Mesmerism; In Articulo Mortis

by Edgar Allan Poe

$4,500 · Offered by Biblioctopus

First edition

London: A. Munro, 1846. First Edition. Original self-wrappers, 16 pages, stitched. Foxed, else near fine, uncut, and complete as issued. First separate printing of the story originally printed as Facts of M. Valdemar's Case in the American Review of December 1845. Item #1284 Poe's tale of a mesmerist who attempts to explore the prolonging of life by hypnotizing a man at the moment he

• Binding: Wrappers

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