1855 – Works of Edgar Allan Poe | Early 4v Printing – Famous American Literature

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 1855 edition of Poe is one of the earliest printings of the full collected works. It features all of the most iconic works including The Raven, Lenore, and The Bells. It includes a memoir on Poe by Rufus Wilmot Griswold.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Works of the late Edgar Allan Poe
• Author(s): Edgar Allan Poe
• Contributor(s): Rufus Wilmot Griswold (Memoir); N. P. Willis (Contributor); J. R. Lowell (Contributor)
• Publisher: Redfield, New York
• Edition: 1855 printing.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Format: (12mo), four volumes
• Size:  7.5 in x 5.25 in (19 cm x 13 cm)
• Collation: each volume separately paged
• Contents Include:
  • Collected tales and short fiction
  • Poetry selections
  • Literary essays and biographical sketches
  • Memoir by Griswold

Condition:

Good. Hardcover bindings tight and secure with fading to the spines. Pages show moderate foxing and age toning throughout the text block and margins.

Why Collect This?

• Early posthumous collected edition of Poe’s works
• Includes Griswold memoir and contemporary contributors

Item Number: #50348