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1853140940674London: Clarke Beeton & Co 1853. First Edition. Very Good. ca 1852 1853. The first combined English illustrated edition. The first and second series bound together in one volume. Bound in contemporary half leather over diced grain cloth featuring 26 wood engravings throughout the first series and 16 throughout the second. These two illustrated volumes of Poe's stories the first including poems were issued in Great Britain as part of the Readable Books series. Pages toned owner name to blank recto of frontis illustration of the Second Series. Uncommon. Clarke, Beeton, & Co unknown
1850319277New York: J. S. Redfield 1850. Frontispiece portrait of Poe by J. Sartain in volume 1 with tissue guard offsetting onto title. Half-titles in vols. 1 and 4 as issued. 4 vols. 12mo. Original black blind-embossed cloth gilt-lettered on spines vols. 1-3; the fourth volume in contemporary black cloth without embossing gilt-lettered on spine. Volume 1 with losses along joints and chips at ends of spine; other volumes with small chips and losses; volume 4 with brittle and browned endleaves. Frontispiece portrait of Poe by J. Sartain in volume 1 with tissue guard offsetting onto title. Half-titles in vols. 1 and 4 as issued. 4 vols. 12mo. FIRST EDITIONS second printings of vols. 1-3 vols. 1-3 in binding E signed by Geo. W. Alexander; first edition of vol. 4 in a binding not identified in BAL; advertisements in vols. 1 and 4 as called for. <br /> <br /> "Poe's mother-in-law Mrs. Clemm persuaded Griswold a few days after Poe's death to be his literary executor claiming that Poe had asked for him. The news that Griswold would be the editor of Poe's collected works raised a clamor from Poe's supporters. Griswold was not willing to give up the executorship so long as he believed it was Poe's wish . Griswold used his editing of Poe's works to purge uncomplimentary references to his own work and he inserted material into letters from Poe that made Poe seem dependent on him and treacherous to other editors such as George Graham Louis Godey and George W. Eveleth. His forgeries were not discovered at the time" ANB. Maria Clemm supplied the Notice to the Reader in vol. 1 which she later regretted after Griswold's scandalous portrait of Poe appeared in vol. 3. <br /> <br /> The first volume contains the Tales and the second Poems and Miscellanies. The third volume was published separately and comprises the first edition of The Literati and includes Griswold's infamous sketch of the author. The first three volumes were published in 1850; the fourth volume was not published until 1856. It became the standard edition of Poe's works for 25 years and served as the model for nearly another quarter of a century. It is also the edition upon which Charles Baudelaire based his famous translations of Poe's works into French in Histoires Extraordinaires 1856 Nouvelles Histoires Extraordinaires 1857 and Histoires Grotesques et Serieuses 1865. <br /> Complete sets of Poe's Works are now quite scarce. BAL 16158 16159 and 16161; Heartman & Canny pp. 129-33 J. S. Redfield unknown
187085383Paris: Michel Lévy frères 1870. Fine. Michel Lévy frères Paris 1870 12.50 x 19 cm broché First collected edition. New edition of the French translation by Charles Baudelaire forming the seventh and final volume of his complete works one of the very rare copies printed on Holland paper the only deluxe issue. Followed by the French translation of Eureka also by Baudelaire. The text is preceded by a preface by Théophile Gautier. Minor restorations to the margins of the covers and to the foot of the spine. The work was sold separately or as the seventh volume of Charles Baudelaires complete works whose publication extended over three years. One of the exceedingly rare copies on Holland paper the only one we have traced preserved in wrappers as published. Fewer than ten copies are believed to have been printed. Michel Lévy frères unknown
18411608325Graham's Magazine 1841. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. The true first appearance of Poe's classic tale Murders in the Rue Morgue considered the first detective story ever published. In original binding. Book is in good condition. This is Graham's compilation of all of their issues starting in February published in 1841. The Murders starts on page 166.Bound magazine. Two volumes in one: Volumes 18 and 19: January-December 1841. Octavo. iv 1-295 1pp. and 12 engraved plates; iv 1-308pp. and 19 engraved plates. Complete. Contains the first printed appearances of: "Murders in the Rue Morgue" considered the world's first detective story "A Descent into the Maelstrom" and three other Poe tales; the complete essay "Secret Writing" in four installments the first two parts of the essay "A Chapter on Autography" and over 50 critical reviews by Poe. Also included are the first revised printings of the poems: "To Helen" and "Israfel." A complete run of 12 monthly issues from 1841 when Poe served as the magazine's literary editor and had reached the peak of his powers and influence both as a writer and editor. The run also includes nine mezzotints by Philadelphia's famous engraver John Sartain one of which illustrates Poe's tale: "The Island of the Fay." A scarce and desirable annual volume. Housed in a custom-made slipcase. Graham's Magazine hardcover
