RARE 1885 EDGAR ALLAN POE BIOGRAPHY 1ST EDITION HORROR

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RARE 1885 EDGAR ALLAN POE BIOGRAPHY 1ST EDITION HORROR Description: From 1885, a very nice copy of Edgar Allan Poe, by George E. Woodberry, an early biography, part of a series, not a set, American Men of Letters. Published by Houghton, Mifflin and Co., Boston and New York, 1885. Beautifully bound in red cloth with gilt titles, a steel engraved print with a facsimile signature as the frontispiece. 7x5 inches, 354 pages with index. An interesting bookplate, Mellinger Edward Henry, Florence Stokes Henry. Great condition. A nice gift idea. Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career. He was born as Edgar Poe in Boston, Massachusetts; he was orphaned young when his mother died shortly after his father abandoned the family. Poe was taken in by John and Frances Allan, of Richmond, Virginia, but they never formally read more

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