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1849 Sartain’s with the First Appearance of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Bells.
Lot 141. 1849 Sartain’s with the First Appearance of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Bells. July to Dec. bound magazines, including the first appearance of one of Poe’s most famous poems, The Bells in the October issue. For those interested in gothic literature, this is an even more fascinating volume because it features an early reprinting of G.G. Foster’s The Nightmare and a full-page steel engraving of the famous Fuseli painting commissioned to illustrate it originally. The overall condition of the book is g with a broken binding, missing title page and heavy toning. The condition of the important pages is ex with either light toning or, in the case of the engraving, only toning to the margins. Extremely rare subject matter.
Winning Bid $102.
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