# The incomplete works of

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**Created:** [August 8, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incomplete-works-of/1005426 "2024-08-08T13:54:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incomplete-works-of/1005426/41 "2024-08-12T19:37:18Z")

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Just be glad you’re not a Poe first edition completist.

> **[In Search of the Rarest Book in American Literature: Edgar Allan Poe’s Tamerlane](https://lithub.com/in-search-of-the-rarest-book-in-american-literature-edgar-allan-poes-tamerlane/)**
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> My first personal encounter with the rarest book in American literature was memorable, even moving, for many reasons, but its physical appearance wasn’t one of them. If ever a book ought not to be …

The article was written because a copy was to be auctioned at Southeby’s two days later. It went below expectations. But The Sign of Four manuscript hit $960,000.

> **[Poe’s 'Tamerlane' Sells for $420,000, Conan Doyle's 'The Sign of Four' for...](https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/poes-tamerlane-sells-420000-conan-doyles-sign-four-960000)**
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> One of only two copies of Edgar Allan Poe’s Tamerlane and Other Poems in private hands has sold at auction at Sotheby's for $420,000.

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**Author:** ![Gordon\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Gordon\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_G)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incomplete-works-of/1005426/42 "2024-08-13T18:14:25Z")

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_Wow!_ And think of it: Until I Googled yesterday, I thought my copy of 1927 Complete Poe was a treasure! I open the book frequently because all of Poe’s writing is wonderful!

His The Philosophy of Composition is very interesting and an especially fun read. Read it now if you haven’t already. (I assume Google can find you on-line copies quite easily.)

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