[Rarebooks] FS: First Printing of Edgar Allan Poe's THE MASK OF THE RED DEATH, 1842

[Charles Agvent]

(POE, Edgar Allan). "The Mask of the Red Death," "Life in Death," and 
four other pieces in GRAHAM'S MAGAZINE. Vols. XX & XXI: Jan. 1842-Dec. 
1842. Philadelphia: George R. Graham, 1842. First Edition. Two volumes 
bound in one, publisher's gilt-lettered black morocco leather and dark 
brown cloth with matching leather corners. Illustrated with numerous 
steel engravings and 7 color plates (5 fashion plates). First appearance 
in print of these six Poe works: The Mask Of The Red Death; Life In 
Death; An Appendix Of Autographs; A Few Words About Brainard; To One 
Departed; The Poetry Of Rufus Dawes. Also with contributions by James 
Fennimore Cooper, Henry Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, and others. 
Moderately foxed throughout, as usually the case; hinges cracked but 
binding firm. Very Good. (#018390)        $750.00

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