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  • Publication: Tales of the Grotesque and ArabesquePublication Record # 289432
  • Author: Edgar A. Poe
  • Date: 1840-01-00
  • Publisher: Lea and Blanchard
  • Pages: 243+228
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: COLLECTION
  • Notes:
    • Two volumes.
    • Information primarily from Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore. See this, this (vol I) and this (vol II).
    • The "Preface":
      • is an introduction to the two-volume set and is not related to Poe's poem "Preface"
      • is uncredited but written in the first person and clearly by Poe
      • is on unnumbered p. 5.
    • "Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling" is thought to have been published prior to this, sometime 1837-1839, or it would be the only story in this two-volume set not to have been published previously. But no record of prior publication has been found.
    • Original price unknown
    • Limited edition of 750 copies
    • Bound in purple muslin with printed paper spine label. Picture shown here is of the title page of vol. 1.
    • Known to have been published in 1840, and reviewed in the Jan. 1840 edition of the "Southern Literary Messenger", p. 126, hence presumably published in Jan. 1840.
  • External IDs:
    • Bleiler Early Years: 1785
    • Bleiler Supernatural: 1314
    • LCCN: 07-35802
    • OCLC/WorldCat: 2236306
    • Reginald-1: 11733
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Collection Title: Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque • (1840) • collection by Edgar Allan Poe [as by Edgar A. Poe]

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Bleiler Early Years Verified Rtrace 2018-10-14 10:20:13
Bleiler Supernatural Verified Rtrace 2018-10-14 10:20:13
Bleiler1 (Gernsback) Verified Rtrace 2019-07-10 22:08:00
Bleiler78 Verified Rtrace 2015-12-26 07:46:42
Clute/Grant Verified Rtrace 2015-12-26 07:46:42
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Currey N/A Rtrace 2015-12-26 07:46:42
Locus1 N/A Rtrace 2015-12-26 07:46:42
Miller/Contento N/A Rtrace 2015-12-26 07:46:42
OCLC/Worldcat Verified Rtrace 2015-12-26 07:49:34
Reginald1 Verified Rtrace 2015-12-26 07:46:42
Reginald3 N/A Rtrace 2015-12-26 07:46:42
Tuck Verified Rtrace 2015-12-26 07:46:42
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