The ladies' companion; a monthly magazine embracing every department of literature, embellished with original engravings, and music.[Volumes XVII-XVIII]

Poe, Edgar Allan

Published by William W. Snowden, New York, 1842

About this Item

2 volumes in one, large 8vo; 35 steel engraved plates and fashion lithographs; contemporary three-quarter calf over marble boards, gilt lettering on spine; shelf wear, rear hinge strengthened with Japanese tissue; ex-James J. Hill Library with usual markings; some foxing, otherwise good or better. Contains the first printings of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Landscape Garden" and his famous short story "The Mystery of Marie Roget" in three parts. "The Mystery of Marie Roget" is arguably one of the first murder mysteries to be based on a true crime, that of the murder of Mary Cecilia Rogers, the "Beautiful Cigar Girl," who was found drowned in the Hudson River in 1841. Poe chose to situate the narrative in Paris, as a sequal to his "The Murders in the Rue Morgue". BAL 16149A, Sova, p. 164.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The ladies' companion; a monthly magazine embracing every department of literature, embellished with original engravings, and music.[Volumes XVII-XVIII]
• Publisher: William W. Snowden, New York
• Publication Date: 1842
• Seller catalogs:
  • American Literature