Nevermore Again: Poe Exhumed. - 2010

Glenview, Illinois:: Karen Hanmer,, 2010.. Edition of 125. 6.5 x 4.375”; 40 pages. Inkjet printed on Ruscombe Mill pale wove handmade paper. Presented in an early 19th-century style publisher’s binding with handmade paper wrapper. Enclosure features images of the first edition of Poe’s Tamerlane and Other Poems. Laid in a four- flap custom archival wrap with illustrated title label on front. Velcro closure. Edition of 125: 1-25 deluxe; 26-75 standard. This is the deluxe presented in an early 19th-century-style publisher’s binding with marbled paper by Pamela Smith. Endpapers incorporate the design of the wrapper for the Standard Edition. Karen Hanmer, prospectus: "A criminal undone by his own bravado. A national hero who has no substance. A prosperous people believing they are immune to the tragedies befalling their neighbors. A man leaving for a hike in the hills and coming back with an unbelievable story. A large swath of society falling for a hoax. "Current events mirror tales written by Edgar Allan Poe over one hundred and fifty years ago. Nevermore Again: Poe Exhumed pairs twelve Poe stories with equally spine-tingling stories from the news. The Premature Burial and the struggling economy, The Balloon Hoax and the hunt for weapons of mass destruction, A Tale of The Ragged Mountains and politicians’ dalliances in the Appalachian Mountains and beyond, William Wilson and genetically modified food, The Black Cat and the bravado of a former Illinois governor, The Man that Was Used Up and the meteoric rise of a former Alaska governor. "The typography, design and binding for Nevermore Again: Poe Exhumed are based on the first edition of Poe’s first published work, Tamerlane and Other Poems. Only twelve copies of this modest pamphlet are known to exist of the fifty printed in Boston in 1827.