Desirable first appearance of Edgar Allan Poe's short story 'The Pit and the Pendulum' within the book The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1843. Second state, with copyright dates absent from title and copyright pages. Philadelphia: Carey and Hart. Hardcover, 4.75 x 7.5, 328 pages. Book condition: G/None, with heavy foxing and staining throughout, pencil ownership inscriptions to endpapers, edgewear, and bumped corners.
