1890 Rare Book - The Raven and other Poems by Edgar Allan POE.

 

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Author: Edgar Allan Poe.
Title: Poems.
Publisher: Philadephia, Henry Altemus, no date (circa 1890).
Language: Text in English.
Size: 6.5 " X 5 ".
Pages: xxiv-205 pages + catalogue.
Binding: Attractive and good full decorated cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn, soiled and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Good content (bright, tight, and clean, name of a previous owner on the first endpaper - as shown, rare light foxing and staining - as shown).
Illustrations: Illustrated with a nice frontispiece portrait of Edgar Allan Poe and 2 full-page illustrations.

The book: Rare and Nice Altemus edition of the Poems by Edgar Allan Poe followed by his Poetic Principle.

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.