1903 Works of Edgar Allan Poe Raven | Famous 5v Raven Edition w Becher Art

1903 Works of Edgar Allan Poe Raven | Famous 5v Raven Edition w Becher Art

“Hear the sledges with the bells, Silver bells, what a world of merriment their melody foretells!”

– Poe, ‘The Bells’

Edgar Allan Poe is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature, and he was one of the country’s earliest practitioners of the short story. Poe is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction.

This early 20^th-century edition of the works of Poe was published in five volumes under the title of ‘Raven edition’. Note that this highly desirable set includes color engravings depicting macabre scenes by Arthur E. Becher.

Item number: #28614

Price: $599

POE, Edgar Allan

The works of Edgar Allan Poe.

New York : P.F. Collier & Son, [1903]

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 5 volumes
  • I – [2], 371, [1]
  • II – [2], 381, [1]
  • III – [2], 381, [1]
  • IV – [2], 356
  • V – [2], 372
  • Color frontispiece in each volume, of Becher
• Provenance: Handwritten – [ Ervin MacKary], Ironton, Ohio
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; secure
  • Black cloth
• Size: ~8in X 5.75in (20.5cm x 14.5cm)

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