Lot 78
[Poe, Edgar A.] Poems, First Edition, "Done Into A Printed Book by the Roycrofters, East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1901." Octavo, hardcover, cloth and suede. Frontispiece portrait of Poe with original tissue guard. The title page with a decorative border by Samuel Warner, enclosing the title and also a woodcut portrait of Lenore. Foreword by Michael Monahan. Covers soiled, name in red pencil on pastedown, and penciled name on one of front end pages. Volume is tight and pages are unmarked
Twenty-four poems are included: The Raven; Lenore; The Bells; Annabel Lee; Ulalume; The Coliseum; To Helen; To My Mother; Hymn; The Haunted Palace; The Conquerer Worm; To One in Paradise; The City in the Sea; The Sleeper; The Valley of Unrest; Dreamland; Eulalie; Israfel; For Annie; Eldorado; A Dream Within a Dream; To Helen; To Zante; To F-----.
Roycroft was a community of craft workers and artists founded by Elbert Hubbard in 1895, which formed part of the Arts and Crafts movement in the United States. Estimate Value $250 - UP
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