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Aug. 26, 2026
Illustrated French Edgar Allan Poe 'Le Diable dans le Beffroi' Book
Est: $50 - $100
Illustrated French Edgar Allan Poe 'Le Diable dans le Beffroi' Book 1927, published and printed by J. & J. Vaucher, Paris, translated by Fernande Helie, illustrated by Jacques Maret, #44/160, unbound pages (uncut at top edges) in French wraps, many pages missing, including only (2) single-fold illustrated end papers, justification and title pages, printed text pages #5, #6, #24, #26, #28, #30, full-page illustrations on pages #23, #25, #27 and #29, in original folder having printed title label Property from: an Estate, Evanston, Illinois Category: Collectibles > Books Estimated Sale Time: 3:50 pm CST Shipping Status: Leonard Auction, Inc. will provide direct shipping for this lot. Please visit our website for a shipping estimate. Last modified: August 11, 2026, 10:37 pm
Leonard Auction
Jul. 18, 2026
Edgar Allan Poe, Tales Of Mystery & Imagination
Est: -
1975 Faston Press Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales Of Mystery & Imagination. Collector’s Edition. Includes The Tales The Oblong Box, The Fall Of The House Of Usher, And The Black Cat. Nr30730 Ds
EJ'S Auction & Appraisal
Jul. 17, 2026
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849). The Fall of the House of Usher. [Portland, Maine]: The Anthoensen Press for The Limited Editions Club, 1985.
Est: $300 - $500
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849). The Fall of the House of Usher. [Portland, Maine]: The Anthoensen Press for The Limited Editions Club, 1985. Folio. Illustrations by Alice Neel and an artist's tribute to Neel by Raphael Soyer. Original half maroon morocco over marbled boards (darkening near spine foot); publisher's folding case with morocco lettering-piece gilt to upper cover. LIMITED EDITION, number 653 of 1500 copies, SIGNED BY BOTH NEEL AND SOYER. Publisher's newsletter laid in. This lot is located in Chicago.
Freeman’s
Jun. 25, 2026
Poe (Edgar Allan) Histoires Extraordinaire [&] Nouvelles Histoires Extraordinaires, 2 vol., Paris, A. Quantin, 1884
Est: £150 - £200
Poe (Edgar Allan) Histoires Extraordinaire [&] Nouvelles Histoires Extraordinaires, translated by Charles Baudelaire, 2 vol., engraved decorative half-titles and 26 plates by Herpin, Férat, Wogel and others, tissue-guards, occasional light spotting or marking to margins, vol.1 with patch of browning to foot of letterpress half-title and title, brown crushed half morocco gilt by Foulquier, t.e.g., extremities rubbed, 8vo, Paris, A. Quantin, 1884.
Forum Auctions - UK
May. 22, 2026
Edgar Allan Poe Canterbury Classics
Est: $25 - $50
Collected Works Stories and Poems. 2011
Davis Brothers Auction
May. 14, 2026
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849). The Raven. Illustrated. New York: W. Jennings Demorest, n.d. [1870].
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849). The Raven. Illustrated. New York: W. Jennings Demorest, n.d. [1870]. 16mo. Wood engravings and floriated initials throughout; each page of text is enclosed by a single-rule border with filigree ornaments at the corners. Original dark plum gilt, upper cover lettered in gilt, pale blue endpapers (spine sunned, recased, spine endpapers strengthened, rubbing to extremities). FIRST SEPARATE AMERICAN EDITION. The Raven first appeared in print in The American Review (see lot 173), published February 1845, and was first collected in The Raven and Other Poems... published by Wiley and Putnam in November 1845. BAL 16216 records the first separate edition as an 1869 Glasgow printing, though it is now understood to have been produced for the blind, printed in large color type on lilac paper. Few copies of the present printing are known; though not listed in BAL or Heartman and Canny, Sabin lists an edition from 1870 with a similar imprint as this example, "New York: W.J. Demorest. 1870. 16mo" though the title is given as "The Raven and Other Poems" (Sabin). W. Jennings Demorest published a monthly magazine in which this printing was offered as a premium to subscribers. Only a handful are known, with the text issued in both wrappers and cloth. [With:] POE. The Raven. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1887. 8vo. Illustrations by W.L. Taylor. Original half-padded calf gilt (chipping and splits to spine). This lot is located in Chicago.
Freeman’s
May. 14, 2026
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849). Tales. New York and London: John Wiley, 1849.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849). Tales. New York and London: John Wiley, 1849. 8vo (184 x 127 mm). 4pp. publisher's catalogue at end. (Browning and spotting throughout.) Original purple-gray cloth stamped in blind (rebacked preserving original endpapers, scattered soiling with a few stains to covers, color heavily faded); folding case. Provenance: C.W. Cary (bookplate, gift inscription on front free endpaper); to Debrey C. Harrison; Rev. L.G. Vass (gift inscription, ownership signature). SECOND EDITION, bound from first edition sheets with a cancel title-page. Almost certainly published in Poe’s lifetime (likely printed for the 1848-49 holiday season), Tales was first issued in 1845 and represents the first collected edition of Edgar Allan Poe’s short fiction published under his supervision. The volume brings together many of Poe’s most important and influential stories, including “The Gold-Bug,” “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” and “The Fall of the House of Usher,” works that helped establish both the modern detective story and the American Gothic tradition. VERY RARE: According to online records, we could locate only 2 copies that have appeared at auction in over a century. BAL 16146; Heartman & Canny, pp.94-96. This lot is located in Chicago.
