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ricklibrarian (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
"... it is evident that we are hurrying onward to some exciting knowledge - some never to be imparted secret, whose attainment is destruction." Edgar Allan Poe 2009 was the year that I became reacquainted with Edgar Allan Poe, an author that I enjoyed as a teen. It has been fun staying up late reading all the dark and gloomy tales, such "The Pit and Pendulum" and "Fall of the...
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Compare shopping (Free subscription) | yesterday
The PowerDsine 6500 series sets a new standard for highly secure remotely managed and safe to use Power over Ethernet Midspans PoE injectors.PowerDsine 6500 family allows IP telephones wireless LAN access points security network cameras and ...
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Blogcritics: Music (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
If you're looking for happy pop music, don't look here. If you want to be "Haunted," then you've come to the right place.
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Risky Regencies (Free subscription) | yesterday
... says it all. When I was trying to find a topic for today's post, I came across the fact that Eliza Poe (actress and mother of Edgar Allen) died on December 8, 1811, and I remembered a book I found once at a library sale, The Brief Career of Eliza Poe (by Geddeth Smith, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1988). I had to go and dig through my boxes in search of it, and found that aside from her...
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Luxurylaunches.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Christie's know their literature well even if they're only selling it off! The first time a teenaged Edgar Allen Poe took to writing in 1872, and wrote "Tamerlane and Other Poems". But he was neither credited for this 40-page book (credits read "a Bostonian") and his work of literature saw only 40-50 prints. Of these 12 are to go under the hammer on Friday. Around two decades ago,...
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In Entertainment (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
The very first book by Edgar Allan Poe sold on Friday for $662,500 to an unidentified American collector. This book was the 1827 first edition copy of poems by Poe. According to reports this has set a record for a 19th century book of poetry. At 18 years old Edger begun his writing career by [...]
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Neatorama (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Recession? What recession? Edgar Allan Poe’s first book, "Tamerlane and Other Poems," has been sold at auction for a record price of $662,500: "This is known as the black tulip of U.S. literature," said Francis Wahlgren, head of books and manuscripts at Christie’s in New York, which expects to get from $500,000 to $700,000 for the [...]
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New York Post (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
No mystery about it -- a rare copy of Edgar Allan Poe's first book sold at auction yesterday for a record $662,500. "Tamerlane and Other Poems," published anonymously in 1827 -- when Poe was 18 -- went under the hammer at Christie's and set a reco...
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Stick Poet Super Hero (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Poetry book by ‘Bostonian’ Poe sets auction record - BostonHerald.com : "NEW YORK — A rare copy of Edgar Allan Poe’s first book has sold for $662,500, smashing the previous record price for American literature. The copy of 'Tamerlane and Other Poems' had been estimated to sell Friday for between $500,000 and $700,000 at Christie’s auction house in New York City....
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
A rare copy of Edgar Allan Poe's first book has sold for $662,500, smashing the previous record price for American literature.
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Salon (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
"Tamerlane and Other Poems" breaks records nearly 200 years after pub date
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Fitzgerald's Poetry Blog (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
NPR.org is reporting that a book by Edgar Allen Poe, recently sold at auction. You can read the article titled " Poe Book Auctioned For $662,500, New Record For U.S. Work " by Frank James.