Author: Edgar Allan Poe.
Title: Poems of Edgar Allan Poe with Memoir.
Publisher: New York, Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., no date (circa 1882).
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7.5" X 5".
Pages: 196 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good original gilt decorated full-cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed -  as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges gilt.
Content: Very good content  (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing - as shown).
Illustrations: Including a nice frontispiece portrait of Poe.

Estimation: (USD 350 - USD 500)

The book: Scarce and attractive Victorian edition of the 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.