first edition Hardcover
1845 · Philadelphia
by POE, EDGAR ALLAN.
Philadelphia: George R. Graham, 1845. This is the first appearance of these two tales by Poe. Found in Graham's Americam Monthly Magazine, Volumes XXVI and XXVII for 1845., July and November issues. Two volumes bound in yearly volume. Also found in this 1845 edition, in the biographical and critical column "Our Contributors", an article about Poe by James Russell Lowell, accompanied by a very clean engraved portrait of Poe from the painting by A.C. Smith. See photos. Bound in marbled boards and with matching endpapers. Spine is a bit frayed at extremities. Both cover show rubbing. Internally quite clean with several color fashion plates. Stories by Lowell, (truncated)