The Conchologist's First Book (1845, third edition — CFB)
(This edition no longer carries Poe's name on the title page, and the existing prefaces are reprinted
with no additional material.)
“Preface (Tamerlane and Other Poems — 1827)” — 1928 —
Selected Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, ed. Thomas Ollive Mabbott, New York: Macmillan Company (The Modern
Readers’ Series) (p. 111)
“Preface” [to The Conchologist's First Book] (from the first and
second editions) (1880 — The Select Works of Edgar Allan Poe, W. J. Widdleton, pp. clxxi-clxxviii, as
an “Appendix” to Stoddard's introductory “Life of Poe.” Includes a comparison with
Captain Thomas Brown's book on Conchology, implying plagiarism on Poe's part.)
“Preface [to The Raven and Other Poems]” — 1909 — Selections
from the Critical Writings of Edgar Allan Poe, ed. Frederick C. Prescott, New York: Henry Holt (pp. 149 and
334)
“Preface (The Raven and Other Poems — 1845)” — 1928 —
Selected Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, ed. Thomas Ollive Mabbott, New York: Macmillan Company (The Modern
Readers’ Series) (p. 119)
Scholarly and Noteworthy Reprints:
“Preface to Tamerlane and
Other Poems” — 1968 — The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vol. 1: Poems,
ed. T. O. Mabbott, Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (1:21-22)
“Preface (Tamerlane and Other Poems — 1827)” — 1984 —
Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales, ed. Patrick F. Quinn (New York: Library of America), p. 9
“The Folio Club”
— 1978 — The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vol. 2: Tales & Sketches I, ed. T. O.
Mabbott, Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (2:200-207) (A photographic facsimile of the first
page of the manuscript appears between 2:474-475)
“[Poe's Introduction to] The Folio Club” — 1984 — Edgar Allan
Poe: Poetry and Tales, Patrick F. Quinn (New York: Library of America), pp. 131-133
“Preface for Tales of the
Grotesque and Arabesque” — 1978 — The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vol. 2:
Tales & Sketches I, ed. T. O. Mabbott, Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (2:471-474)
“Preface to Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque” — 1984 —
Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales, ed. Patrick F. Quinn (New York: Library of America), pp. 129-130
“Preface [to The Raven and Other
Poems]” — 1895 — The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vol. 10: Poems, ed. E. C.
Stedman and G. E. Woodberry, Chicago: Stone & Kimball (10:4)
“Preface [to The Raven and Other
Poems]” — 1902 — The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vol. 7: Poems, ed. J.
A. Harrison, New York: T. Y. Crowell (10:xlvii)
“Preface to The Raven and Other Poems” — 1968 — The
Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vol. 1: Poems, ed. T. O. Mabbott, Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard
University Press (A photographic facsimile of the “Preface,” with Poe's own hand-written
corrections, appears on page 1:578)
“Preface (The Raven and Other Poems — 1845)” — 1984 —
Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales, ed. Patrick F. Quinn (New York: Library of America), p. 18
“Preface to The Raven and Other
Poems” — 2009 — Edgar Allan Poe: Critical Theory, Stuart and Susan F. Levine,
eds., Chicago: University of Illinois Press (pp. 51-53)
“Préface aux Contes du Grotesque et de l‘Arabesque” — 1914
— Edgar Poe: Histories étranges et Merrveilleuses, Paris: Mercure de France (French
translation by M. D. Calvocoressi of the preface to TGA.)
“L‘In-Folio Club” — 1950 — Histories grotesques et
sérieuse par Edgar Poe, Paris: Classiques Garnier (French translation by Léon
Lemonnier of the introduction to “Tales of the Folio Club”)
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Bibliography:
Heartman, Charles F. and James R. Canny, A Bibliography of First Printings of the Writings
of Edgar Allan Poe, Hattiesburg, MS: The Book Farm, 1943.
Mabbott, Thomas Ollive, ed., The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Vols 2-3 Tales
and Sketches), Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1978.
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