Barker, George (Edgar Allan Poe)

[Sheet Music Score]: the Raven. a Descriptive Poem By Edgar a. Poe. Arranged as a Recitative Chant

      Cincinnati; St. Louis: A.C. Peters & Bro: J.L. Peters & Bro, (1862). First edition. Chant for voice and piano, arranged by George Barker. Folio. 5pp., with a lithographic cover. Two plate numbers: 3392 (cover), and 3392.5 (engraved music). Small contemporary owner's signature in pencil, ink-stamped page numbers at the upper right corners, very good. An early musical arrangement of eight verses from The Raven. Scarce in the trade. OCLC locates only two copies. BAL 16213, Evans, Music and Edgar Allan Poe, p. 32.