[POE, EDGAR ALLAN]. The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym. Of Nantucket. New York: Harper 1838. Small 8vo, original dark brown muslin embossed with leafy design, printed paper spine label, uncut, ends of spine and corners a little worn, label a bit chipped affecting two words, cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION of Poe's first prose book and his only book-length work of fiction, publisher's advertisements at front (dated May 1838) and rear. BAL 16128 (noting only copies in blue cloth and black muslin); Heartman & Canny, pp. 38-40; Lilly Library, Science Fiction and Fantasy: an Exhibition...1975, no. 5; Bleiler, p. 159. The Alfred M. Kahn copy, bookplate (sale, Christie's New York, 11 April 1980, lot 211).