Lot 24 — THE AMERICAN KEEPSAKE, Anna Wilmot, 1851, leather, engravings, Poe, New York, presentation copy
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Wilmot, Anna. The American Keepsake for 1851. Edited by Anna Wilmot. Cornish, Lamport and Company, New York, 1851. Leather-bound with gilt decoration and engravings. Featured contribution by Edgar A. Poe titled "The Sphinx."
Additional titles: The Little Dove. Covers detached, spine missing, pages in fragile state. Presentation inscription dated January 18, 1857. Contains engraved plates with significant foxing. A rare literary anthology with provenance value.