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This is a rare volume of "The North American Review" (1827, Volume XXV) containing a notice for "TAMERLANE AND OTHER POEMS," the first published work of EDGAR ALLAN POE. 1827; Frederick T. Gray; Boston. The volume contains the July (No. LVI) and October (No. LVII) issues - the issues are consecutive, as they were published quarterly. There is a Contents page for each issue at the front, and an Index at the back. Within the "New Publications / Poetry" section of the October issue is a listing for Poe's "Tamerlane, and other Poems. By a Bostonian. Boston." "Tamerlane and other Poems" (first published in June or July, 1827) was virtually ignored and received no significant critical attention upon its publication. No reviews of the book were written and only a few notices are known, one being the mention within this volume. Founded in Boston in 1815 by journalist Nathan Hale, "The North American Review" was the first literary magazine in the United States.Condition:The front…

Tamerlane and Other Poems is a collection of previously unpublished poems by Edgar Allan Poe, released in 1827.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.