1882 Rare Book - Poems of EDGAR ALLAN POE with a full and impartial Memoir of the Poet.
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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 & Co. Publishers, no date (1882).
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7.5 " X 5 ".
Pages: iii-194 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good gilt decorated full-cloth binding (hinges fine, lower part of spine worn - as shown, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges gilt
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and very clean, rare light foxing - as shown, endpaper inner hinges worn but still tight - as shown, small chip to the outer upper corner of front free blank endpaper - as shown).
Illustration: Complete with the nice frontispiece portrait of Poe, the facsimiles, and the full-page and in-text illustrations.
The book: Beautiful and rare Hurst's edition of the Poems of Edgar Allan Poe.
Estimate: (USD 300 - USD 500)
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.