The gold bug
By: written by Edgar Allan Poe
Contributors: Dwiggins, W. A. (William Addison), 1880-1956; Morris, Howard, ill; Comet Press; Jay I. Kislak Reference Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed at The Comet Press
Published: 1945
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 59
Notes: "With this edition ... we are happy to resume our tradition of printing a keepsake for our friends, each year. ... we pray that we may have the pleasure of sending you a holiday book for many years to come, in a world undisturbed by the horrors of war"--P. [five].

"This book has been set on the linotype in Electra, a type designed by W.A. Dwiggins. The paper is ivory laid Kilmory Text and the book is bound in Oxford Land cloth. The illustrations have been done by Howard Morris. This edition is limited to 1,200 copies printed for the Friends of The Comet Press"--Colophon.

LC copy has provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation.