The Raven; in The American Review: A Whig Journal of Politics, Literature, Art and Science
$17,500 · Offered by Biblio
First edition
New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1845. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing of "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe, printed in the February 1845 issue of The American Review under the pseudonym "Quarles." BAL 16147. [iv], 113 - 220 pp. ("The Raven" pp. 143 - 145). Bound in scarce original printed wraps, rebacked with repaired edges. Very Good with heavy toning to covers, several closed tears to front cover of which two are repaired with rice paper to verso. Previous owner inscription in an old hand to upper margin of front cover. Light scattered foxing throughout, light waterstaining to upper right margin, pages 137 - 144 roughly opened resulting in minor chipping. Minimal toning to pages; paper is near-white. Housed in a custom clamshell case, dark green cloth with gilt stamping to spine. The very first printing of the poem that made Poe famous, though he signed it with a pseudonym in accordance with The American Review's policy. The editors of the Whig-aligned magazine, which was published monthly from 1844 to 1852, state in the introduction to "The Raven" that the lines "appear to us one of the most felicitous specimens of unique rhyming which has for some time met our eye.
- Publisher: Wiley and Putnam
- Year: 1845
- Edition: First Edition
- Printing: first
- Binding: unknown
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