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Price: US$4900.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nice solid quite clean copy of Volume one of the American Review. Binding tight with normal light wear. Endpapers not split or marked. First 30 pages have a small water mark to top left edges. Both engravings present before title. All contents tight and quite clean with very minor foxing. As good as and better than most copies we see on line. Contains Poe's famous poem The Raven in the February issue along with several other Poe items. Other listing describe in detail.
Seller: Antique Emporium, Eau Claire, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$11500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Beautiful, extremely informative and entertaining 8-volume set. First ever printing of "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe printed on page 143 under the pseudonym "Quarles." This pseudonym was in keeping with the American Reviews practice of publishing poetry unsigned or under a pen name. Also includes Poe's story "Some Words With a Mummy" (363-370), and the poems "The Valley of Unrest" and "The City in the Sea" (392-3). Set in type from Poes manuscript, The Raven was first printed in the American Review in January 1845 (issue dated February, 1845) and struck an immediate chord with the public and was reprinted in magazines and newspapers throughout the country. Includes bound volumes 1-8, 1845-1848 of The American Review: A Whig Journal, published monthly. Each volume with marbled boards w/moderate rub, black conditioned leather spine wrap, gilt spine titles, moderate shelf wear relevant to age. Half-bound in contemporary leather binding and corners. Pages good; some with fox, toning. Antiquarian owner's name to several title pages, some with initials, few with brief pencilled notations. Six volumes measuring 5 3/4" x 9" and two 6" x 9 1/4"; each apprx. 1-2" thick. The American Review was vibrant, comprehensive intellectual and entertainment media, in addition to being a source of opinion and information. It was cultural expression in the largest sense. The American Review contained articles of various lengths and subject matter; true to Whig form, however, the longest articles developed philosophical, religious, and historical themes in detail, or else, provided in-depth biographical information on the leading statesmen of the day. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Poe, Edgar Allan. The Raven and Other Poems. Wiley and Putnam, New York, 1845.
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Description: First edition in book form of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven," the single most famous American poem of the nineteenth century, first published earlier that year in the New York Evening Mirror (under Poe's own name) and The American Review (under a pseudonym). Partly inspired by the early lyrics of Elizabeth Barrett (later Browning), to whom he dedicated this volume of poems, Poe composed "The Raven" in trochaic octometer, with a deranged musicality all his own. The elements are familiar even to those who don't read poetry: the "midnight dreary," the silk-curtained chamber, the raven perched upon the bust of Athena, the relentless refrain that drives the narrator mad. "'Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken! / Leave my loneliness unbroken! - quit the bust above my door! / Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!' / Quoth the Raven, 'Nevermore.'" Even before publication, Poe knew he had a sensation on his hands. When a friend described an early reading of the poem as "fine, uncommonly fine," Poe responded: "Is that all you can say for this poem? I tell you it's the greatest poem ever written." Poe's fame only increased with the appearance of contemporary parodies like "The Owl" and "The Polecat": a contemporary recalls, "'The Raven' became known everywhere, and everyone was saying 'Nevermore.'" The publication of "The Raven" paved the way for Wiley and Putnam's publication of Poe's Tales, the collection that introduced his pioneering detective fiction to a wider audience that same year. BAL 16147. A near-fine copy of a landmark in American literature. Octavo, measuring 7.25 x 5 inches: [6], 91, [1]. Early twentieth-century full russet calf, boards single-ruled in gilt, raised bands, black morocco spine labels, spine single-ruled and lettered in gilt, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. Handwritten slip tipped onto second fly leaf noting "inner gilt dentelles by Zaehnsdorf." Lacking original wrappers, half title, and ads. Joints expertly repaired, a few light scratches to lower board.
Seller: Honey & Wax Booksellers, ABAA, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Poe, Edgar Allan. THE RAVEN AND OTHER POEMS. Wiley and Putnam, New York, 1845.
