Takacs example

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Miniature binding in sculptural stand. Full leather binding with brass clasp covered in black reverse pigskin. Decorated top and bottom edges. Gold-stamped label on spine. The structural stand, also in reverse pigskin, contains a recessed platform holding the miniature. Movement of the steel pendulum attached to the canopy allows the platform to raise, bringing the book into view.

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Poe, Edgar Allan

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Edgar Allan Poe. The Pit and the Pendulum. [N.p.]: Pixie Press, 1993.

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Book

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The 1st DeGolyer Competition

Citation

Poe, Edgar Allan, “Takacs example,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed March 7, 2026, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1976.

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