Lot 180
(Poe, Edgar Allan). Eleven-page manuscript, 8x5", tied by ribbon, written by one Ashby Wilkens of Columbia, Tennessee, February 12, 1876, as part of a contest to determine the best Southern writer. Fine except for toned first page. The writer declares that no poems in the English language can compare with Poe's and that "his prose pieces are unrivaled in their word painting and their power of subtle analysis…." With transcript and a partial copy of a c. 1906 literary magazine, "Southern Literature."
Estimated Value $200 - 300.
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| Realized $115 |
