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- A worn and stained first-edition of Edgar Allan Poe's first book "Tamerlane and Other Poems" was sold at auction by Christie's for $662,500, a new record for a work of American literature.
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Dec 4, 2009 · A worn and stained first-edition of Edgar Allen Poe's first book "Tamerlane and Other Poems" was sold at auction by Christie's for $662,500, a new record for a work of American literature.
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It is believed only a dozen copies of the original printing of Tamerlane and Other Poems remain, making it one of the rarest of first editions in American literature. [14] [50] Ironically, the value of one copy today is more money than Poe ever made in his lifetime. [51]
Rare first Poe book could be worth $700,000. Edgar Allan Poe's first book, "Tamerlane and Other Poems," was virtually unnoticed when published but is now one of the world's rarest and most...
Oct 27, 2017 · In December, 2009, a fairly worn original copy of “Tamerlane and Other Poems” sold at Christie’s auction house in New York for a whopping $662,500, establishing a record auction price for a piece of American literature.
Jun 28, 2024 · New York booksellers (purchased from the Ives sale, as confirmed in a handwritten note by Joseph Katz, on the rear flyleaf of his copy of New Glimpses of Poe, 1902, says “In Boston, at an auction sale, April 28, 1892, I saw a bookseller of New York buy for $1,850 ‘Tamerlane and Other Poems ’.”);
Jun 25, 2024 · Finally, she brought out her copy of Poems (1831) which, like Tamerlane, is beyond rare, with as few as twenty copies known to exist. Its infamous backstory reveals that West Point cadet Poe collected subscription money from over a hundred fellow officers-in-training to finance its publication.
Tamerlane and Other Poems. This slender volume of poetry was Edgar Allan Poe’s first book. Published anonymously at Poe’s own expense, the book received no critical attention. Following the author’s death at the age of 40, one scholar surmised that Tamerlane might never have been printed: no copies of the book were identified until 1859.
