Franklin Library leather edition of Edgar Allan Poe's "Collected Poems: Essays on Poetry," Illustrated by Alan E. Cober, a Limited edition, one of the 100 GREATEST MASTERPIECES OF AMERICAN LITERATURE, published in 1977. Bound in scarlet red leather, the book has gray moire silk end leaves, acid-free paper, Symth-sewn binding, a satin book marker, hubbed spine, gold gilding on three edges—in near Fine condition. Edgar Allan Poe, who lived from 1809- 1849, was an American writer, and editor.  Poe was born in Boston, the second child of two actors. His father abandoned the family in 1810, and his mother died the following year. Thus orphaned, the child was taken in by John and Frances Allan of Virginia. His publishing career began, albeit humbly, with the anonymous collection of poems "Tamerlane and Other Poems" credited only to "a Bostonian." This volume includes all his famous poems, including "Tamerlane," "Spirits of the Dead," "Fairy-Land," "The Bells," "Annabel Lee," "Eldorado," "Sonnet--Silence," "To Helen," "Israfel," "Lenore," and perhaps his most loved poem, "The Raven."  Also included: essays:  "The Purposes of Poetry," "The Poetic Principle," and "The Rationale of Verse." 244 pages. I offer Combined shipping.