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Lot 38 | Tales, in wrappers
Tales, in wrappers

Edgar Allan Poe, 1845

POE, Edgar Allan (1809-1849). Tales. New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1845.



First edition, first printing, of Poe's wildly successful collection of stories. Featuring "The Gold-Bug," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Mystery of Marie Roget," and "The Purloined Letter." The twelve tales were selected by publisher and editor Evert A. Duyckink and included a mix of mystery (notably all three Dupin stories) and horror. Duyckinck was an admirer of Poe's writing, and in 1845 "offered his assistance in publishing a new edition of Poe's fiction in a series he was preparing for the New York publisher Wiley and Putnam. The series, called the Library of American Books, was intended to suggest a canon of American literature, much as Rufus Griswold's Poets and Poetry of America had done. (The series would later include Margaret Fuller's Papers on Literature and Art, Nathaniel Hawthorne's Mosses From an Old Manse, and Herman Melville's Typee, among others)" (Tane pp. 100-101). Poe had reservations about Duyckinck's selections but the volume sold well and garnered favorable reviews, ensuring the writer's place in the American literary landscape.



The present copy is the first printing with copyright notice in four lines and copyright imprint "Stereotyped by T.B. Smith, 216 William Street, New York. H. Ludwig, Print"; adverts on page 229 beginning "Poetical Fortune Teller..."; and front wrapper as described in BAL. The rear wrapper is in facsimile. Copies in original wrappers of any kind are rare and much sought-after. BAL 16149; Heartman & Canny, p. 90-97; Grolier American 55; Tane Poe 58.



Octavo (180 x 125mm). 16 pp. of ads at rear (small loss to upper margin of p.188, some foxing throughout quite heavy in places, repair to upper corner of final leaf of ads, several leaves neatly reinforced at uppermost margin). Original wrappers (rebacked, rear wrapper in facsimile; original front wrapper with restoration at corners); modern box. Provenance: pencil notes to lower margin of p. 188.

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