1890 Rare Book - Poems of EDGAR ALLAN POE including some Poems not Hitherto introduced in his Works.
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Author: Edgar Allan Poe.
Title: Poems of EDGAR ALLAN POE including some Poems not Hitherto introduced in his Works. To Which is Added A Full and Impartial Memoir of the Poet.
Publisher: New York, Hurst and Company publishers, no date (circa 1890).
Language: Text in English.
Size : 7.5 " X 5 ".
Pages: iii-194 pages.
Binding: Very good, near fine, original full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare light foxing and staining - as shown, name of a previous 1902 owner on the first endpaper - as shown).
Illustration: Including a nice frontispiece portrait of Poe and some nice intext decorations.
The book: Rare and nice Victorian edition of the Poems by Edgar Allan Poe.
The author: Edgar Allan Poe (born Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature as a whole, and he was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story. Poe is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.