Freeman’s
May. 14, 2026
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849). "The Raven" in The American Review. Volume I, number II. New York: Edward O. Jenkins for Wiley and Putnam, February 1845 [but early January].
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849). "The Raven" in The American Review. Volume I, number II. New York: Edward O. Jenkins for Wiley and Putnam, February 1845 [but early January]. 8vo (229 x 147 mm). (Light spotting throughout, a few leaves creased at corners.) ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS (spotting to covers, light wear to upper cover fore-corners and spine ends); folding case. "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door...." THE FIRST PRINTING OF "THE RAVEN" IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS. The poem appears anonymously on pp.143-145 as "by ——— Quarles." The first appearance of "The Raven" is a matter of some bibliographical dispute. Heartman and Canny consider this form to be the first printing, maintaining that the 29 January 1845 appearance in The Evening Mirror is not the first. The American Review had announced that "No. II will bear date Feb. 1845, but will be issued early in January," thus, unless the publishers were unable to issue the work by the date promised, the present version clearly predates the late January appearance in The Evening Mirror. The Raven is Poe’s most famous and enduring poem, a masterwork of American Gothic literature whose haunting refrain—“Nevermore”—quickly entered the cultural imagination. The poem recounts a grief-stricken narrator’s midnight encounter with a mysterious raven that perches above his chamber door, gradually transforming mourning into psychological torment. Heartman & Canny, p.100; Tane Poe 177. A VERY BRIGHT COPY IN THE RARE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS. This lot is located in Chicago.
Freeman’s
May. 14, 2026
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849). "The Pit and the Pendulum." In: The Gift. Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1843.
Est: $500 - $700
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849). "The Pit and the Pendulum." In: The Gift. Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1843. 8vo (184 x 121 mm). Original elaborately gilt tan roan, all edges gilt (rubbing, darkening to spine, preliminary leaves disbound but present, some soiling to rear board); slipcase. FIRST APPEARANCE OF EDGAR ALLAN POE'S CLASSIC TALE, "THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM." FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE with 1843 date on title and 1842 date on copyright (both dates removed for the second state which followed shortly thereafter). Now considered to be one of Edgar Allan Poe's greatest works, "The Pit and the Pendulum" is a story of an unnamed narrator that endures various tortures in a terrifying prison cell, which made its first appearance in the 1843 edition of The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present MDCCCXLIII, published by Carey and Hart and edited by Eliza Leslie. Four other short stories by Poe would make their first appearances in Leslie's annual "gift" books, including "William Wilson," "Eleanora," "The Purloined Letter," and "Manuscript Found in a Bottle." Heartman & Canny, p.69; BAL 16137. This lot is located in Chicago.
Freeman’s
May. 14, 2026
[Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849)]. "The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy," and 6 other writings. In: Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine, Vols. XX-XXII. Philadelphia: George R. Graham, January-June, 1842.
Est: $600 - $800
[Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849)]. "The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy," and 6 other writings. In: Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine, Vols. XX-XXII. Philadelphia: George R. Graham, January-June, 1842. 3 volumes, tall 8vo (251 x 146 mm). Numerous illustrations, some hand-colored, and engraved plates (spotting throughout, minor dampstaining to vol. XXII). Contemporary half calf (spines rebacked, rubbing). THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF "THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH." Graham's Magazine was established by Philadelphia editor and publisher George Rex Graham and ran from 1840 to 1858, quickly making a name for itself with its engraved plates and artwork; it is also known as the first United States publication to copyright its contents. Edgar Allan Poe became its editor in February 1841 and quickly became notorious for scathing reviews of other writers, many of whom were friends of Poe's rival, Rufus Wilmot Griswold. Poe remained in this position until late 1842, due in part to stress over his wife's illness and to financial and creative disagreements with George Rex Graham. He was replaced by Griswold, whose personal dislike of Poe was so strong that he began refusing Poe's submissions; most famously, "The Raven," which Poe wound up publishing in the New York Evening Mirror on 29 January 1845. Following Poe's death, Griswold was appointed Poe's literary executor and would eventually write a biography of him in which he disparaged him as a drug addict and a lunatic. The present volumes include five works of poetry and criticism including "An Appendix of Autographs," "A Few Words About Brainerd," "To One Departed," "Life in Death," "The Poetry of Rufus Dawes: A Retrospective Criticism," and "The Conqueror Worm" as well as one of Poe's most popular short stories, "The Mask of the Red Death." For this story, Poe was paid $12, which would be about $400 today. In its original form, the title referred to the central figure of the story, who appears at a party hosted by wealthy nobles amid a devastating plague that brings death to all it encounters. When reprinted in the 19 July 1845 issue of The Broadway Journal, Poe changed the title to "The Masque of the Red Death," placing the emphasis on the fateful masquerade ball. Heartman & Canny, p.208.
Freeman’s
May. 07, 2026
Poe (Edgar Allan) Selected Tales of Mystery, illustrated by Byam Shaw, 1909; and others, mostly literature (c.45)
Est: £200 - £300
Poe (Edgar Allan) Selected Tales of Mystery, 16 tipped-in colour plates by Byam Shaw, captioned tissue-guards, light toning, original pictorial cloth, decorated in red and gilt, light bumping to spine ends, t.e.g., others uncut, 1909 § [Evans (Mary Ann)], "George Eliot". Adam Bede, 3 vol., first edition, bookplate, ink inscription to vol.1 free endpaper (with newspaper clipping pasted) and title, very occasional light spotting, later half, light browning to spines, very light rubbing, 1859 § James (Montague Rhodes) More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, first edition, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, light spotting and surface staining, original cloth, rebacked, paper sticker to spine, covers a little soiled, edges uncut, 1911; and others, mostly literature, 8vo (c.45)
Forum Auctions - UK
Apr. 09, 2026
Dulac (Edmund).- Poe (Edgar Allan) The Bells and other Poems, one of 750 copies signed by Dulac, [1912].
