Tamerlane and Other Poems (Two Volumes)
San Francisco: John Henry Nash for William Andrews Clark, Jr., 1923. First thus. Two volumes, including a facsimile of the 1827 First Edition, 6½" x 4¼," set into an 8¾" x 6¼" case and a new printing from the 1845 edition, 12½" x 9;" paper spine labels, top edges gilt, in brown German batik boards with orange and black silk ribbon ties, all in a two-volume matching slipcase with two compartments. Fine copies. #5 of 150 copies (for private distribution only); extral spine labels in envelope tipped to rear pastedown Larger volume with dry-point portrait frontispiece by William H. Wilke of the Poe bust at the University of Virginia Library. With "Compliments of William Andrews Clark, Jr." tipped-in paper label at front free endpaper of larger volume. O'Day p. 31-2. From the library of John Henry Nash. Item #21562
Price: $500.00