikshank, who also was illustrating Charles Dickens first edition in the 1840s. And 12 other listed wood engravings, Beautiful Marblelized Endpapers, B/W Illustrations & Woodcuts by Cruikshank, Crowquill, Leech etc, and The Transylvanian Anatomie, by R.B. Peake, first appearance of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Wreck of the Hesperus, profusely illustrated with 13 full page B/W prints by George Cruikshank, who also was illustrating Charles Dickens first edition in the 1840s. And 12 other listed wood engravings, Beautiful Marblelized Endpapers, B/W Illustrations & Woodcuts by Cruikshank, Crowquill, Leech etc , & The Transylvanian Anatomie, a Tale by R.B. Peake, a very early Horror piece on vampires and necromancers & 1st edition first appearance of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Wreck of the Hesperus, a Ballad. THIS IS A REMARKABLE ITEM. Featuring not one, but two incredible Horror pieces. This incredible bound volume also features many other collectable works. Includes Jolly Miller a fragment, Mr. Crocodile, Cobbler Physician by R.B. Peake, Stealing of the Treasure,Black Mousuetaire, Legend of France by Thomas Ingoldsby, DIALOGUE BETWEEN 2 China Jars by Hal Willis, Mr. Chimpanzee disappointed Traveller, Last of the Pigtails, Mr. Hyena Smirke, Duck, Fragment from the AutobiographyVoices of the Night by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ETC. Seller Inventory # 27463

Bibliographic Details

Title: Bentley's Miscellany, a British Periodical, ...

Publisher: published by Jemima M. Mason, New York.

Publication Date: 1840

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: George Cruikshank,

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition