1874 The Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Description

Leather Binding

Containing a memoir of Poe, his tales, poems and essays, autography and criticisms. Including his most popular works, such as 'The Black Cat', 'The Raven', 'Eureka: A Prose Poem' and 'The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket'.

Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849) was an American poet, editor and writer. He is held as being a central figure of Romanticism in the United States of America, and is known for his short stories, of which he was an early American writer.

Complete in four volumes. 

Edited by John H. Ingram, an English editor who took a keen interest in the writings of Poe, publishing the first trustworthy account of his life as well as this bibliographically important collection.

The first complete collection of Poe's works, featuring previously unpublished pieces.

Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Poe to volume I, as well as a frontispiece to the second volume.

An excellent set.