POE, Edgar Allan. "The Raven" in: The Literary Emporium... Vol. I&II. NY: J. K. Wellman, 1845. AN EARLY PRINTING OF POE'S "THE RAVEN."
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May 4, 2022
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POE, Edgar Allan. "The Raven" in: The Literary Emporium; a Compendium of Religious, Literary, and Philosophical Knowledge, Vol. I&II. New York: J. K. Wellman, 1845.
8vo. (Some spotting.) Publisher's mint green cloth blocked in gilt and blind, edges gilt (some soiling, spine darkened, some wear to extremities).
AN EARLY PRINTING OF POE'S "THE RAVEN," appearing on pp. 376-378, possibly an unauthorized appearance. According to Jeffrey A. Savoye: "my own research strongly suggests that the appearance of the poem in this rather dubious periodical was entirely unauthorized" (see "Discarding the Literary Emporium: An Unauthorized Reprint of 'The Raven'" in: The Edgar Allan Poe Review, Vol. 14, No. 1, Spring 2013, pp.101-109). Not in BAL; Heartman & Canny 100-101.
Property from the Annette Perlman Trust
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