[POE, EDGAR ALLAN]. The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym. Of Nantucket. New York: Harper 1838. Small 8vo, original brownish-black muslin, printed paper spine label, marked and a bit soiled, ends of spine and corners slightly worn, label slightly rubbed, the usual foxing, half-morocco slipcase. FIRST EDITION of Poe's first book of prose, which was his fourth published volume, leaf of advertisements at front dated May 1838, 14 pp. of advertisements at rear.

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[POE, EDGAR ALLAN]. The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym. Of Nantucket. New York: Harper 1838. Small 8vo, original brownish-black muslin, printed paper spine label, marked and a bit soiled, ends of spine and corners slightly worn, label slightly rubbed, the usual foxing, half-morocco slipcase. FIRST EDITION of Poe's first book of prose, which was his fourth published volume, leaf of advertisements at front dated May 1838, 14 pp. of advertisements at rear.
"...based on Benjamin Morrell's A Narrative of Four Voyages, to the South Pacific Ocean (1832) and on Jeremiah N. Reynolds' Voyage of the United States frigate Potomac (1835)" -- Hill, p. 237 (first English edition); BAL 16128; Heartman & Canny, pp. 38-40; Bleiler, The Checklist of Science-Fiction and Supernatural Fiction, p. 159.