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27 December 1839
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque — newspaper advertisement
Front page of the Daily National Intelligencer containing bookseller notices for Poe’s Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque.
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This front page shows how Poe’s Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque was advertised to newspaper readers in December 1839. Look in the third column, under “New Books,” for the notice from bookseller W. M. Morrison. The surrounding advertisements place the book among the other titles being offered for sale in Washington, D.C.
- Original publication
- Daily National Intelligencer
- Date
- 27 December 1839
- Publisher
- Gales & Seaton
- Published in
- Washington, D.C.
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- Front page (1)
- Reference collection
- Library of Congress — matching newspaper page held in Chronicling America
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An imagined literary reading of the corrected transcript, generated with Scriptorium. This synthetic voice is not a historical recording of Poe or Willis. The complete NEW BOOKS advertisement is included, including other titles, merchant, address, and the printed dec 11 marker.
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NEW BOOKS.—Henry of Guise, or the States of Blois, by the author of the Gentleman of the Old School, The Huguenots, The Gipsy, The Robber, Richelieu, &c.
The Governess, by the Countess of Blessington.
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, by Edgar A. Poe.
Also, a continuation of the Memoirs of Charles Mathews, Comedian, including his Correspondence, and an account of his residence in the United States.
Also, Alciphron, a poem, by Thomas Moore, Esq. author of Lalla Rookh, &c.
This day published, and for sale at
W. M. MORRISON’S
Book and Stationery store, four doors west of
Brown’s Hotel.
dec 11
Citation & reuse
Gales & Seaton. “Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque — newspaper advertisement.” 27 December 1839. Daily National Intelligencer. Crypt of Echoes evidence ID LED-2026-a0a7781c6b474d848de04a2159742012. https://cryptofechoes.com/evidence/LED-2026-a0a7781c6b474d848de04a2159742012. Accessed [date].
Catalogue citation: Daily National Intelligencer (Washington, D.C.), vol. XXVII, no. 8382, December 27, 1839, front page. Published by Gales & Seaton. Reference holding: Library of Congress, Chronicling America. Acquisition history of supplied image unestablished.
Historical newspaper page. No claim is made about the owner’s acquisition source or a separate licence for this supplied digital image.
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