Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) The Journal of Julius Rodman published in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine.
Philadelphia: William E. Burton, January-June, 1840.
First edition of "Julius Rodman" in parts; the magazine edited by Poe and Burton; illustrated; bound in contemporary half red textured leather with marbled paper boards by S.T. Taber, binder of Oswego, NY, with book ticket; ex libris Mary A. Belcher and Gertrude Belcher, with their circa 1840 signatures on the fly leaf; spotting and foxing to contents; 9 3/4 x 6 in.
Although Poe's association with Burton saw an end with the last installment of Julius Rodman, the story was lauded in the Senate by Robert Greenhow, who believed, perhaps, that the fictionalized account was based on true events. Poe invented this tale, set in the 1790s, of the first Europeans to traverse the Rocky Mountains. Traveling through the impressive terrain, sometimes in their bulletproof keelboat, the party of ten wend a memorable journey that ends with a dramatic grizzly bear attack.
