first edition Hardcover
1934 · San Francisco
by Robertson, John W., M.D.
San Francisco: Russian Hill Private Press, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Limited to 350 sets printed and bound by Edwin & Robert Grabhorn. More a bibliographical record of the renowned Robertson collection than a traditional bibliography, it remains an invaluable resource for Poe scholars and collectors. 57 illustrations and reproductions, with 2 full-page facsimiles. Octavo, two volumes. Original blue paper-covered boards over a tan cloth spine, with a printed paper spine label. Period bookplate of Ralph M. Stall. to each front pastedown, with a small bookseller's label to the rear pastedown. Some uneven sun fading to the boards; otherwise very good. Heller and Magee 201-2. (Inventory #: 69863)