"Poe and the Southern Literary Messenger", by David K. Jackson, with a Foreword by J.H. Whitty, published by the Press of The Dietz Printing Company, Richmond, VA, 1934, first limited edition of 500 copies.

Hard boards, original cloth, silver decorated spine, black profile of E.A. Poe on the front board, 6.1/2" x 9.3/4"; marbled endpapers, 120 pages printed on high quality heavy stock laid paper, the pages are partially unopened, very good/ fine condition.

Frontispiece is a photogravure etching portrait of Edgar Allan Poe from the original photograph in the possession of James H. Whitty, Richmond. The facsimile of the signature of Poe is reproduced from an unpublished letter in possession of George Coleman, Tucker House, Williamsburg, VA.

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who 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 of American literature.

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