The Life of Edgar Allan Poe

London: Chatto and Windus, 1878. Hardcover. Very Good+. Third edition, revised and enlarged. [4], [iii]-vi, xi-xiv, 9-347, [1, blank], 36 [ads] pp. Eighteen plates (complete), some folding. A fine presentation copy, inscribed by the Author to Wilkie Collins. "Wilkie Collins,/ with the regards/of the Author" on verso of front free endpaper, and an apparently extra printed leaf following the title-page on which is printed: "Inscribed to Wilkie Collins..." Original green cloth decoratively stamped in gilt on spine and front cover, and blind-stamped on back cover. Lacking two preliminary leaves (pp. vii-x). Housed in a quarter green morocco clamshell case.