[Fine Binding | Donnelley | Alfred de Sauty] Tales 2023 Inventory the most attractive and elusive

the most attractive and elusive specimens

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

Five bands to spine with title and author to second compartment and floral decorations to remaining

with a gilt flower and leafy sprays at each corner

Edges worn and rubbed

[Fine Binding | Donnelley | Alfred de Sauty] Tales 2023 Inventory the most attractive and elusivePoe, 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