TitleThe Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe

AuthorEdgar Allan Poe

Editing placeLondon

EditorialAddey and Co.

Year1853

IllustratorEdward Henry Wehmert, Frederick William Hulme, Harrison Weir, James Godwin

Edition typeAnthology (English)

Translator

LanguageEnglish

LibraryBUCLM 821-1 POE poe

Volumes1

Number of pages144

Size (in cms)17 x 11

Works included
[Catholic] Hymn
A Dream (Poem)
A Dream within a Dream
A Valentine
Al Aaraaf
An enigma
Annabel Lee
Bridal Ballad ('Song of the Newly-Wedded')
Dream Land
Eldorado
Eulalie
Fairy-land
For Annie
Israfel
Lenore
Life and Genius of Edgar Allan Poe by James Hannay
Politian (Scenes from). An Unpublished Drama
Romance
Song (I Saw Thee on thy Bridal Day)
Sonnet – Silence
Sonnet – To Science
Tamerlane
The Bells
The City in the Sea
The Coliseum
The Conqueror Worm
The Haunted Palace
The Lake -- To-
The Raven
The Sleeper
The Valley of Unrest
To Elmira
To F... S S. O... D (To Frances S. Osgood)
To F[rances]
To Helen
To Helen Whitman
To M – (“I heed not”)
To M. L. S. (To Mary Louise Shew)
To Marie Louise
To My Mother (Sonnet – To My Mother)
To One in Paradise
To the River [Po]
To Zante (Sonnet — To Zante)
Ulalume

Works illustrated
Al Aaraaf
Dream Land
Eldorado
Eulalie
Fairy-land
Israfel
Lenore
Life and Genius of Edgar Allan Poe by James Hannay
Politian (Scenes from). An Unpublished Drama
Tamerlane
The Bells
The Coliseum
The Lake -- To-
The Raven
The Sleeper
To Helen Whitman

Bibliographic referencesPOLLIN 112 (398)

DescriptionFirst time that the edition The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe is published, it is subsequently republished and reprinted on successive occasions, with some changes in the illustrations.
It includes the preface "Life and Genius of Edgar Allan Poe" by James Hannay, who dedicates the volume to Dante Gabriel Rosseti "with the highest admiration and with brotherly regard", and forty-three poems by Poe.
It contained twenty illustrations, including a portrait of Poe and the frontispiece with illustration of "The Raven". The illustrations are designed by Edward Henry Wehmert, James Godwin, Frederick William Hulme, and Harrison Weir. George Dalziel and his brother Edward Dalziel were in charge of the wood engravings.
Hardbound book with half leather binding.

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