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Author: Edgar Allan Poe.
Title: The Poetical Works of EDGAR ALLAN POE with an Original Memoir.
Publisher: New York, Redfield, 34 Beekman Street, no date (circa 1859).
Language: Text in English.
Size: 6 " X 4 ".
Pages: 278 pages + 10 pages of publisher's ads.
Binding: Attractive and very good full Victorian decorated blue cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed) under a protective removable mylar cover. 
Content: Very good content (bright and tight, rare light foxing or staining - as shown, offsetting on protective tissue guard of the frontispiece - as shown, name of a previous owner on the first endpaper - as shown). All edges gilt.
Illustrations: Nicely illustrated with a portrait frontispiece.

The book: Rare and attractive Victorian early edition of the Complete Poems by Edgar Allan Poe.

The author: Edgar Allan Poe (born Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature as a whole, and he was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story. Poe is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and 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.