[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 brown morocco leather and boards 
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”; and “The Poetry of Rufus Dawes.” Also with contributions 
by Charles Dickens, James Fennimore Cooper, Henry Longfellow, James 
Russell Lowell, and others. Moderately foxed throughout, as usually the 
case; wear with some loss to boards and light wear to joints but binding 
firm. Very Good. (#021023)        $650

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