1890 Rare Victorian Book - Complete Poems by Edgar Allan POE (The Raven, Lenore, Ulalume, ...)
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Author : Edgar Allan Poe.
Title : Poems by Edgar Allan Poe Complete with an Original Memoir by R. H. Stoddard.
Publisher : London, George Routledge And Sons, no date (circa 1890's). Routledge's Excelsior Series.
Language : Text in English
Size : 7.5 " X 5 ",
Pages : 380 pages + catalogue.
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, tight, name of a previous owner on first endpaper, rare foxing and staining - as shown)
The book : Scarce and attractive Victorian 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.