[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 polished calf, a lovely 
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, as often the case 
with this title; 1908 owner name on front endpaper. Covers fairly tight, 
though there is a two-inch split at the bottom of the front joint; large 
chip at the top of the spine. Still Very Good. (#021443)        $750

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