[Rarebooks] FS: First Printing of Edgar Allan Poe's Only Story Set in Virginia

[Charles Agvent]

(POE, Edgar Allan) HALE, Sarah J. (editor). A TALE OF THE RAGGED 
MOUNTAINS in GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK, AND LADIES' AMERICAN MAGAZINE. Vols. 
XXVII & XXVIII: July 1843-June 1844. Philadelphia: Louis A. Godey, 
1843-1844. First Edition. Two volumes bound in one, publisher's 
gilt-lettered polished tan calf leather and marbled boards with matching 
leather corners. Illustrated with 25 steel engravings and 8 hand-colored 
fashion plates. First appearance in print of Poe's A TALE OF THE RAGGED 
MOUNTAINS, a short story partially based on Poe's experience as a 
student at the University of Virginia. Set near Charlottesville, it is 
the only one of Poe's stories to take place in Virginia. Also with 
contributions by Sarah Josepha Hale, T. S. Arthur, and others. Light, 
scattered foxing; spine rubbed, light edgewear. Very Good. (#020819) $300

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