Author: POE, Edgar Allan
Title: The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Description: New York, The Modern Library, 1965. Hardcover. Introduction by Hervey Allen. 8vo. Brown paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, price-clipped dust jacket. xii, 1026pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket edgeworn, with archivally closed (on verso) edge tear; small circular blind-embossed ownership imprint on title page. A tight and attractive much later (ca. late 1970s-early '80s) printing of this Modern Library Giant (#40), first published in 1938 -- with a nice autograph addition: Tipped to the front flyleaf is a fine 4½" X 3" slip on which Poe's introducer boldly pens: "with all Cordial Regards, / Hervey Allen / 19 Savage St. / Charleston, S.C. / January 1924." Allen (1889-1949) is a novelist best known for his 1933 bestseller "Anthony Adverse," but in 1926 he wrote "Israfel," a biography of Poe. .

Keywords: American Literature Poetry


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