Colonel Richard A. Gimbel collection of Edgar Allan Poe materials 1809-1995

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Colonel Richard A. Gimbel collection of Edgar Allan Poe materials 1809-1995

Richard Gimbel (1898-1970) was a leading rare book and manuscript collector and the son of the founder of Gimbel's department store. Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet, short-story writer, editor, and literary critic, and is considered part of the American Romantic Movement. This collection of material was largely collected by Richard A. Gimbel and dates from 1809 to 1995. It includes numerous original manuscripts and correspondence by or related to Poe.

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Carey, Matthew, 1760-1839.

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Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867

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