Poe, Edgar Allan. Tales. Chicago: The Lakeside Press. 1930. Typography, decorations, illustrations, binding, and slipcase (not included with this book) by Dwiggins. He said to Dorothy Abbe that "this was the first chance I had to design a book without one eye on the market." One of the books in "The Four American Books" campaign initiated by R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company in 1925. These books were the result of an effort to improve American book production standards by demonstrating that large scale machinery could produce books that gave the impression they were printed by a hand press. One of 1,000 copies printed on A.W. Rag paper by R.R. Donnelley & Sons. -- Agner No. 30.09, 1935

Poe, Edgar Allan. Tales. Chicago: The Lakeside Press. 1930. Typography, decorations, illustrations, binding, and slipcase (not included with this book) by Dwiggins. He said to Dorothy Abbe that "this was the first chance I had to design a book without one eye on the market." One of the books in "The Four American Books" campaign initiated by R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company in 1925. These books were the result of an effort to improve American book production standards by demonstrating that large scale machinery could produce books that gave the impression they were printed by a hand press. One of 1,000 copies printed on A.W. Rag paper by R.R. Donnelley & Sons. -- Agner No. 30.09, 1935, 1.1.1.30.09, item: CPSPE SPCSK Z232.D975 WAD 30.09. William Addison Dwiggins collection, 0102-LIT. Special Collections and University Archives. https://archives.lib.umd.edu//repositories/2/archival_objects/299588 Accessed May 26, 2024.