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First edition. Vol. 25 (July-October, 1827). Octavo. [6], 491, [iii, 12]pp., publisher s advertisement and 12 specimen pages at the back. A very good ex-library copy neatly bound in modern brown cloth over boards, spine lettered in gold. Small spine label, the two Contents leaves are bound out of order, a few institutional ink stamps on the modern endpapers and edges of the text block, else no other markings. Contains the second national notice of Edgar Allan Poe s first published work: "Tamerlane, and other Poems. By a Bostonian. Boston." printed in the October 1827 issue. Upon its publication Poe s legendary *Tamerlane and Other Poems* was virtually ignored and received no significant critical attention. It was first listed in the *United States Review and Literary Gazette* for August 1827 as a recent publication, and likewise noted here in the *North American Review* for October 1827. This volume also features long articles on Admiral Krusenstern s voyage around the world; the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; and Thomas McKenney s Tour to Lake Superior, which includes an account of "the character and customs of the Chippeway Indians". A well-preserved, bright copy.

Tamerlane and Other Poems is a collection of previously unpublished poems by Edgar Allan Poe, released in 1827. This was Poe's first published work.