1885 Rare and beautiful Victorian Book - The Poetical Works of EDGAR ALLAN POE.

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Author : Edgar Allan Poe.
Title : The complete poetical works of Edgar Allan Poe : with memoir by J.H. Ingram.
Publisher : New York: John W. Lovell Co., no date (circa 1885).
Language : Text in English.
Size : 7.5 " X 5.5 "
Pages : iv-260 pages.
Binding : Attractive and very good, near fine, beautiful Victorian decorated full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed) under a protective removable mylar cover. 
Content : Very good content (ruled pages, bright, tight and clean, rare foxing, all edges gilt).
Illustration : Complete with the frontis portrait of Edgar Allan Poe.

Estimate: (USD 250 - USD 450)

The book : Beautiful Victorian edition of the Poems by Edgar Allan Poe. Including also a Memoir of Poe by J.H Ingram, The Death of Edgar A. Poe by N. P. Willis, the Poetic Principle by Poe and his Miscellaneous Poems & Essays, and Poems.

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.