180. Poe, Edgar Allan. The Raven and Other Poems bound with Tales. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1845. Two works in one octavo (7.25 x 4.85 in.; 188 x125 mm). Lacking publisher’s advertisements. Handsome marbled boards with dark brown leather spine and corners with matching clamshell box; light scattered spotting.

First combined edition in book form and first editions of both works, Tales being the third printing. Printed as Volume VIII of Wiley and Putnam’s Library of American Books, Poe’s “The Raven” was one of his most popular, and most famous American poems ever written. First published in the Evening Mirror, part of the American Review, a New York monthly periodical, it was an immediate success, and resulted in Wiley and Putnam’s publication of Tales in June 1845. Tales includes for the first time in book form all three Dupin stories (The murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Roget, and The Purloined Letter). The Raven and Other Poems was first printed in 185 November.

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