[POE, EDGAR ALLAN]. KETTELL, SAMUEL. Specimens of American Poetry, with Critical Biographical Notices. Boston: S.G. Goodrich, 1829. 3 volumes, 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, printed paper-spine labels, uncut, spines faded; slipcase. FIRST EDITION of the first comprehensive anthology and survey of American literature, including very early first printings of Longfellow and Whittier (before their first books), Bryant, Irving, Sigourney, Dana, Halleck, and others, but chiefly remembered for its inclusion of Poe's "Tamerlane." In Kettell's list of significant examples of poetry thus far in America - the first mention of Poe or his work in book form. Sabin 37655; BAL 3251. (3)

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[POE, EDGAR ALLAN]. KETTELL, SAMUEL. Specimens of American Poetry, with Critical Biographical Notices. Boston: S.G. Goodrich, 1829. 3 volumes, 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, printed paper-spine labels, uncut, spines faded; slipcase. FIRST EDITION of the first comprehensive anthology and survey of American literature, including very early first printings of Longfellow and Whittier (before their first books), Bryant, Irving, Sigourney, Dana, Halleck, and others, but chiefly remembered for its inclusion of Poe's "Tamerlane." In Kettell's list of significant examples of poetry thus far in America - the first mention of Poe or his work in book form. Sabin 37655; BAL 3251. (3)