Prose Tales

Object/Artifact

Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Prose Tales

Entry/Object ID

2013.029.204

Description

A Baron Holmes Aug 1928 Edgar Allen Poe, with an intro by James Russell Lowell. Prose Tales. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Comp. www.eapoe.org [Edgar Allen Poe Society of Baltimore] records... Prose Tales by Edgar Allan Poe (with an introduction by J. R. Lowell), New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, n.d. (1898). (This edition is prefaced by this note: “The twelve tales here presented are generally regarded as representative of Poe’s peculiar genius. They are selected from the edition of 1850. . . . an edition so rare that it is not in the Boston Public Library or in the Athenaeum.”)

Collection

Special Collection (Not Curated)

Acquisition

Accession

2013.029.

Source or Donor

Books, Aiken-Rhett House Library

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Made/Created

Artist Information

Poe, Edgar Allen, 1809-1849

Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Location

Building

AR LIBRARY

Date

February 7, 2023

Provenance

Notes

Shelved on the built-in bookshelves in the Aiken-Rhett House Library when HCF purchased the ARH from The Charleston Museum. Not previously cataloged. Officially transferred 11/13/2013.

General Notes

Note

Notes: Catalog records for 2013.029 books contain only the title and author (if applicable), which were derived from the book list originally compiled by Jill Koverman in 2003. Each entry has been cut and pasted its entirety into the Description. Authorized name of author used. May also include an inscription notations. Charleston Museum could not find this book on its list. No EQ number noted.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

December 5, 2013

Updated By

kemmons

Update Date

March 19, 2015