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Edgar Allan Poe – Roger Carle. The Sphinx and Other Strange Tales
Original title : Edgar Allan Poë - Roger Carle. Le Sphinx et autres contes Bizarres
Category / section : Literature and first editions
- 1945
- 15 x 24 cm
- 232 p.
- Wrappers
- Illustrations
77€
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Edgar Allan Poe – Roger Carle. Le Sphinx et autres contes Bizarres Chambéry, Aux dépens d'un amateur, 1945. In-8°, 232 pages, 19.5 x 15 x 24 cm, in printed wrappers with pasted-down boards (slightly worn), illustrations and decorative bands in black and colour by Roger Carle. Very good copy on Renage vellum, this being no. 493.
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- Date
- 1945
- Format
- 15 x 24 cm
- Pagination
- 232 p.
- Binding
- Wrappers
- Illustrations
- Illustrations
Condition of this copy, as described by the bookseller
- in printed wrappers with pasted-down boards (slightly worn)
- Very good copy on Renage vellum
Bookseller’s description
Edgar Allan Poe – Roger Carle.
Le Sphinx et autres contes Bizarres
Chambéry, Aux dépens d'un amateur, 1945. In-8°, 232 pages, 19.5 x 15 x 24 cm, in printed wrappers with pasted-down boards (slightly worn), illustrations and decorative bands in black and colour by Roger Carle.
Very good copy on Renage vellum, this being no. 493.
The bookseller’s original description (in French)
Edgar Allan Poë - Roger Carle.
Le Sphinx et autres contes Bizarres
Chambéry, Aux dépens d'un amateur 1945. In-8° broché, 232 pages au format 19,5 x 5 x 24 cm., sous couverture rempliée & emoitage cartonné (défraîchi), illustrations et bandeaux en noir et en couleurs par Roger Carle.
Très bel exemplaire sur vélin de Renage, ici le n°493
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