[Fine Binding | Donnelley | Alfred de Sauty] Tales 2023 Inventory Note in pen at rear:

Note in pen at rear: “Forwarded J

with a gilt flower and leafy sprays at each corner

Original tissue wrapper present (browned)

Intertwined gilt tooling extending from bands of spine to front and rear covers

[Fine Binding | Donnelley | Alfred de Sauty] Tales 2023 Inventory Note in pen at rear:Poe, Edgar Allan. Tales. Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1930. Limited to 1,000 copies. Designed and illustrated by W. A. Dwiggins. Issued as one of The Lakeside Press' "Four American Books" series. Bound by Donnelley to a design by Alfred de Sauty in full black crushed morocco with a stark red inlaid design of three descending drops of "blood" into a red pool made up of a long red band with a central "splash". Five bands to spine, with title and author