1872 Scarce Victorian Book - The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe. Edinburgh Illustrated Edition.

 

Author: Poe, Edgar Allan.
Title: The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe. Illustrated by Walter H. Paton, John McWhirter, Clark Stanton, C.J. Staniland, J. Lawson, and other eminent artists. Engraved by R. Paterson.
Publisher: Edinburgh, William P. Nimmo, 1872.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 9 " X 7 ".
Pages: 176 pages.
Binding: Very good full Victorian decorated cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright and tight, rare foxing and staining - mainly on preliminary and last pages - as shown, the first endpaper is worn probably by a bookplate that has been removed - as shown)  Text within black-ruled borders.
Illustrations: Complete with the  27 nice illustrations by Walter H. Paton, John McWhirter, Clark Stanton, C.J. Staniland, J. Lawson, and other eminent artists. All engraved by R. Paterson.

The book: Scarce and attractive Victorian illustrated edition of the Complete 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.