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Sale 1335 - Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
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POE, Edgar Allan (1809-1849). "The Fall of the House of Usher." Extracted from: Burton's Gentleman's Magazine and American Monthly Review, Vol. V-no.III. [Philadelphia: William Evans Burton], September 1839.
8vo (241 x 137 mm). (Spotting, browning throughout.) Modern full calf.
FIRST PRINTING. "The Fall of the House of Usher" was the second of Poe's works to be published in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, of which he had recently been made editor. The story was edited slightly for its appearance in Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque the following year; this marks the story's sole publication in its original, unedited form. Now considered one of the greatest of Poe's prose works. Heartman and Canny, 51.
Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie