NMLP P-034418 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-09

Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque

Edgar Allan Poe · Lea and Blanchard (Philadelphia) · 1840

Most of the twenty-five tales collected here had already appeared individually in periodicals, chiefly the Southern Literary Messenger during Poe's 1835-1837 tenure there, so this two-volume set is the true first appearance of this particular collection, not the true first publication of the individual stories.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-034418 for "Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque" by Edgar Allan Poe (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-034418, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).