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First edition thus. 1930 date at title and copyright pages. Large 8" x 10.5" design. Deep black full cloth boards, impressed black raven in sharp gilt relief surrounded by titles w/decoration, moderate shelf wear, rub, bump. Pages good w/moderate fox to front, back few pages. Moderate page roll throughout. Antiquarian bookplate inside cover of cowboy on horseback in simple modernist silhouette design: "Frances Johnston." Pallid green endpapers, moderate toning. Stylized frontispiece illustration of Poe by Horvath. Bind fine; hinges intact. Intriguing art nouveau monochromatic imagery at every page. Includes "The Philosophy of Composition" which elucidates Poe's approach to writing well. Intriguing geometrical near chiaroscuro art nouveau-like full-page illustration by Ferdinand Horvath throughout. The results are rich in tone and detail. Printed in the United States of America at The Plimpton Press, Norwood, Massachusetts. Good solid example of this thoroughly enjoyable and rare volume. Edgar Allan Poe's hazy narrative begins on a night in December when "The Raven" haunts the unnamed narrator who sits reading "forgotten lore" to sublimate the loss of his love, Lenore. A "rapping at his chamber door" reveals nothing, yet excites his soul to "burning". A similar rapping, slightly louder, is heard at his window. When he investigates, a raven enters his chamber. Paying no attention, the raven perches atop a bust of Pallas high above the door. Amused by the raven's comically serious disposition, the man asks that the bird tell him its name. The raven's only answer is "Nevermore". The narrator is surprised that the raven can talk, though at this point it has said nothing further. The narrator remarks to himself that his "friend" will soon fly out of his life, just as "other friends have flown before". The raven responds again with "Nevermore". The narrator reasons that the bird learned the word "Nevermore" from some "unhappy master" and that it is the only word it knows. Regardless, the narrator pulls his chair directly in front of the raven, determined to learn more. He thinks for a moment, and his mind wanders to his lost Lenore. He thinks the air grows denser and feels the presence of angels, and wonders if God is sending him a sign that he is to forget Lenore. The bird again replies in the negative, suggesting that he can never be free of his memories. The narrator becomes angry, calling the raven a "thing of evil". Finally, he asks whether he will be reunited with Lenore in Heaven. When the raven responds with its typical "Nevermore", he is enraged, and, calling it a liar, commands the bird to return to the "Plutonian shore", - but it does not move. The narrator's final admission is that his soul is trapped beneath the raven's shadow and shall be lifted "Nevermore". Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 021790
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Bibliografische Details
Titel: The Raven Together with the the Philosophy ...
Verlag: Dodd, Mead & Company, New York
Erscheinungsdatum: 1930
Einband: Hard Cover
Illustrator: Horvath, Ferdinand
Zustand: Good
Auflage: First Edition.