18451610043Wiley and Putnam 1845. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes. Vol. I January-June 1845; vol. II July-December 1845. In vol. I: The Raven p.143 and Some Words with a Mummy p.363. In vol. II: Eulalie-A Song p.79 and The Facts of M. Valdemar's Case p.561. Vol. I and II: Thick quarto half red morocco over marbled boards. Spine with raised bands and gilt geometric patterns in compartments. Vol. I: Light foxing to the preliminaries and fore edges. Vol. II: Light foxing to the preliminaries and fore edges front inner hinge open. Very good uncommonly clean copies. Housed in a custom-made slipcase. Wiley and Putnam hardcover
1883205177New York: E. P. Dutton 1883. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Good in boards. Front hinge starting. Front page missing. Gilded text block edges. Illustrations by W. L. Taylor. E. P. Dutton hardcover
19003427Philadelphia: George Barrie 1900. Large Paper Library Edition Limited Edition. Leather Bound. Very Good. Large Paper Library Edition Limited Edition. Leather Bound. 6 vol. Edgar Allan Poe The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe.<br /> With bibliographical essay by John H. Ingram. Large Paper Library Edition Limited Edition of 250 copies printed on imperial Japan paper of which this is no. 102. Frontispiece in 2 states. 20 original etchings five photographs and a new etched portrait. Bound in 3/4 olive green Morocco leather with blue and green marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt. Raised bands on spine with gilt embellishment on spine panel compartments. Published Philadelphia: George Barrie circa 1900. <br /> H: 9" W: 7 1/4" D: 1 1/2 George Barrie unknown
1845140946420New York: Wiley and Putnam 1845. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing of "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe printed on pp. 143 under the pseudonym "Quarles." Bound in contemporary quarter leather over marbled boards. Very Good with wear soiling and staining to binding. Contemporary ownership on title page tide mark and foxing throughout. Marginal chip to pp. 3/4. This volume also includes Poe's story "Some Words with a Mummy" pp. 363-370 and his poems "The Valley of Unrest" and "The City in the Sea" pp. 392-3 which unlike "The Raven" appear under Poe's name. Wiley and Putnam unknown
1856167942Paris: Michel Lévy Frères 1856-58. The original three Baudelaire translations First editions. Baudelaire's famous prose translations of Poe began with these three works and were not continued for another seven years. Though Poe's national image was long a matter of controversy in continental Europe his reputation was immediately established through the translations of Baudelaire who "forever blended the style form and spirit of Poe with the literature of France" Harner. For Baudelaire "Poe was an alter-ego a long-lost brother a partner in crime and a writer in whom he could confide his sacred fury. Of the twelve volumes of Baudelaire's complete works five are devoted to his brilliant translations of Poe" Foye p. 75. The project "was not far different from that of an impassioned believer translating the New Testament" Arthur Ransome p. 225 and it left an indelible mark on the careers of both men. According to Valéry Baudelaire's natural talents "would have made him only an emulator of Gautier or an excellent artist of the Parnassian school if he had not due to his inquiring turn of mind had the good fortune to discover a new intellectual world in the words of Edgar Poe. From this point onward Baudelaire will possess his canonical identity" cited in Blood pp. 42-3. The set includes Baudelaire's early study "Edgar Poe: Sa vie et ses oeuvres" and some of Poe's most famous stories such as "The Gold-Bug" "The Black Cat" and "The Masque of the Red Death". Three works octavo 180 x 116 mm. First work bound without half-title. Contemporary brown half morocco red and green spine labels raised bands ruled in blind sides and corners with gilt fillet marbled sides and endpapers top edges gilt other edges untrimmed original wrappers bound in but without the first work's front wrapper. Engraved bookplate of "J.V." on front pastedowns. Spines slightly faded small corner wear contents lightly foxed. A very good set attractively bound. Sabin 63528 63560 & 63562; Vicaire VII pp. 735-7. Susan Blood Baudelaire and the Aesthetics of Bad Faith 1997; Raymond Foye The Unknown Poe: An Anthology of Fugitive Writings by Edgar Allan Poe 1980; Gary Wayne Harner "Edgar Allan Poe in France: Baudelaire's Labour of Love" Poe and His Times: The Artist and His Milieu 1990; Arthur Ransome Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Study 1910. hardcover
