[Rarebooks] FS: First Printing of Poe's The Conqueror Worm," 1843

[Charles Agvent]

(POE, Edgar Allan). GRAHAM'S MAGAZINE. Vol. XXII: January 1843-June 
1843. Philadelphia: George R. Graham, 1843. First Edition. Black 
morocco-backed marbled boards with matching leather corners and a 
gilt-lettered red morocco label with the owner's name on the front 
cover. Illustrated with 19 steel engravings, 2 of which are 
hand-colored. Illustrations include fashion plates as well as a portrait 
of Longfellow and a view from West Point. First appearance in print of 
Poe's poem "The Conqueror Worm" and his article "Our Amateur Poets," as 
well as James Fenimore Cooper's "Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief" 
and contributions by William Cullen Bryant, James Russell Lowell, and 
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, including his poem "The Belfry of Bruges." 
Mostly light, sporadic foxing; moderate rubbing to covers. Very Good. 
(#021055)        $300

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