1866 Scarce Victorian Edition - The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe with a Selection of his Sketches and Reviews. Illustrated.
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Author: Edgar Allan Poe.
Title: The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe with a Selection of his Sketches and Reviews.
Publisher: London, Ward, Lock, And Tyler, no date (1866).
Language: Text in English.
Size: 6.5 " X 4.5 ".
Pages: xl-280 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good, near fine original gilt decorated full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges gilt. A rare find in such a nice condition!
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, the inner hinge of endpapers worn but still tight - as shown, gift note of a previous owner on the first endpaper - as shown).
Illustrations: Profusely illustrated.
Estimate : (Scarce with no or very few other copies available for sale in this binding worldwide).
The book: Very attractive Victorian edition of the Complete Poems by Edgar Allan Poe. Very uncommon early UK edition of Poe's poetry, Including a selection of his essays and sketches like "Philosophy of Furniture", "A Tale of the Ragged Mountains", "King Pest", "William Wilson", "The Man of the Crowd", "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Raven" and "Tamerlane".
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.