1845191176New York: Wiley and Putnam February but January 1845. And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor / Shall be lifted - nevermore! First appearance of "The Raven" pp. 143-5 appearing in the second number under the pseudonym "by --- Quarles". This bound volume of the American Review's initial six numbers is a presentation copy inscribed by the editor on the first blank "Col. Webb Ed. Courier & Enquirer from the Editor G. H. Colton". George Hooker Colton 1818-1847 paid Poe "not over $20" for "The Raven" which is introduced by Colton's brief essay on poetic metre. Colton recited the poem to staff "in his ramshackle Nassau Street office before yet it had gone into type; and as he closed with oratorical effect the last refrain he declared with an emphasis that shook the whole mass of his flaxen locks - 'that is amazing - amazing!'" Thomas p. 484. Colton presented this volume to General James Watson Webb 1802-1884 whose own paper Courier & Enquirer once had the largest circulation in the nation. "The Raven" was immediately successful appealing to both the popular and critical taste of its day and it was reprinted at least ten times within a month. The Evening Mirror issue of 29 January announced that they were reprinting the poem in advance of the February issue of the American Review; however the American Review itself announced that the February number would in fact be issued in early January. Richard Gimbel notes that the Evening Mirror text was slightly corrected from the first setting of type seen in the American Review and introduces an obvious typographical error. The April issue further includes the first appearance in print of Poe's "Some Words with a Mummy" pp. 363-70 and his revised versions of "The City in the Sea" and "The Valley of Unrest" pp. 392-3. Nos I-VI bound in single octavo volume 219 x 131 mm. Contemporary black half morocco rebacked to style red spine label and gilt and blind rules to compartments blind roll to sides and corners marbled sides and endpapers. Ownership signature on title page. Covers a little rubbed light wear and refurbishment to edges inner hinges reinforced occasional foxing and sticky notes to contents. A very good copy. Heartman & Canny pp. 100-1. Richard Gimbel "Quoth the Raven" a catalogue of the exhibition The Yale University Library Gazette April 1959 Vol. 33 No. 4 pp. 139-89. unknown
1843101067Boston: Leland and Whiting 1843. 4to. 3 engraved plates in no. 2 plates to nos. 1 & 3 in facsimile. 1-48; 49-96; 97-144 pp. Later 19th-century half red morocco and marbled boards no. 1 rear wrapper and no. 2 wrappers bound-in upper portion of no. 2 front wrapper filled in no. 1 front wrapper in facsimile; covers lightly rubbed and faded a few small tape repairs light staining to margins of no. 2 foxing and toning to no. 3. The complete run of this short-lived periodical edited by James Russell Lowell with contributions by Poe in each volume including the first printings of "The Tell-Tale Heart" no. 1 pp. 29-31 and "Notes Upon English Verse" no. 3 p. 102-112. Other contributions include short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne "The Hall of Fantasy" and "The Birthmark" and poems by Jones Very John Greenleaf Whittier Elizabeth Barrett Browning and James Russell Lowell. "The Tell-Tale Heart" was first rejected by the Boston Miscellany with the editor's request that "if Mr. Poe would condescend to furnish more quiet articles he would be a most desirable correspondent." Lowell accepted the story for the first number of The Pioneer. "Before its demise Poe had contributed at Lowell's invitation to each number. For these contributions he was never paid" Heartman & Canny. PROVENANCE: Richardson book-plate ms notes on comparable copies 1900-05 on front pastedownREFERENCE: Heartman & Canny p. 240 Leland and Whiting hardcover
18411610315George R. Graham 1841. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. These stories are the first appearances of Poe's works: The Murders in the Rue Morgue A Descent into the Malstrom The islands of the Fay The Coloquy of Monos and Una Never Bet the Devil Your Head Israfel. In Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine. Large thick quarto full maroon calf. Publisher's deluxe binding. Covers with decorative borders stamped in gilt and blind. Gilt-decorated turn-ins and marbled endpapers. Spine with raised bands and gilt in compartments. All edges gilt. Plate tissues moderately foxed else contents especially clean and fresh. A beautiful very good plus copy. Previous owner's small bookplate attached to front paste-down rear cover slightly separating at bottom. Housed in a custom-made slipcase. George R. Graham hardcover
