BARKER, George (Edgar Allan Poe)

Sheet Music Score]: The Raven. A Descriptive Poem by Edgar A. Poe. Arranged As A Recitative Chant

      A.C. Peters & Bro: J.L. Peters & Bro., Cincinnati; St. Louis 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. [Attributes: First Edition]