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Here we have a late 1800s illustrated edition of the POEMS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE published by Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., New York. It was difficult to date this book exactly but based on the Crowell's address of 13 Astor Place and the 1882 date on the copyright page I can say with some confidence that this book was printed sometime between 1882 and 1890.


Book is in beautiful VERY GOOD condition. There is some shelf wear/marks on covers/spine, and some fading on the spine but overall this is an remarkably well preserved copy of this nearly 150 year old book. Binding is tight and all pages are securely intact.


PLEASE refer to pictures for more detailed information on condition.


Thank you for considering this book and, as always, 


Godspeed, 


โญ„๐•ฎ๐–†๐–˜๐–˜๐–Žโ‚๐–‰๐–”๐–—๐–š๐–˜โค





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P.S. - ๐•ณ๐–Š๐–—๐–Š๐–Ž๐–“ ๐–‹๐–”๐–‘๐–‘๐–”๐–œ๐–˜ ๐–† long winded COPY AND PASTE explanation about boring, logistical stuff written in MID JULY of the year of our Lord, 2025.


The ILLUMINATED LIBRARYโ„ข is a one man operation out of a small 2-bedroom monastery in search of cool books and other interesting paper goods. I, ๐•ฎ๐–†๐–˜๐–˜๐–Žโ‚๐–‰๐–”๐–—๐–š๐–˜, am in charge of all the exciting stuff like acquisition and reading but also all the less exciting stuff like listing and packing.  


As you may have noticed I make listing more interesting by inserting jokes in the descriptions and generally pretending to be a medieval monk. I make shipping more interesting by wrapping your book in fancy black paper (or whatever other cool paper Iโ€™ve got) and writing your name on the WRAPPING PAPER (never the book) in ๐–‹๐–†๐–“๐–ˆ๐–ž ๐–ˆ๐–†๐–‘๐–‘๐–Ž๐–Œ๐–—๐–†๐–•๐–๐–ž. Sometimes I even doodle a weird little guy on it. Just like medieval monks used to do. 


Anyways, If you want me to write a DIFFERENT NAME than the one on your shipping address please let me know ASAP so I can do that for you. Might make a fun gift  ๐Ÿ‘€ for a friend who likes books. Even if that friend is yourself.


My goal is next day (or even same day shipping) but dear reader I have a confession to make. I have three small children and a day job. This doesnโ€™t make me special but sometimes it turns out to be a difficult 2-3 days


Are you still reading? Oh good! Let me tell you about my packing strategy.


I place your book into a nucleus of soft cushy protection using successive layers of wrapping paper, bubble wrap, kraft paper and sometimes even pool noodles. The nucleus is then enclosed in a tough cell wall of a corrugated cardboard box. God bless โ€˜em but I know post office employees are chucking boxes around in the back room. ( Not at the local office where I drop them off. Those are all lovely people).


I primarily use recycled boxes and paper as a small contribution towards saving the Earth. If your book arrives in a box from amazon or a diaper box please understand that you are helping me save the earth. 


The ILLUMINATED LIBRARYโ„ข started acquiring books a little over one year ago so I am not an expert yet. I try my best to describe everything as accurately as possible but continue to make mistakes.  PLEASE MESSAGE ME IF I MAKE A MISTAKE. You wouldnโ€™t let a brother look like a fool would you?


I think these books look โœจSUPER AWESOMEโœจ on the shelves of the monastery. I think they would look โœจSUPER AWESOMEโœจ on your shelf too.  


Even if itโ€™s not in a monastery. ๐Ÿ™

P.P.S - if youโ€™ve read this far then maybe you are crazy enough to check out the other books Iโ€™ve got in the Library. 

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