Engraved title-page.

Half-title page: The raven : a Christmas tale told by a schoolboy to his little brothers and sisters.

At foot of last leaf: London : Printed by R. Middleton.

Text of the poem first printed in this version in Sibylline leaves, 1817. Differs considerably from two earlier versions printed in The morning post, March 10th, 1798 and The annual anthology, vol. ii, 1800--Cf. Wise, pt. I, no. 45.

Divides the 44-line poem into 8 pieces, headed "Scene I," etc., on recto pages facing the tinted lithographs.

Haven, C292

Haney, III, no. 79

Dendurent 39

Victoria Universty Library copy is unbound with original paper wrappers.