Nov 10, 2015 - Sale 2397
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Sale 2397 - Lot 262

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POE, EDGAR ALLAN. The Raven. [in:] The American Review: A Whig Journal of Politics, Literature, Art and Science. Vol. 1, nos. I – VI. 8vo, 19th-century 1/2 leather over marbled boards, joints repaired, edges chipped and worn with exposure, scuffed; shelf stamps on front pastedown and front flyleaf, final blank torn with later paper restoration; LMS bookplate laid-in; custom cloth drop-back case with morocco lettering piece. New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1845
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first appearance of poe's best known poem. It appears on p. 143 in the second number (February) under the pseudonym "by --- Quarles." The first appearance of "The Raven" is something of a bibliographical dispute. Heartman and Canny consider this presentation to be the first printing, maintaining that the 29 January 1845 appearance in The Evening Mirror is not the first appearance. Since The American Review announced that "No. II will bear date Feb. 1845, but will be issued early in January," the contention is that unless the publishers were unable to issue the work by the date promised, then this clearly predates the late January appearance in The Evening Mirror. Also included are the poems "The Valley of Unrest" and "The City in the Sea" (pages 392-3). Heartman & Canny (1943), pp. 97-108.