Poems.

POE, Edgar Allan.

Item Number: 147860

Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, c. 1902.

First Beauxarts edition of this classic collection of poems by Edgar Allan Poe, including The Raven, Lenore, and Dreamland. Octodecimo, original publisher’s cloth, gilt titles and detailing to the front panel and spine, pictorial endpapers. In good condition with toning to the edges. Ownership signature to the front free endpaper.

Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, American Romantic writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe is credited with inventing the genre of detective fiction and contributing to the genre of science fiction, only just emerging at the turn of the 20th century. Poe was the first well-known American writer to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career and his works influenced literature around the world, as well as specialized fields such as cosmology and cryptography. Poe's most memorable tales include: The Black Cat, The Cask of Amontillado, The Gold-Bug, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Premature Burial, and The Tell-Tale Heart.