Price: US$15000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition in book form of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven," the single most famous American poem of the nineteenth century. Partly inspired by the early lyrics of Elizabeth Barrett (later Browning), to whom he dedicated this volume of poems, Poe composed "The Raven" in trochaic octometer, with a deranged lyricism all his own. The elements are familiar even to those who don't read poetry: the "midnight dreary," the silk-curtained chamber, the raven perched upon the bust of Athena, the relentless refrain that drives the narrator mad. Even before publication, Poe knew he had a sensation on his hands. When a friend described an early reading of the poem as "fine, uncommonly fine," Poe responded: "Is that all you can say for this poem? I tell you it's the greatest poem ever written." Poe's fame only increased with the appearance of contemporary parodies like "The Owl" and "The Polecat." First published earlier that year in the NEW YORK EVENING MIRROR (under Poe's own name) and THE AMERICAN REVIEW (under a pseudonym), the publication of "The Raven" paved the way for Wiley and Putnam's publication of Poe's TALES, the collection that introduced his pioneering detective fiction to a wider audience that same year. A lovely copy in contemporary binding of a landmark in American literature. 7.25'' x 4.75''. Contemporary quarter green goatskin, sympathetically rebacked with original spine laid down, blue marbled boards. Brown endpapers. Half title. Publisher's ads at rear. [8], 91, [1], [4] pages. Early pencil owner name on front pastedown. Rubbing to board edges; offsetting to gutters of endpapers from old hinge repair; fore-edge of last few leaves faintly dampstained. Otherwise text quite clean with very little foxing or soil. In custom quarter blue goatskin clamshell box.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$25000.00 + shipping
Description: First appearance in print of The Raven, one of the most famous and recognizable poems ever written, which Poe considered his finest poem, calling it âthe greatest poem that was ever written.â Octavo, original wrappers. In keeping with the policy of The American Review which required that poems be published anonymously or with a pseudonym, the poem, which appears on page 143 is credited to 'Quarles.' In very good condition. Rare in the original wrappers. The Raven and Other Poems âwas published at one of the low ebbs of Poeâs fortunes, when his Broadway Journal was about to expire, and is thus characterized by his biographer Hervey Allen: The most important volume of poetry that had been issued up to that time in America⦠In this little volume the weary, wayworn wanderer had successfully reached his own native shore in the realm of imaginationâ (Grolier, 100 American 56). Poe considered âThe Ravenâ to be his finest poemâ"indeed, he was quoted as saying it was the finest poem ever written. Dedicated to Elizabeth Barrett Barrett and first published in book form by Wiley & Putnam in November 1845 in an edition of roughly 750 copies, The Raven and Other Poems "made Poe's name known both in America and England, and brought him an immortality that by no other means could he have attained" (Robertson, 224).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Poe, Edgar Allan. The Raven and Other Poems. [Bound With] Tales.. Wiley and Putnam, New York, 1845.
Price: US$32000.00 + shipping
Description: Rare first editions of Poe's two great collections of stories and poems, bound together in the original publisher's cloth. Octavo, original publisher's dark green cloth elaborately stamped in blind with gilt titles to the spine, publisher's advertisements at rear of each volume which are most often lacking with both volumes bound together. Wiley and Putnam issued both titles separately in paper wrappers, but bound the two together for additional appeal to readers. The Raven is bound first in this copy (the order varies); that work is arguably the widest read and best-known in the American canon. Tales includes "The "The Black Cat", "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Descent Into the Maelstrom" and other tales of horror and adventure, as well as the three Dupin stories contained here for the first time in book form and considered "the first important book of detective stories, the first and greatest, the cornerstone of cornerstones.the highest of all high spots" (Queen's Quorum 1). In very good condition. Tales bears the third issue of the copyright notice. Housed in a custom half morocco and folding chemise slipcase. Rare and desirable in the original publisher's cloth. The Raven and Other Poems âwas published at one of the low ebbs of Poeâs fortunes, when his Broadway Journal was about to expire, and is thus characterized by his biographer Hervey Allen: The most important volume of poetry that had been issued up to that time in America⦠In this little volume the weary, wayworn wanderer had successfully reached his own native shore in the realm of imaginationâ (Grolier, 100 American 56). Poe considered âThe Ravenâ to be his finest poemâ"indeed, he was quoted as saying it was the finest poem ever written. Dedicated to Elizabeth Barrett Barrett and first published by Wiley & Putnam in November 1845 in an edition of roughly 750 copies, The Raven and Other Poems "made Poe's name known both in America and England, and brought him an immortality that by no other means could he have attained" (Robertson, 224).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Poe, Edgar Allan. The Raven and Other Poems [and:] Tales. Wiley and Putnam, New York, 1845.
Price: US$38000.00 + shipping
Description: First editions of both titles. Raven with half title, "Wiley and Putnam's Library of American Books", name of stereotyper T. B. Smith on the title verso; Tales, third printing with three-line copyright. Raven: [i-viii] [1]-91 [92, blank] [93-96, ads]. Tales: [i-v] [1]-228 [229-232, ads]. 1 vols. 8vo. Students all over the world know of the title poem, and many know others as well: "The Conqueror Worm", "Eulalie", "Leonore" "To Helen", etc. "The most important volume of poetry that had been issued up to that time in America." - Grolier American 56 A choice set of the major books published during Poe's lifetime, BAL's "reissue B", issued by Wiley and Putnam in April 1846, comprising the first edition sheets of The Raven and The Tales in either second or third printing (here in BAL's third printing, distinguishable by the three-line copyright notice). BAL notes that "impressions from the plates of several pages vary in an anomalous way. For instance, the first three letters of the last three lines of p. 160 appear both battered and intact within the three printings." This copy has slight battering to "I" and "o" on p. 160, while the "v" is intact. The E in the running head on p. 187 is broken here (as in most copies of all printings. BAL cautions, "It is possible that the printings designated below as second and third are in fact two states of the same printing." This copy is textually complete in both books, including the integral ads; the volume has been rebound without the separate gatherings of advertisements that followed the text. BAL 16146, 16147; Heartman & Canny 92-94, 97-108; Grolier American, 56 Three quarter blue morocco gilt, t.e.g., by Riviere & Son. Binder's endsheets with foxing, text with slight toning and a few stray traces of foxing Raven: [i-viii] [1]-91 [92, blank] [93-96, ads]. Tales: [i-v] [1]-228 [229-232, ads]. 1 vols. 8vo First editions of both titles. Raven with half title, "Wiley and Putnam's Library of American Books", name of stereotyper T. B. Smith on the title verso; Tales, third printing with three-line copyright.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.