The Murders in the Rue Morgue.
Antibes, France: Allen Press, 1958.
8vo, 81 pp. With three-color title, and illustrated with abstract line drawings with superimposed wood tint blocks. Original printed boards bound in three colors. A near fine copy with a bookplate and a hint of light foxing, with the original prospectus laid in (slightly edgeworn as it is larger than the book).
§ One of 150 copies printed by Lewis and Dorothy Allen while living in Antibes, France. An early Allen Press book, "an American classic with a French locale", well printed on dampened French handmade paper using an Albion handpress ("its acquisition in London, shipment to the south of France, and eventual arrival in San Francisco was a nightmare of red tape, human comedy, and procrastination"). Item #126908
Price: $375.00