The Murders in the Rue Morgue, A Descent into the Malstrom, The islands of the Fay, The Coloquy of Monos and Una, Never Bet the Devil Your Head, Israfel (in Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine)

George R. Graham, 1841. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. These stories are the first appearances of Poe's works: The Murders in the Rue Morgue, A Descent into the Malstrom, The islands of the Fay, The Coloquy of Monos and Una, Never Bet the Devil Your Head, Israfel. In Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine. Large thick quarto full maroon calf. Publisher's deluxe binding. Covers with decorative borders stamped in gilt and blind. Gilt-decorated turn-ins and marbled endpapers. Spine with raised bands and gilt in compartments. All edges gilt. Plate tissues moderately foxed, else contents especially clean and fresh. A beautiful, very good plus copy. (truncated) Previous owner's small bookplate attached to front paste-down, rear cover slightly separating at bottom. Housed in a custom-made slipcase. (Inventory #: 1610315)