184578226New York: Wiley and Putnam 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. The first printing of "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe 1809-49. Among the most famous works in American literature the poem tells of a raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover tracing the man's slow descent into madness. It appears anonymously on p.143-145 as "by ——— Quarles." The first appearance of "The Raven" is something of a bibliographical dispute. Heartman and Canny consider this form to be the first printing maintaining that the January 29 1845 appearance in The Evening Mirror is not the first. The American Review had announced that "No. II will bear date Feb. 1845 but will be issued early in January" thus unless the publishers were unable to issue the work by the date promised the present version clearly predates the late January appearance in The Evening Mirror. Octavo: ii iv 656 pp. with a frontispiece portrait of Henry Clay. This volume contains other work by Poe including the first printing of "Some Words with a Mummy" p.363 as well as "Valley of Unrest" p.392 and "The City in the Sea" p.393. Original calf binding with black morocco spine labels gilt-stamped titles and decorations four raised bands blind-stamped borders and marbled endpapers. Scattered light foxing to the contents with a previous owner's pencil inscription to a prefatory blank leaf. The bookplate of American botanist and horticulturalist Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick appears on the front pastedown. Some general edgewear more so to the corners and tips with a bit of rubbing along the joints; otherwise very good. Heartman and Canny p.100; Tane 177. Wiley and Putnam hardcover
18508535New York: J.S. Redfield 1850. First Editions. First Printings with final page of ads in Vol.1 printing "Was published on the First of April" beneath American Drawing-Book and in Vol.2 there is no "r" in "choir" on p.46 third stanza line 1. Two 12mo. volumes 19.75cm; Blanck's A binding in publisher's blue cloth spines blind-stamped with simple rules with gilt-stamped rules between volume number and title on spines and covers with embossed corner and centerpieces within a triple blind-ruled frame; peach endpapers; xxii1-483484 4pp ads with inserted tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece; vi7-495496-498pp. In Vol.1 the first leaf a blank is not excised as is found in some copies. Both volumes bear the early ink signature of Samuel E. Perkins of Bangor Maine a druggist with his circular business label on preliminary blank Vol.1 and front pastedown Vol.2. Some very mild softening to spine ends spines gently sunned with sprinkled foxing to text; Vol.1 slightly over-opened at gutter following front endpaper with some light rubbing to covers on Vol.2; a uniformly Near Fine set without repair with the gilt bright and unrubbed.<br /> <br /> The first collected edition of Poe's works part of what would become a four-volume set with the third published later in 1850 and the fourth volume appearing in 1856. These volumes were published roughly six months after Poe's death; Volume I contains biographical matter and a notice of Poe's death followed by his Tales. Considerable material appears here for the first time in book form including "The Balloon-Hoax" "Mellonta Tauta" "A Tale of the Ragged Mountains" and "The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall sic. Uncommon in the first printings particularly in matched condition. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. BAL 16158; Sabin 63570. 8535. J.S. Redfield unknown
1884118042New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1884. The Amontillado edition of the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Octavo 8 volumes bound in full morocco by P.B. Sanford with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in 6 compartments within raised gilt bands double gilt ruling to the panels gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles marbled endpapers all edges gilt tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece to each volume by R. Swain Gifford Frederick Church and others etched engraved vignettes to the title pages. One of 315 numbered copies signed and dated by the publisher on the limitation leaf of each volume this is number 290. In fine condition. Rare and desirable. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre American Romantic writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe is credited with inventing the genre of detective fiction and contributing to the genre of science fiction only just emerging at the turn of the 20th century. Poe was the first well-known American writer to earn a living through writing alone resulting in a financially difficult life and career and his works influenced literature around the world as well as specialized fields such as cosmology and cryptography. Poe's most memorable tales include: The Black Cat The Cask of Amontillado The Gold-Bug The Pit and the Pendulum The Premature Burial and The Tell-Tale Heart. G. P. Putnam's Sons unknown
1846poe46London: Wiley & Putnam. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed and marked. Spine faded. Some foxing. 1846. First UK Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 130mm 7" x 5". 228pp. Includes 'The Fall of the House of Usher' and The Murders in the Rue Morgue' &c. . Wiley & Putnam hardcover
