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Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) The Mystery of Marie Roget, published in The Ladies' Companion.
New York: William W. Snowden, November, 1842-June, 1843.
First edition in three serialized parts; octavo, eight parts bound as one, illustrated throughout with excellent mezzotints, steel engravings, and some colored plates; bound in nicely-preserved contemporary half black shagreen-textured morocco and marbled paper boards by P. Low of Boston with ticket inside front board; contents very good with the exception of toning to the occasional isolated plate leaf or tissue guard; remarkably good condition overall; 9 3/4 x 6 in.
In his second detective story, Poe wades into the true crime genre. "Marie Roget" is the first fictionalized murder mystery story based on a real slaying. Mary Cecilia Rogers's lifeless body was found floating in the Hudson River off Hoboken in July of 1841. Although Poe immersed himself in the details of the real case and used Dupin and his deductive powers to unravel the mystery in his tale, the real crime went unsolved.
