first edition Hardcover
1843 · Philadelphia
by (POE, Edgar Allan)
Philadelphia: George R. Graham, 1843. First Edition. Hardcover. Mostly light, sporadic foxing; moderate rubbing to covers. Very Good. Black morocco-backed marbled boards with matching leather corners and a gilt-lettered red morocco label with the owner's name on the front cover. Illustrated with 19 steel engravings, 2 of which are hand-colored. Illustrations include fashion plates as well as a portrait of Longfellow and a view from West Point. First appearance in print of Poe's poem "The Conqueror Worm" and his article "Our Amateur Poets," as well as James Fenimore Cooper's "Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief" and contributions by William Cullen Bryant, James Russell Lowell, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, including his poem "The Belfry of Bruges." (Inventory #: 021055)