GRAHAM'S MAGAZINE, Vols. 28-29 (Jan.-Dec. 1846)
Philadelphia: George R. Graham, 1846. 1st edition, 1st printing. Hardcover. 284p; 318. Ex-library hardcover book bound in 3/4 pebbled brown cloth with green marbled boards. Only library marks are stamps on the edges and a few inner pages. LACKS the main title page, but still contains the decorated one. Foxing and some spotty stains in the margins; occasional closed tears; scattered pencil notes as well. Last page of December issue is torn. Otherwise, the binding is tight. An acceptable reading copy, much-worn but still good for reference. Item #325142
Bound volume of GRAHAM'S AMERICAN MONTHLY MAGAZINE, a mid-19th century literary digest for which Edgar Allan Poe served as editor for a time. Volumes 28 and 29 in a single book, with issues spanning January through December 1846. Additionally, there is a portion of the February and April 1844 issues, and the entirety of the March 1844 issue (apparently included due to the librarian's error). Illustrated with numerous black and white engravings, including color fashion plates. This issue contains three installments of the column "Marginalia" by Edgar Allan Poe (dealing with the use of rhyme in poetry, "The Mysteries of Paris" translated by C.H. Town, and Fouque's "Thiodolf the Icelander"); a review of TYPEE by Herman Melville; installments of JACK TIER by James Fenimore Cooper (under the title THE ISLETS OF THE GULF: OR, ROSE BUDD); a review of CONSUELO by George Sand; and a review of PICTURES FROM ITALY by Charles Dickens. The March 1844 issue contains a lengthy review by Edgar Allan Poe of the epic poem "Orion" by Richard Hengist Horne.
Price: $40.00