Est: £200 - £300
Dulac (Edmund).- Poe (Edgar Allan) The Bells and other Poems, one of 750 copies signed by the artist, 28 tipped-in colour plates by Edmund Dulac, vignette illustrations, captioned tissue-guards, browning to endpapers, limitation f. and fore-edge, a few small marginal spots or stains, light offsetting, including from tissue-guards, original elaborately gilt-stamped pictorial vellum, t.e.g., others uncut, lacking ties, covers a little bowed, browning to spine and cover extremities, rubbed with wear to extremities, particularly to upper cover and spine lettering, 4to, Hodder and Stoughton, [1912].
Forum Auctions - UK
Apr. 09, 2026
Poe (Edgar Allan) Histoires Extraordinaires [&] Nouvelles Histoires Extraordinaires, translated by Charles Baudelaire, first editions, Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1856-57.
Est: £200 - £300
Poe (Edgar Allan) Histoires Extraordinaires [&] Nouvelles Histoires Extraordinaires, translated by Charles Baudelaire, first editions, half-titles, that of the first work with faded inscription to verso, first work with some marginal damp-staining at beginning and end, foxing and browning, mainly to second work, non-uniform contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed with some wear to corners, 8vo, Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1856-57. ⁂ First editions of Beaudelaire's famous translations of Poe, including "Le coeur révélateur", "La chute de la maison Usher" and "La Barrique d'amontillado", and his preface "Edgar Poe, sa vie et ses oeuvres".
Forum Auctions - UK
Mar. 18, 2026
Rackham (Arthur).- Poe (Edgar Allan) Tales of Mystery and Imagination, one of 460 copies signed by the artist, 1935.
Est: £1,200 - £1,800
Rackham (Arthur).- Poe (Edgar Allan) Tales of Mystery and Imagination, one of 460 copies signed by the artist, mounted colour frontispiece and 11 plates, black and white plates and illustrations, pictorial endpapers, all by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue-guards, ownership inscription to half-title, original pictorial vellum, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, one or two spots, light browning to spine, slight bumping to spine ends and corners and some very light rubbing to extremities, still overall very good, 4to, 1935.
Forum Auctions - UK
Mar. 18, 2026
Dulac (Edmund).- Poe (Edgar Allan) The Bells and Other Poems, one of 750 copies signed by the artist, 1912.
Est: £400 - £600
Dulac (Edmund).- Poe (Edgar Allan) The Bells and Other Poems, one of 750 copies signed by the artist, tipped-in colour frontispiece and 27 plates, and black and white illustrations by Edmund Dulac, captioned guards, ink ownership inscription to front endpaper, very occasional finger-soiling or similar, endpapers browned, original vellum, gilt, t.e.g., original ribbon ties, a bright and clean copy, 4to, 1912.
Forum Auctions - UK
Mar. 11, 2026
POE (Edgar ALLAN)
Est: €500 - €800
POE (Edgar ALLAN) The Thousand and Second Night. Unpublished tale by Edgar Poë illustrated by André Gill. Freely translated by Le Grand Jacques. Paris, Librairie du Petit journal, [1868]. In-4 publisher's illustrated boards, black cloth spine, 45 pp. [1] f. First French edition by Richard Lesclide. Illustrations by André Gill, very much in vogue at the time, appear here for the first time. Board slightly dusted, corners a little worn, endpapers browned, otherwise a very fine copy. Edgar Allan Poë's illustrated translation of The Thousand and Second Tales of Scheherazade went virtually unnoticed on its reception in France. Although the BNF catalog does not identify the author, the Grand Jacques, "Gabriel Richard" or "G. Richard", is none other than Richard Lesclide, who published Poë's "Le Corbeau" in S. Mallarmé's translation with Manet's lithographs in 1875.
Millon & Associes
Feb. 25, 2026
The Fairy Island. Engravings by Óscar Estruga
Est: -
POE, Edgar Allan.- "THE FAIRY ISLAND" M.: Ediciones de Arte y Bibliofilia, 1982. Folio, unbound copy, calligraphed cloth slipcase. 12 etchings and aquatints, in color, by Óscar Estruga, each numbered and signed by the artist. Numbered copy from a limited edition of 195.
Duran Arte y Subastas
Feb. 23, 2026
Folk Art Carved Wood Bust Of Edgar Allan Poe, Collection of Joseph Katz
Est: $200 - $300
American folk art, hand-carved wood bust of the author Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). Late 19th early 20th Century. Gifted by the heirs of Joseph Katz (1888-1958) view photo. Joseph Katz was a Major Contributor to the Edgar Allan Poe Collection housed at the Ransom Center at the University of Texas. Dimensions: height: 12 1/2"., width: 6 1/2". Condition: good original pre-owned estate condition, minor repair noted, commensurate with age. Provenance: private estate. We offer in-house shipping or pick-up available in N.Y.C. or Hudson Valley, NY.
Kensington Estate Auctions
Feb. 18, 2026
Edgar Allan Poe - The Popular Tales, published Thomas D. Morison, Glasgow,
Est: €100 - €120
Edgar Allan Poe - The Popular Tales, published Thomas D. Morison, Glasgow, 1886. First UK Edition THUS, First Print. (First Impression) n.d (1886) Octavo. 548 pp. No statement of later edition to title page, later editions have second, third etc to the title page. Original green cloth with gilt titling and decorations to spine. Containing a biographical introduction and 67 short stories. An edition that was popular when published so reprinted rapidly, uncommon first printing.
Purcell Auctioneers
Jan. 29, 2026
[Poe (Edgar Allan)] The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, of Nantucket, North America, first English edition, Wiley and Putnam, 1838.
Est: £600 - £800
[Poe (Edgar Allan)] The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, of Nantucket, North America, first English edition, half-title, small sticker remains to head of pastedown, some ink staining to pp.74-75, slight abrasion to final f. verso affecting couple letters, few leaves little roughly opened, some light soiling, lightly browned, original blind-stamped plum cloth, neatly rebacked, cover extremities faded, corners worn and repaired, [cf. BAL 16128], 8vo, Wiley and Putnam, 1838. ⁂ First English edition of Poe's first book of prose and his only novel.
Forum Auctions - UK
Nov. 05, 2025
POE, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) et Charles BAUDELAIRE, trad. (1821-1867). Nouv
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
POE, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) et Charles BAUDELAIRE, trad. (1821-1867). Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires. Paris : Calmann-Lévy, 1857.
Christie's
Oct. 29, 2025
THE POETICAL WORKS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE (1858)
Est: $200 - $300
Edgar Allan Poe. "The Poetrical Works of Edgar Allan Poe. With Original Memoir" (London: Sampson Low, 1858). First edition. Bound in red leather bound boards with elaborate decorative tooling, done by William Bone & Son bookbinders. Five raised bands and gilt lettering to the spine. All edges gilt. Illustrated throughout with engravings depicting scenes from various poems, as well as decorated initials, tail- and headpieces.
A. H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals
Oct. 18, 2025
Edgar Allan Poe "Tales Of Mystery" Book
Est: -
Featuring An Edgar Allan Poe " Tales Of Mystery & Imagination" Book, Illustrated By Harry Clarke. Wear, Discoloration, And Stain Spots Present. Bh40258 Bp
EJ'S Auction & Appraisal
Oct. 16, 2025
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) Frantisek Tichy (1896-1961)
Est: -
HAVRAN [1981] Book format 2°, 32.5 × 21 cm. Unpaginated, in Czech, adapted into verse by Vitezslav Nezval. Illustrated with drypoints by F. Tichy, printed from the original plates. Loose sheets on Ingres handmade paper, in a paper cover. In the colophon, facsimile signatures of Vitezslav Nezval and Frantisek Tichy. Published by Frantisek Janas in Brno in 1981 as part of the Edice 33 in an edition of 53 copies, of which 9 on Ullersdorf paper, 20 on Velke Losiny paper, and the remainder on Ingres paper. This copy is printed on Ingres paper. Very good condition.
Auction House Zezula
Aug. 07, 2025
Edgar Allan Poe Stories And Poems
Est: $25 - $50
Edgar Allan Poe, 2011. Canterbury Classics
Davis Brothers Auction
Jul. 31, 2025
Clarke (Harry).- Poe (Edgar Allan) Tales of Mystery and Imagination, original presentation box, New York, Brentano's, [c.1923].
Est: £200 - £300
Clarke (Harry).- Poe (Edgar Allan) Tales of Mystery and Imagination, 32 plates by Harry Clarke, of which 8 colour and tipped-in (including frontispiece), ticket of Chas. E. Lauriat Co. of Boston to foot of front free endpaper, plate at p.122 with very short tear into image & plate at p.400 to upper-margin, frontispiece and one or two other plates creased at corners, original cloth, spine gilt, pictorial label to upper cover (very subtle and faint stain), some very light rubbing to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, light scuff mark to upper panel and vertical crease to lower panel, light toning to flaps, couple very small chips or tears to extremities, light rubbing to joints and extremities, housed in the original presentation box with pictorial label to upper cover (little soiled with some wear), 4to, New York, Brentano's, [c.1923]. ⁂ An excellent bright copy in the original box.
Forum Auctions - UK
Jul. 22, 2025
Fairy Island. Engraving by Óscar Estruga
Est: -
POE, Edgar Allan.- "THE ISLAND OF THE FAIRY" M.: Ediciones de Arte y Bibliofilia, 1982. Larger folio, e.g. in branch. Editorial case. Twelve original etchings and aquatints, in color, by Óscar Estruga, each numbered and signed by the artist. E.g. numbered from the limited edition of XXV, in Roman numerals, for collaborators.
Duran Arte y Subastas
Jun. 26, 2025
Edgar Allan Poe - Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Est: €100 - €220
First Edition London / New York, George G. Harrap & Co. / Brentano’s, 1919 First edition of Tales of Mystery and Imagination in this classic and beautifully produced edition. Bound in original dark cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and an illustrated front board. Lavishly illustrated with black-and-white plates and mounted colour illustrations by the renowned Irish illustrator Harry Clarke, whose refined, Gothic-inspired style powerfully enhances Poe’s macabre tales. The volume includes masterpieces such as The Tell-Tale Heart, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Fall of the House of Usher, and The Masque of the Red Death, and stands as one of the earliest editions in which text and image are so exceptionally intertwined.
