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Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) Six Volumes: Five Periodicals Containing his Work [and] The Conchologist's First Book.
1) The Conchologist's, Philadelphia: Haswell, Barrington & Haswell, 1839, octavo, lacking one plate; worn publisher's cloth.
2) The Gift, Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1840, octavo, containing Poe's story, "William Wilson," bound in gilt-stamped morocco, all edges gilt.
3) The New Mirror, New York, April 8-September 30, 1843, large octavo, containing Poe's "Souvenirs of Youth," his translation of "The Head of St. John the Baptist," and "The Man that Was Used Up"; bound in worn and degraded contemporary half morocco, artlessly repaired, contents toned and chipped.
4) The Literary Emporium, New York: Published by J.K. Wellman, 1845, volumes I and II, illustrated with steel engravings and colored plates; containing "The Raven," beginning on page 376; contents occasionally foxed, bound in contemporary half morocco with owner's name, Sarah Smith, tooled in gilt on front board, along with her signature on general title page, rebacked.
5) The Pearl Offering, London: L.L. Boardman & Co.; New York: H. S. Samuels & Co., [1848], illustrated with engravings and colored plates, with "The Raven" appearing on page 376.
6) Sartain's Union Magazine of Literature and Art, Philadelphia: Published by John Sartain, January-December 1850, all issues bound in one octavo volume (divisional title pages reversed, issues bound in proper order), with "Annabel Lee" appearing in the January issue; illustrated throughout, bound in contemporary full shagreen-textured gold-tooled morocco with owner's name, Maria Phillips, in gilt on front board and her signature within, binding worn, front board all but detached, becoming decased. (6)
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