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Peter Snook : [2 volumes] A Tale of the City : Follow Your Nose, And Other Strange Tales : by the Author of 'Chartley'

Dalton, James Forbes

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1836.

First American Edition. Hardcover. Fair with no dust jacket. Item #16494

Volume II spine edge nearly gone with front board attached by strings, Volume I with 2" spine tail chiping, spine label gone, both edgeworn, owner's bookplate in vol 2, other owner's signature in vol 1, top margin dampstains in vol 2, both random foxing, wear. Still serviceable reading copies and a suitable candidate for rebinding. ; Two of two volumes, complete. Married set with two different owners. First American Edition of this English collection of short fiction. Edgar Allan Poe positively cites this book as part of a book review of an 1836 American work. "To provide an example of the artistic superiority of British and French fiction over American fiction, he discusses in detail the “longest and best” of James Forbes Dalton’s stories, “Peter Snook.” After the lengthy summary and analysis, Poe ranks the tale “among the few tales which (each in its own way) are absolutely faultless." - Dawn B Sova; Critical Companion to Edgar Allan Poe : A Literary Reference to his Life and Work; page 256. ; 204; 201, 12 ad in 2 vols pages.

Price: $149.95