(Literature) 1 Vol. Poe, Edgar Allan. "Manuscript Found in a Bottle". [In] The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1836." Philadelphia: E. L. Carey & A. Hart, [1835]. Edited by Miss Leslie. 12mo, original publisher's full blind embossed black morocco, gilt-lettered spine, all edges gilt; minor edge wear. Foliate end papers. With 9 engraved plates, tissue guards. Bright, tight, internally clean copy. Ink ownership, dated, Jan. 1 1836 on front blank.
First appearance of Poe's "Manuscript Found in a Bottle." Also includes first appearance of Washington Irving's "An Unwritten Drama of Lord Byron."
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