Hessink's
Jun. 12, 2025
Poe (Edgar Allan) Selected Tales of Mystery, bound by Bayntun, 1909; and others Poe, illustrated (16)
Est: £300 - £400
Poe (Edgar Allan) Selected Tales of Mystery, tipped-in colour frontispiece and 15 plates by Byam Shaw, captioned tissue-guards, small abrasion mark to foot of front pastedown, ink inscription to front free endpaper, tissue-guard at p.140 with portion of marginal loss and at p.160 repaired, very occasional spotting, hinges starting to crack but holding firm, bound in blue calf by Bayntun, gilt, spine with red and green morocco labels (little rubbed), spine very slightly faded, few light scuffs, g.e., 1909; The Masque of the Red Death and other Tales, one of 175 copies on hand-made paper, from an edition limited to 206, wood-engraved frontispiece and full-page illustrations by J. Buckland Wright, very light offsetting, browning to endpapers, uncut and mostly unopened in original cloth, gilt, spine and portion of lower cover little faded, few very small marks, slight rubbing to extremities, Halcyon Press, 1932; and others Poe, illustrated, including Shadow Silence, one of 150 copies with 4 lithographed/woodcut plates by Alois Bilek signed by the artist in pencil, v.s. (16)
Forum Auctions - UK
Jun. 12, 2025
Poe (Edgar Allan) The Works...with Notices of his Life and Genius, 4 vol., New York, J.S. Redfield, 1850-56.
Est: £1,200 - £1,800
Poe (Edgar Allan) The Works...with Notices of his Life and Genius, 4 vol., vol. 1, 2 & 3 second printings, vol. 1 & 4 with half-title (as issued), vol. 1 with engraved portrait frontispiece & 4pp. advertisements at end, vol. 4 with 8pp. advertisements at end, all but vol. 2 with bookplate of Robert R. Dearden, vol. 1 & 4 with ownership inscription to endpapers, vol. 1 title with couple very short tears to fore-margin and frontispiece lightly offset, the odd marginal nick or very short tear elsewhere, vol. 1 & 2 with some light marginal water-staining near start, vol. 3 gutter cracked at points with some gatherings loose, occasional staining or light foxing, light browning, mainly to vol. 1 & 2, original blind-stamped cloth, all but vol. 3 rebacked preserving original backstrips to varying degrees (vol. 4 with loss to some letters), vol. 3 worn at extremities and little stained, with backstrip peeled away from upper joint and nearly loose, other vol. with some wear to extremities, fading to some spines, vol. 2 rear free endpapers renewed, [BAL 16158, 16159 & 16161], 8vo, New York, J.S. Redfield, 1850-56. ⁂ The first collected edition of Poe's works. The third volume was published separately and comprises the first edition of The Literati, and includes Griswold's sketch of the author. The first three volumes were published in 1850, just a year after Poe's death; the fourth volume was not published until 1856. It became the standard edition of Poe's works for 25 years, and served as the model for nearly another quarter of a century. There are various cloth variants. In this set, vol. 1 & 4 are in purple (spines faded to brown, vol. 4 spine gilt-stamped with bust of Athene and raven), vol. 2 in blue-green, and vol. 3 dark brown.
Forum Auctions - UK
Jun. 12, 2025
Poe (Edgar Allan) Eureka: A Prose Poem, first edition, ?second issue, New York, Geo. P. Putnam, 1848.
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Poe (Edgar Allan) Eureka: A Prose Poem, first edition, ?second issue with review of "Eureka" on p.2 of the 12pp. advertisements at end, a few small stains or spots, light toning, water-staining to margins, original blind-stamped brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, chipping with loss to spine ends, splitting to joints, 2 small stains to lower cover, rubbing to extremities, housed in modern black drop-back box, red morocco label to spine, [BAL 16153 (Binding B)], 8vo, New York, Geo. P. Putnam, 1848. ⁂ The last work published by Poe during his lifetime, believed to be one of 500 copies. 'Eureka' was based on his lecture 'On the Cosmography of the Universe', where he explored an evolving Newtonian model of the Universe, making his poem a unique combination of science and art.
Forum Auctions - UK
Jun. 12, 2025
[Poe (Edgar Allan)] Eulalie.- A Song [&] The American Drama [&] The Facts of M. Valdemar's Case, in The American Review, vol. 2, no. 1-6, New York, Wiley and Putnam, 1845.
Est: £200 - £300
[Poe (Edgar Allan)] Eulalie.- A Song [&] The American Drama [&] The Facts of M. Valdemar's Case, in The American Review, vol. 2, no. 1-6, p.79, pp.117-131 & pp.561-65 respectively, early ownership name and some later pencil notes to endpapers, 2ff. loose, some foxing, contemporary marbled calf, red morocco spine label, short tear to spine head, rubbed, 8vo, New York, Wiley and Putnam, 1845. ⁂ First printings of the three mentioned works by Poe. This volume also contains a review of Poe's Tales (pp.306-09).
Forum Auctions - UK
Jun. 12, 2025
[Poe (Edgar Allan)], "Quarles". The Raven [&] Some Words with Mummy, in The American Review: A Whig Journal, vol. 1. no.1-6, New York, Wiley and Putnam, 1845.
Est: £750 - £1,000
[Poe (Edgar Allan)], "Quarles". The Raven [&] Some Words with Mummy, in The American Review: A Whig Journal, vol. 1. no.1-6, p.143-145 & p.363-370 respectively, 3 plates, lacking 12pp. publisher's advertisements, index and 1 plate loose, some foxing or staining, heaviest to first and last few ff., later purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt and browned, bumping to spine ends, a few short tears to head of spine, a little rubbed to extremities, 8vo, New York, Wiley and Putnam, 1845. ⁂ One of the earliest appearances of 'The Raven' and first appearance of 'Some Words with Mummy'. 'The Raven' first printed under Poe's pseudonym 'Quarles' is one of his most notable works and a staple of gothic literature.
Forum Auctions - UK
Jun. 12, 2025
Poe (Edgar Allan) Life in Death [&] The Mask of the Red Death, in Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 20, no. 1-6, Philadelphia, George R. Graham, 1842; and 3 others relating to Poe (4...
Est: £300 - £400
Poe (Edgar Allan) Life in Death [&] The Mask of the Red Death, in Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 20, no. 1-6, pp.200-201 & pp. 257-59, plates, foxing, upper hinge nearly broken, contemporary half morocco, rebacked preserving gilt backstrip, corners worn and one repaired, rubbed, endpapers renewed, Philadelphia, George R. Graham, 1842; William Wilson. A Tale, in The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1840, edited by Miss Leslie, pp.229-253, engraved frontispiece, additional title and plates, frontispiece and front free endpaper slightly nibbled at fore-edge, some foxing, mainly to plates, original pictorial morocco, gilt, rubbing to joints and extremities, Philadelphia, Carey & Hart, [1839]; and 2 others, the first printing of Morning on the Wissahiccon in The Opal: A Pure Gift for the Holy Days, pp.249-56 (1844), and a disbound copy of The Domain of Arnheim extracted from The Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine, 8vo (4) ⁂ First appearances in print of Life in Death, The Mask of the Red Death and William Wilson. The first mentioned volume also contains by Poe: An Appendix of Autographs (pp.44-49), A Few Words about Brainard (pp.119-121) and To One Departed (p.137).
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Jun. 12, 2025
Poe (Edgar Allan) The Man that was Used Up [&] The Fall of the House of Usher [&] The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion, in The Gentleman's Magazine, and Monthly American Review, vol. 4, no.1 bo...
Est: £200 - £300
Poe (Edgar Allan) The Man that was Used Up [&] The Fall of the House of Usher [&] The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion, in The Gentleman's Magazine, and Monthly American Review, vol. 4, no.1 bound with vol. 5, no.2-6 only, pp.66-70, 145-152, & 321-323 respectively, additional pictorial title trimmed, title vignette, plates, one or two trimmed, small water-stain to lower inner margins, light browning, occasional cracking to gutter, foxing, sometimes heavy, bookseller's sticker to rear pastedown, contemporary half calf, rebacked with cloth label to spine, corners worn, covers rubbed, 8vo, Philadelphia, William E. Burton, 1839. ⁂ The first appearances of 'The Man that was Used Up' and 'The Fall of the House of Usher' and 'The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion', also including later printings of William Wilson, Morella, and Fairyland.
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Jun. 12, 2025
Poe (Edgar Allan) Manuscript Found in a Bottle, in The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1836, edited by Miss Leslie, pp.67-87, Philadelphia, E.L. Carey & A. Hart, [1835].
Est: £300 - £400
Poe (Edgar Allan) Manuscript Found in a Bottle, in The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1836, edited by Miss Leslie, pp.67-87, engraved frontispiece and plates, p.67 marginal tear with tape repair, soiling and some staining, particularly to front free endpapers, some light browning and foxing, original elaborately blind-stamped black morocco, spine titled in gilt, some rubbing to joints and extremities, lower joint with subtle repairs, upper joint split with cover working loose, rear free endpapers renewed, g.e., [BAL 16126], 8vo, Philadelphia, E.L. Carey & A. Hart, [1835]. ⁂ First edition in book form, Poe's work first published in the 19th October 1833 issue of The Baltimore Saturday Visiter as the $50 first prize-winning story. The volume also includes the first appearance of Washington Irving's "Unwritten Drama of Lord Byron".
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May. 01, 2025
[POE, EDGAR ALLAN (1809-1849)]. Three portraits of Edgar Allan Poe, incl. Brady/Anthony CDV.
Est: $800 - $1,200
[POE, EDGAR ALLAN (1809-1849)]. Three portraits of Edgar Allan Poe, incl. Brady/Anthony CDV. CDV portrait on cardstock mount with Brady's 1862 copyright beneath image and Anthony/Brady imprint on verso (small loss to left edge of print; mount with some toning and wear to edges/corners). Featured is a half portrait of Poe produced by Brady after a daguerreotype, likely a version of the one made by Edwin H. Manchester in November of 1948, also known as the "Ultima Thule" daguerreotype. Verso also bears affixed paper label for a stationery and fancy goods store in Baltimore. Cabinet card (toning, loss to upper edge and upper left corner, clipped edges) featuring an illustrated portrait of Poe titled beneath image, "Edgar Poe. / (The Memorial Portrait.)" Featured is an image of a portrait produced by Friederich Bruckmann, which was believed to be an altered derivative of the "Whitman" daguerreotype. Verso also bears affixed newspaper clipping about various plans to honor the memory of Poe, including naming a street, creating a stamp, and erecting a memorial. 2 3/4 x 3 13/16 in. portrait mounted to a 4 3/4 x 7 1/8 in. book page with text below image reading, "Edgar Allan Poe, Born 1809 - Died 1849, From Daguerreotype in Possession of 'Stella'" (toning and dampstaining to page, with wear to previously bound edge). This page comes from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe by John H. Ingram, published by A & C Black of Edinburgh. Together, 3 images of Edgar Allan Poe. Estate of David O'Reilly, Old Bridge, New Jersey This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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Apr. 24, 2025
Poe (Edgar Allan) The Complete Works, 10 vol., one of 200 copies, "Connoisseur's Arnheim Edition", New York, The Knickerbocker Press, 1902; and 51 others, literature, most attractively bound (61)
Est: £600 - £800
Poe (Edgar Allan) The Complete Works, 10 vol., one of 200 copies, "Connoisseur's Arnheim Edition", additional titles, illustrations by Frederick Simpson Coburn, plates with captioned tissue-guards, the odd spot, bookplates to front pastedown, contemporary morocco with floral gilt motif, spines browned, spine ends a little bumped with a few spine heads with a little loss, 1 upper joint split but holding firm others a little worn, a little rubbed, t.e.g., others uncut, New York, The Knickerbocker Press, 1902; and 51 others, literature, including a defective 1636 edition of Markham's Maister-Peece, most attractively bound v.s (61)
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Apr. 22, 2025
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) The Raven, published in The American Review: A Whig Journal.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) The Raven, published in The American Review: A Whig Journal. New York: Wiley & Putnam, January-June, 1845. Octavo, one of two appearances of the poem in print, arguably the first in magazine form, following newspaper publication in the Evening Mirror; consisting of six months of the magazines, and including other poems by Poe, "Valley of Unrest," and "The City in the Sea," together with two short pieces by Walt Whitman, "The Boy-Lover," and "Death of Wind-Foot," among other works; bound in contemporary half red textured leather and worn marbled paper boards; contents generally good; housed in a custom folding box; 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.
