price list on Poe's Works 1849

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I would like to find a page to look up the value of POE'S 10 vol. set published in 1849 by Harper Bros. New York & London, and other old books. I need price lists and I dont know much about www. or how to get around.

-- Anonymous, February 28, 2000

Answers

The 10-volume set of Poe's works printed by Harpers is NOT from 1849. Instead, it was printed about 1920. (The first 10-volume set of Poe's works was printed in 1895-1896. The only mutli-volume set of Poe's works printed before 1886 was in 4 volumes.) The lack of an obvious date and the use of the original, dated, prefaces has misled many unwary collectors. In perfect condition, the Harpers' set, which is printed on rather poor paper, is worth about $80, although I have sometimes seen it sell for less, and once or twice for more than that.

-- Anonymous, April 14, 2001

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