[Rarebooks] FS: First Printing of Edgar Allan Poe's THE PURLOINED LETTER, 1845

[Charles Agvent]

(POE, Edgar Allan). THE PURLOINED LETTER in THE GIFT: A CHRISTMAS, NEW 
YEAR, AND BIRTHDAY PRESENT 1845. Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1845. 
First Edition. Original highly gilt-decorated reddish-brown calf, a 
superb publisher's gift binding. BAL 4024 & 16143. The first appearance 
in print of this classic Poe piece collected the same year in his TALES. 
Other first appearances include Longfellow (BAL 12074) and Emerson (BAL 
5202). Illustrated with 8 engravings, mostly by J. Cheney and J. I. 
Pease, including one titled "Washington Crossing the Alleghany" by R. W. 
Dodson. Internally mostly clean but for staining to the title page, 
occasional foxing mostly to pages near the engravings, some dampstaining 
towards the rear. Covers tight, though it seems the rear hinge may have 
been reglued to the text block, with a small piece at the top of the 
spine also reglued to the backstrip; some rubbing and fading to the 
covers. Still Very Good. (#020273)        $850

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