The poems of Edgar Allan Poe
By: selected and edited with a commentary by Louis Untermeyer ; and illustrated with lithographs by Hugo Steiner-Prag.
Contributors: Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977.; Steiner-Prag, Hugo, 1880-1945, ill.; Limited Editions Club,; Aldus Printers,
Publisher: The Limited Editions Club
Published: 1943
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Notes: "Eleven hundred copies have been printed in November 1943. The edition was designed by A.G. Hoffman and printed by the Aldus Printers"--Colophon.
Signed by the illustrator.
Issued in a slipcase.
Table of contents: title: 1. Poems written before 1827. The editor's commentary --; title: Stanzas --; title: Evening star --; title: Song --; title: Tamerlane --; title: Dreams --; title: Spirits of the dead --; title: A dream within a dream --; title: The lake, to ----; title: --; title: The happiest day, the happiest hour --; title: A dream. 2. Poems added in the edition of 1829. The editor's commentary --; title: To ----; title: --; title: Romance --; title: To the River --; title: Sonnet-to science --; title: To M --; title: Fairy-land --; title: Al Aaraaf --; title: Notes which the Poet composed for the preceding. Poem. 3. The purpose of poetry. The editor's commentary --; title: The purpose of poetry [an essay]. 4. Poems added in the edition of 1831. The editor's commentary --; title: The valley of unrest --; title: To Helen --; title: Israfel --; title: The city in the sea --; title: The sleeper --; title: Lenore. 5. The poetic principle. The editor's commentary --; title: The poetic principle [an essay]. 6. Poems added in the 1845. The editor's commentary --; title: The raven --; title: The haunted palace --; title: To one in Paradise --; title: Bridal ballad --; title: Scenes from "Politian" --; title: To F----; title: --; title: Hymn --; title: The conqueror worm --; title: The coliseum --; title: Eulalie --; title: Dreamland --; title: To F---s S. O----d --; title: Sonnet-To Zante --; title: Sonnet-To Silence. 7. The rationale of verse. The editor's commentary --; title: The rationale of verse [an essay]. 8. Poems collected after 1845. The editor's commentary --; title: Annabel Lee --; title: To ----; title: --; title: For Annie --; title: An enigma --; title: The bells --; title: To M.L. S----; title: --; title: Ulalume --; title: Eldorado --; title: To Helen --; title: To my mother --; title: A Valentine --; title: Alone. 9. The philosophy of composition. The editor's commentary --; title: The philosophy of composition [an essay].