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Apr. 22, 2025
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) The Purloined Letter, published in The Gift.
Est: $800 - $1,200
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) The Purloined Letter, published in The Gift. Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1845. First appearance of Poe's story in print; octavo; a nicely preserved copy in publisher's textured black morocco tooled in gilt on spine and boards (awkward patch to top endcap); contents nicely preserved; backstrip detached; with contemporary ownership inscriptions of Mary S. White of Boston; all edges gilt; 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. C. Auguste Dupin is back! After solving the grisly murders in the Rue Morgue, and getting to the bottom of the Mystery of Marie Roget, he's focused on solving the case of a missing letter used to blackmail Queen. Dupin visits the blackmailer's rooms, where he spots the hidden letter. In a move presaging TV's Columbo, Dupin leaves his snuffbox behind (accidentally on purpose). When he returns to retrieve it, a staged kerfuffle in the street (also courtesy M. Dupin) provides just the cover he needs to crack the case.
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Apr. 22, 2025
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) The Pit and the Pendulum, published in The Gift for 1843, Two Copies.
Est: $500 - $700
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) The Pit and the Pendulum, published in The Gift for 1843, Two Copies. Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1842. First printed appearance of "The Pit and the Pendulum," two octavo volumes, one in full calf ornately decorated in gilt and customized with initials on front board, all edges gilt; the other copy in full publisher's tan cloth tooled in blind with central spray of flowers on front board in gilt, all edges gilt; both copies with staining, engraved title pages only, and other condition issues; each 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. (2) In addition to the present work, several other short pieces found their way to the public through the pages of The Gift, including "William Wilson," "Eleonora," and "The Purloined Letter."
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Apr. 22, 2025
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) The Mystery of Marie Roget, published in The Ladies' Companion.
Est: $1,800 - $2,200
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) The Mystery of Marie Roget, published in The Ladies' Companion. New York: William W. Snowden, November, 1842-June, 1843. First edition in three serialized parts; octavo, eight parts bound as one, illustrated throughout with excellent mezzotints, steel engravings, and some colored plates; bound in nicely-preserved contemporary half black shagreen-textured morocco and marbled paper boards by P. Low of Boston with ticket inside front board; contents very good with the exception of toning to the occasional isolated plate leaf or tissue guard; remarkably good condition overall; 9 3/4 x 6 in. In his second detective story, Poe wades into the true crime genre. "Marie Roget" is the first fictionalized murder mystery story based on a real slaying. Mary Cecilia Rogers's lifeless body was found floating in the Hudson River off Hoboken in July of 1841. Although Poe immersed himself in the details of the real case and used Dupin and his deductive powers to unravel the mystery in his tale, the real crime went unsolved.
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Apr. 22, 2025
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) The Murders in the Rue Morgue & A Descent into the Maelstrom, published in Graham's Magazine.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) The Murders in the Rue Morgue & A Descent into the Maelstrom, published in Graham's Magazine. Philadelphia: George R. Graham, February, 1841-December, 1841. First editions of Poe's two tales; octavo volume containing eleven issues of the magazine bound as one; illustrated, some plates with hand-coloring; bound in contemporary half calf with marbled endleaves, binding worn but intact, content of Poe material with some spotting, "Murders" nicely preserved; 9 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. Two women have been brutally slain inside a locked fourth-floor room, and yet one's body is outside, the other is disturbingly and firmly stuffed up the chimney. Writing at a time before the term "detective" was coined, Poe drew on no pre-existing trope of drawing room logical revelation. Such a conceit is now so overwhelmingly prevalent, it's hard to imagine a time when it had yet to bore its way into any written story. Poe's Dupin defines the archetype, applying logic, objective facts and reason to solve the case in dramatic fashion.
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Apr. 22, 2025
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) The Journal of Julius Rodman published in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine.
