{"product_id":"1886-rare-book-poems-the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher-by-of-edgar-allan-poe","title":"1886 Rare Book - Poems, The Fall of the House of Usher by of Edgar Allan Poe","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"1185\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"11\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Edgar Allan Poe. Edited by Joseph Skipsey.\u003cbr data-start=\"54\" data-end=\"57\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"57\" data-end=\"67\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe. With a Prefatory Notice, Biographical and Critical.\u003cbr data-start=\"158\" data-end=\"161\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"161\" data-end=\"175\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e London, Walter Scott, 24 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row, and Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1886.\u003cbr data-start=\"260\" data-end=\"263\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"263\" data-end=\"276\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Text in English. \u003cbr data-start=\"293\" data-end=\"296\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"296\" data-end=\"305\"\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6 x 4.5 inches.\u003cbr data-start=\"321\" data-end=\"324\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"324\" data-end=\"334\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e viii, 288 pages, followed by publisher’s catalogue.\u003cbr data-start=\"386\" data-end=\"389\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"389\" data-end=\"401\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good original publisher’s dark blue cloth binding, with printed paper title label to the spine. Light rubbing and minor wear to corners and spine ends, with a few small marks to the boards. Spine label lightly toned and rubbed, but still legible. Hinges fine, binding sound and well preserved. Protected in a removable mylar cover. \u003cbr data-start=\"700\" data-end=\"703\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"703\" data-end=\"715\"\u003eContent:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good condition. Light to moderate foxing, mainly to the outer edge, preliminary leaves, and final pages, as shown. Early ownership inscription dated 1889 on front free endpaper, with small old bookplate or ownership label to front pastedown. Interior otherwise clean and well kept.\u003cbr data-start=\"1002\" data-end=\"1005\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1005\" data-end=\"1023\"\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not illustrated, but attractively printed with red ruled borders to the title page and contents pages, decorative headpieces, initials, and ornaments throughout.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1187\" data-end=\"1216\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1187\" data-end=\"1200\"\u003eEstimate:\u003c\/strong\u003e (USD 250 – 300)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1218\" data-end=\"1657\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1218\" data-end=\"1231\"\u003eThe book:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem data-start=\"1232\" data-end=\"1271\"\u003eThe Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe\u003c\/em\u003e is a handsome late-Victorian edition of Poe’s poems, published by Walter Scott in 1886, with a prefatory biographical and critical notice by Joseph Skipsey. The volume includes many of Poe’s most celebrated poems, among them \u003cem data-start=\"1497\" data-end=\"1508\"\u003eThe Raven\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"1510\" data-end=\"1518\"\u003eLenore\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"1520\" data-end=\"1531\"\u003eThe Bells\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"1533\" data-end=\"1553\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eThe Conqueror Worm\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"1555\" data-end=\"1568\"\u003eAnnabel Lee\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"1570\" data-end=\"1579\"\u003eUlalume\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"1581\" data-end=\"1591\"\u003eEldorado\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"1593\" data-end=\"1617\"\u003eA Dream within a Dream\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"1619\" data-end=\"1640\"\u003eThe City in the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem data-start=\"1646\" data-end=\"1656\"\u003eTo Helen\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1659\" data-end=\"2037\"\u003eThis edition also includes a selection of prose extracts, notably \u003cem data-start=\"1725\" data-end=\"1747\"\u003eThe Poetic Principle\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"1749\" data-end=\"1757\"\u003eLigeia\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"1759\" data-end=\"1791\"\u003eThe Fall of the House of Usher\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"1793\" data-end=\"1822\"\u003eThe Masque of the Red Death\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem data-start=\"1828\" data-end=\"1845\"\u003eThe Assignation\u003c\/em\u003e. Its compact format, red-and-black decorative printing, and sober cloth binding with spine label give it the character of an attractive literary pocket edition of the late nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2039\" data-end=\"2512\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2039\" data-end=\"2054\"\u003eThe author:\u003c\/strong\u003e Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was one of the most influential American writers of the nineteenth century, celebrated as a poet, critic, and master of the short story. His works helped shape modern Gothic fiction, detective fiction, psychological horror, and the literature of the macabre. Poems such as \u003cem data-start=\"2356\" data-end=\"2367\"\u003eThe Raven\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"2372\" data-end=\"2385\"\u003eAnnabel Lee\u003c\/em\u003e remain among the most enduring in American literature, admired for their musicality, atmosphere, and haunting emotional power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2514\" data-end=\"2923\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2514\" data-end=\"2529\"\u003eThe editor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Joseph Skipsey (1832–1903) was an English poet, critic, and editor, often remembered as the “pitman poet” because of his early life working in the coal mines of Northumberland. His literary work and editorial contributions helped bring important poets to Victorian readers, and his prefatory notice in this edition places Poe within the broader literary and critical imagination of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MFLIBRA - Antique Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48594739560697,"sku":null,"price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0953\/3348\/files\/20260625poe_01.jpg?v=1782430630","url":"https:\/\/mflibra.com\/products\/1886-rare-book-poems-the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher-by-of-edgar-allan-poe","provider":"MFLIBRA - Antique Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}