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The raven

Title
The raven / by Edgar Allan Poe ; etchings and wood engravings by Alan James Robinson.
Author
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
Publication
Easthampton, Mass. : Cheloniidae Press, c1980.

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TextBy appointment only Spencer Coll. Amer. 1980 92-89Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Additional Authors
  • Robinson, Alan James.
  • Thistle Bindery. bnd
  • Cheloniidae Press. pbl
  • Hampshire Typothetae. prt
Description
[14] leaves : ill.; 39 cm. +
Genre/Form
Typefaces (Type evidence) – Centaur.
Note
  • "The text ... is the original Lorimer Graham version with the author's own corrections"--Colophon.
  • Illustrations: 2 prints : wood engraving, b&w ; image 15 x 11 cm. and 10 x 8 cm. Printed at the Hampshire Typothetae. Comprise t.p. vignette and vignette in colophon. -- 5 prints : etching, aquatint, b&w ; full-page. Printed by the artist at Cheloniidae Press. Each inscribed with a legend and signed in pencil.
  • Binding: Publisher's black marbled paper boards (paper design, resembling raven's wings, by Stephen Auger), hand-bound by David Bourbeau at Thistle Bindery, Northampton, Mass.; issued in a quarter red morocco and black cloth box.
Call Number
Spencer Coll. Amer. 1980 92-89
OCLC
  • 7004733
  • NYPG92-B27555
Author
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
Title
The raven / by Edgar Allan Poe ; etchings and wood engravings by Alan James Robinson.
Imprint
Easthampton, Mass. : Cheloniidae Press, c1980.
Local Note
125 copies printed in red and black at the Hampshire Typothetae, Northampton, Mass., on Arches Cover paper from Centaur type. Of these 100 copies, numbered in arabic, were accompanied by 2 wood engravings from a separately printed edition of 200; 25 "deluxe edition" copies, numbered in roman, were accompanied also by 5 etchings from a separately printed edition of 50. (Cf. colophon; prospectus.) No. 68/100; signed in pencil by the artist.
Accompanied by 2 wood engravings, being repeats of the 2 in the text, printed on beige Kitakata paper. Each is numbered 68/200, inscribed with a legend and signed in pencil. Enclosed in a folder of white archival paper.
Prospectus (1 sheet) laid in; signed in pencil by the artist.
Added Author
Robinson, Alan James.
Thistle Bindery. Binder
Cheloniidae Press. Publisher
Hampshire Typothetae. Printer
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. Amer. 1980 92-89
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