Est: $500 - $700
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) The Journal of Julius Rodman published in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine. Philadelphia: William E. Burton, January-June, 1840. First edition of "Julius Rodman" in parts; the magazine edited by Poe and Burton; illustrated; bound in contemporary half red textured leather with marbled paper boards by S.T. Taber, binder of Oswego, NY, with book ticket; ex libris Mary A. Belcher and Gertrude Belcher, with their circa 1840 signatures on the fly leaf; spotting and foxing to contents; 9 3/4 x 6 in. Although Poe's association with Burton saw an end with the last installment of Julius Rodman, the story was lauded in the Senate by Robert Greenhow, who believed, perhaps, that the fictionalized account was based on true events. Poe invented this tale, set in the 1790s, of the first Europeans to traverse the Rocky Mountains. Traveling through the impressive terrain, sometimes in their bulletproof keelboat, the party of ten wend a memorable journey that ends with a dramatic grizzly bear attack.
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Apr. 22, 2025
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) The Fall of the House of Usher, published in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine.
Est: $600 - $800
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) The Fall of the House of Usher, published in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine. Philadelphia: William E. Burton, August-December, 1839. First edition, octavo, five issues of the magazines bound together with Poe's story in the September issue; bound in modern half leather with marbled paper boards; staining to contents; 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. Few can easily countenance the terrifying premise of Poe's indelible tale of entrapment and guilt. Uniting the almost universal human dread of tightly confined spaces with the prospect of inadvertently torturing and slowly smothering a beloved kinsman, the story plunges any caring reader into a nightmarish abyss, as promised by the title.
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Apr. 22, 2025
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) Six Volumes: Five Periodicals Containing his Work [and] The Conchologist's First Book.
Est: $800 - $1,200
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) Six Volumes: Five Periodicals Containing his Work [and] The Conchologist's First Book. 1) The Conchologist's, Philadelphia: Haswell, Barrington & Haswell, 1839, octavo, lacking one plate; worn publisher's cloth. 2) The Gift, Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1840, octavo, containing Poe's story, "William Wilson," bound in gilt-stamped morocco, all edges gilt. 3) The New Mirror, New York, April 8-September 30, 1843, large octavo, containing Poe's "Souvenirs of Youth," his translation of "The Head of St. John the Baptist," and "The Man that Was Used Up"; bound in worn and degraded contemporary half morocco, artlessly repaired, contents toned and chipped. 4) The Literary Emporium, New York: Published by J.K. Wellman, 1845, volumes I and II, illustrated with steel engravings and colored plates; containing "The Raven," beginning on page 376; contents occasionally foxed, bound in contemporary half morocco with owner's name, Sarah Smith, tooled in gilt on front board, along with her signature on general title page, rebacked. 5) The Pearl Offering, London: L.L. Boardman & Co.; New York: H. S. Samuels & Co., [1848], illustrated with engravings and colored plates, with "The Raven" appearing on page 376. 6) Sartain's Union Magazine of Literature and Art, Philadelphia: Published by John Sartain, January-December 1850, all issues bound in one octavo volume (divisional title pages reversed, issues bound in proper order), with "Annabel Lee" appearing in the January issue; illustrated throughout, bound in contemporary full shagreen-textured gold-tooled morocco with owner's name, Maria Phillips, in gilt on front board and her signature within, binding worn, front board all but detached, becoming decased. (6)
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Apr. 22, 2025
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) Morning on the Wissahiccon, published in The Opal.
Est: $400 - $600
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) Morning on the Wissahiccon, published in The Opal. New York: John C. Riker, 1844. First edition, octavo, edited by N.P. Willis with illustrations by J.G. Chapman; bound in publisher's boards decorated with figures and arabesques (rebacked, boards chipped and badly worn); 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. Poe ventures into travel writing in this prose essay often referred to as "The Elk." Contrasting the natural beauty of the American landscape with that of Europe, he describes the various wild paradises along the eastern seaboard. The Wissachickon Creek joins the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia and is praised for its natural beauty. Our narrator sees "or dreamed that I saw, standing upon the extreme verge of the precipice, with neck outstretched, with ears erect, and the whole attitude indicative of profound and melancholy inquisitiveness," a magnificent elk. Mesmerized, approaching the elk with care, suddenly he hears a sharp "hist, hist" from the bushes. A man emerges and approaches the beast. "Presently, the elk bowed and stamped, and then lay quietly down and was secured with a halter. Thus ended my romance of the elk. It was a pet of great age and very domestic habits, and belonged to an English family occupying a villa in the vicinity."
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Apr. 22, 2025
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) Carte de Visite.
Est: $2,400 - $3,400
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) Carte de Visite. New York: Published by E. Anthony from the photographic negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery, post-1862. Black-and-white albumen photograph on publisher's mount, Poe depicted in a bust portrait with stippled background, the image in rectangular format, occupying the full frame, [another issue with the same publication information renders the portrait in a smaller oval vignette]; Mathew Brady's 1862 copyright statement printed on recto of mount; 4 x 2 1/2 in. "Brady's claim of having daguerreotyped Poe, although widely publicized, has never been corroborated. [...] Brady's galleries did circulate two portraits of Poe, but both images were merely modified versions of the 'Ultima Thule' daguerreotype taken in 1848 by the Rhode Island daguerreotypist Edwin Manchester. The more familiar of the two Brady portraits is a heavily altered photographic print showing Poe in reverse, situated against a stippled background. [The present lot.] Although this portrait is obviously a retouched version of the 'Ultima Thule' image, its exact genesis is uncertain. [...] The Brady portrait was circulated for at least two decades, in a variety of sizes and formats. One version, an albumen carte-de-visite photograph measuring approximately 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches, was distributed during the 1860s; it sometimes bore the stamp of Brady's associates E. & H. T. Anthony." (For more see Michael J. Deas's "The Portraits and Daguerreotypes of Edgar Allan Poe," available at the Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore's website: https://www.eapoe.org/papers/misc1921/deas205a.htm.)
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