Collection of bound volumes of periodicals featuring first and early appearances of stories and essays by Edgar Allan Poe. Includes:
- the first appearance of "A Tale of the Ragged Mountains," in the April 1844 issue of Godey's Lady's Book, within a bound collection of the issues from January–June 1844.
- a bound collection of "Miscellaneous Magazines," including issues of Graham's Magazine with reviews by Poe: "Review of Wyandotte" (November 1843) and "Review of Orion" (March 1844).
- a bound collection of Graham's American Monthly Magazine, Vol. XXXII, published in Philadelphia by George R. Graham & Co. in 1848, featuring three "Marginalia" essays by Edgar A. Poe.
- a bound collection of Sartain's Union Magazine of Literature and Art, published in Philadelphia by John Sartain & Co. in 1850, featuring the first authorized printing of Poe's last poem, "Annabel Lee," and a reprint of his essay "The Poetic Principle."
Additionally includes the posthumously published essay collection The Literati: Some Honest Opinions about Autorial Merits and Demerits, published by J.S. Redfield in 1850; and a first edition of A Strange Discovery by Charles Romeyn Dake, written as a sequel to Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. In overall good to very good condition, with moderate to heavy overall wear.
