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.