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"... 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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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...
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 [...]
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 [...]
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...
ABC News (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Rare George Washington letter and Edgar Allen Poe poems set world records at NYC auction
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....
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Edgar Allan Poe's first book has sold for a record price, but the buyer is a mystery.
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.
Salon (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
"Tamerlane and Other Poems" breaks records nearly 200 years after pub date
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.
