1884 Rare Book - Poems by Edgar Allan POE with Memoir (The Raven, Lenore, Fairy-Land, ...)
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(Description)
Author: Edgar Allan Poe.
Title: Poems of Edgar Allan Poe with Memoir.
Publisher: New York, Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., no date (circa 1884).
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7 " X 5 ".
Pages: 196 pages + publisher's catalog.
Binding: Attractive and very good original decorated full-cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges are gilt.
Content: Very good content (tight and clean, general light toning of pages - as shown, rare light foxing - as shown upper corner of front endpaper free page cut - as shown).
Illustrations: This copy without portrait but includes five full-page illustrations.
The book: Rare and very beautiful 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.