The Raven and Other Poems

Overview:

• Title: The Raven and Other Poems
• Author: Edgar Allan Poe, Gahan Wilson
• Year: 1990
• ISBN-10: 0425120201
• Publisher: Berkley & First Publishing
• Price: $3.75
• Pages: ii+45
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Type: Collection
• Title Reference: The Raven and Other Poems
• Notes:
  • First edition per the numberline as found on the book's copyright page.
  • Contains, thirty-nine full-color, mostly full-page drawings by Wilson illustrating nine of Poe's poems.
  • "Masterpieces of the macabre ... " has no title and the first line is quoted. It is uncredited but is probably by editorial director Wade Roberts.
  • Poems do not seem to be truncated, although the English has been updated.
  • Cover illustrates "The Raven".
  • "The Sleeper" is a re-written version of the poem "Irene" from 1931.
  • "The Conqueror Worm" is misspelled as "The Conquerer Worm" on the contents page.
  • "Lines on Ale" is "attributed" to Poe, and date is approximate.
  • Art director: Alex Wald.
  • $4.75 in Canada.
  • No bar code, but there is an empty space on the back cover for one. A direct sales version of this book.
  • Collection is the same size as a comic book but is perfect bound.