Graham's Magazine (with the first appearance of Mask of the Red Death)

Poe, Edgar Allan [editor]; Griswold, Rufus Wilmot [editor]; Poe, Edgar Allan [author]

Published by George Rex Graham, 1842

About this Item

Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine, volumes XX-XXI, comprising the whole of 1842; the editor's position shifted from Poe to Griswold in April of that year. Green half-leather with gilt spine titling and decoration; green marbled paper boards; heavy shelf-wear and edgewear including rubbing, scraping, bumped and frayed spine ends and fore-edge corners, one inch of loss to the leather at spine head. Marbled textblock edges. Hinges cracked; the revealed threads are secure here. The last pages of the April issue, comprising the illustrations between pages 254 and 255, have pulled from the thread binding and are nearly fully split in the gutter, holding only by a small part at bottom margin. All pages present, and no other pages appear to be loosening. Faded, illegible previous owner's name or phrase inked to FFEP. Pages foxed; occasional dampstaining. Interior else clean and unmarked. With contributions from Edgar Allan Poe, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Lord Tennyson, James Fenimore Cooper, and others. Featuring the first-ever appearance of Poe's 'The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy.'.

Seller Inventory # BBS-2021079

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Graham's Magazine (with the first appearance of Mask of the Red Death)
• Publisher: George Rex Graham
• Publication Date: 1842
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction and Literature