Poe, Edgar AllanThe Raven and Other Poems. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1845
8vo. Half title, 12 pages of advertisements; half title and last page of advertisements soiled. Modern black morocco gilt. Chemise and slipcase.
The scarce first edition, first issue of "the most important volume of poetry that had been issued up to that time in America" (Grolier 56).
A completely untrimmed copy.
"The Raven" remains perhaps the most famous poem in American literature. The immense success of "The Raven" and its captivation of the public imagination (along with the strong reception for Tales) prompted the publisher to issue the present collection. Poe selected what he considered his best poems—indeed, he was quoted as saying "The Raven" was the finest poem ever written.
"The Raven" was, in part, inspired by the poems of Elizabeth Barrett (the dedicatee of the present volume) and by the Dickensian portrayal of Grip, the raven, who resides on Barnaby Rudge's jail cell with him, casting its eerie shadow upon the floor. Barrett wrote to Poe: "[It] has produced a sensation, a fit horror, here in England. Some of my friends are taken by the fear of it, and some by the music. I hear of persons haunted by the "Nevermore," and one acquaintance of mine who has the misfortune of possessing a "bust of Pallas" never can bear to look at it in the twilight" (Meyers, 164).
The first printing was of only 750 copies, this being the rare first issue.
REFERENCE:BAL 16147; Grolier, American 56
Poe, Edgar AllanThe Raven and Other Poems. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1845
8vo. Half title, 12 pages of advertisements; half title and last page of advertisements soiled. Modern black morocco gilt. Chemise and slipcase.
The scarce first edition, first issue of "the most important volume of poetry that had been issued up to that time in America" (Grolier 56).
A completely untrimmed copy.
"The Raven" remains perhaps the most famous poem in American literature. The immense success of "The Raven" and its captivation of the public imagination (along with the strong reception for Tales) prompted the publisher to issue the present collection. Poe selected what he considered his best poems—indeed, he was quoted as saying "The Raven" was the finest poem ever written.
"The Raven" was, in part, inspired by the poems of Elizabeth Barrett (the dedicatee of the present volume) and by the Dickensian portrayal of Grip, the raven, who resides on Barnaby Rudge's jail cell with him, casting its eerie shadow upon the floor. Barrett wrote to Poe: "[It] has produced a sensation, a fit horror, here in England. Some of my friends are taken by the fear of it, and some by the music. I hear of persons haunted by the "Nevermore," and one acquaintance of mine who has the misfortune of possessing a "bust of Pallas" never can bear to look at it in the twilight" (Meyers, 164).
The first printing was of only 750 copies, this being the rare first issue.
REFERENCE:BAL 16147; Grolier, American 56
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