POE, EDGAR ALLAN. Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard 1840. 2 vols., 8vo , PRESENTATION BINDING of black morocco, gilt and blind-stamped, g.e., glazed yellow endpapers, skilfull repair to front outer joint of vol. I, some rubbing, text rather foxed with staining to p. 231 of vol. 1, dark blue half morocco folding case. FIRST EDITION of Poe's first collection of tales, one of 750 copies (including 20 Author's copies, of which this is undoubtedly one), PRESENTATION COPY TO HIS COUSIN, inscribed by Poe in ink on the front free endpaper of vol. 1 (a few words in the inscription a bit light): "For Mrs. Emily Virginia Chapman,/from/Her Affectionate Cousin,/The Author"; in vol. 2 page 213 is misnumbered "231" and on page 219 the "i" in "ing," line 13 up, and the hyphen at the end of line 6 are both below the line; with 4 pp. of advertisements containing "Opinions" of this work at the end of both vols. BAL 16133; Heartman & Canny, pp. 49-54. The recipient of this copy was Poe's first cousin, Emily Virginia Herring Chapman [Beacham] (1822-1908), the daughter of Elizabeth Poe Herring (Poe's father's younger sister) and of Henry Herring of Baltimore. Emily Elizabeth Herring's first husband, Nathan Chapman, died early in their marriage and in 1850 she remarried, to Robert Beacham of Baltimore, who also died soon after. She then made her home with her only daughter and her family. Poe remained close to this branch of his family; when he died in Baltimore on 7 October 1849 it was Henry Herring (the recipient's father) who organized the funeral. Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque contains the twenty stories which Poe had written up to 1840, all but one having appeared previously in periodicals. Although a commercial failure when published, the work represented a milestone in Poe's career, being the culmination of his efforts to get his prose into volume form. The book collected two of Poe's most enduring stories: "Ms. Found in a Bottle" and "The Fall of the House of Usher" (its first book appearance). Inscribed works of Poe are very rare and this is a particularly desirable copy because of the presentation binding -- the only other known copy in this binding being in the Philadelphia Free Library -- and the family association. Provenance (not noted above): A direct descendant of the recipient (sale, Sotheby's New York, 24 September 1986, lot 201). (2)
POE, EDGAR ALLAN. Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard 1840. 2 vols., 8vo , PRESENTATION BINDING of black morocco, gilt and blind-stamped, g.e., glazed yellow endpapers, skilfull repair to front outer joint of vol. I, some rubbing, text rather foxed with staining to p. 231 of vol. 1, dark blue half morocco folding case. FIRST EDITION of Poe's first collection of tales, one of 750 copies (including 20 Author's copies, of which this is undoubtedly one), PRESENTATION COPY TO HIS COUSIN, inscribed by Poe in ink on the front free endpaper of vol. 1 (a few words in the inscription a bit light): "For Mrs. Emily Virginia Chapman,/from/Her Affectionate Cousin,/The Author"; in vol. 2 page 213 is misnumbered "231" and on page 219 the "i" in "ing," line 13 up, and the hyphen at the end of line 6 are both below the line; with 4 pp. of advertisements containing "Opinions" of this work at the end of both vols. BAL 16133; Heartman & Canny, pp. 49-54. The recipient of this copy was Poe's first cousin, Emily Virginia Herring Chapman [Beacham] (1822-1908), the daughter of Elizabeth Poe Herring (Poe's father's younger sister) and of Henry Herring of Baltimore. Emily Elizabeth Herring's first husband, Nathan Chapman, died early in their marriage and in 1850 she remarried, to Robert Beacham of Baltimore, who also died soon after. She then made her home with her only daughter and her family. Poe remained close to this branch of his family; when he died in Baltimore on 7 October 1849 it was Henry Herring (the recipient's father) who organized the funeral. Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque contains the twenty stories which Poe had written up to 1840, all but one having appeared previously in periodicals. Although a commercial failure when published, the work represented a milestone in Poe's career, being the culmination of his efforts to get his prose into volume form. The book collected two of Poe's most enduring stories: "Ms. Found in a Bottle" and "The Fall of the House of Usher" (its first book appearance). Inscribed works of Poe are very rare and this is a particularly desirable copy because of the presentation binding -- the only other known copy in this binding being in the Philadelphia Free Library -- and the family association. Provenance (not noted above): A direct descendant of the recipient (sale, Sotheby's New York, 24 September 1986, lot 201). (2)
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