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| ABC | American Book-Prices Current | |
| Allen | Allen, Hervey, Israfel: The Life and Times of Edgar Allan Poe | |
| a.l.s. or A.L.S. | autograph letter signed. | |
| Am. Lit. | American Literature | |
| American Magazines | Mott, L. A., History of American Magazines | |
| APXA | Appendix A, in volume II of the present edition (Entries are noted by last name of correspondent, example: “APXA-Allan”) | |
| APXB | Appendix B, in volume II of the present edition (Entries are noted by number, examples: “RC-1” or “PN-2”) | |
| APXC | Appendix C, in volume II of the present edition (Entries are noted by number, example: “SP-10”) | |
| ATQ | American Transcendental Quarterly | |
| BAL | Blank, J., The Bibliography of American Literature | |
| Bixby | Bixby, W. K., Some Edgar Allan Poe Letters in the Collection of W. K. Bixby | |
| BJ | The Broadway Journal (New York) | |
| Burton's | Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, and American Monthly Review (Philadelphia) | |
| CL | Check List of the Correspondence of EAP, in volume II of the present edition (Entries are noted by number, example: “CL-485”) | |
| DAB | Dictionary of American Biography | |
| DLB | Dictionary of Literary Biography | |
| DP | Pollin, B. R., Discoveries in Poe | |
| EAP | In book and article titles, Poe's name has generally been condensed to EAP if more than his last name only is used | |
| Gill | Gill, W. F., The Life of Edgar Allan Poe | |
| Graham's | Graham's Magazine (Philadelphia) | |
| Godey's | Godey's Lady's Book (Philadelphia) | |
| G [ Memoir] | Griswold, R. W.,”Preface” and “Memoir” | |
| H [ L&L] | Harrison, J. A., Life and Letters of Edgar Allan Poe | |
| H [LL] | Harrison, J. A., Last Letters of Edgar Allan Poe to Sarah Helen Whitman | |
| H [Works] | Harrison, J. A., ed., The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe | |
| Heartman & Canny | Heartman, C. F., and J. R. Canny, A Bibliography of Edgar Allan Poe (1943 edition, unless otherwise specified) | |
| Heartman & Rede | Heartman, C. F. and K. Rede, A Census of First Editions and Source Materials of Edgar Allan Poe in American Collections | |
| Hull | Hull, W. D., A Canon of the Critical Works of Edgar Allan Poe | |
| Ingram | Ingram, J. H., Edgar Allan Poe (1880) | |
| The Letters | Ostrom, J. W., ed., The Letters of Edgar Allan Poe | |
| Life | see Ingram | |
| LTR | letter, in the present edition (Entries are noted by number, example: “LTR-201”) | |
| M | “Marginalia” entry, as numbered by Pollin, ed., Writings, volume 2, The Brevities (Entries are noted by number, example “M-215”) | |
| Miller, BPB | Miller, J. C., Building Poe Biography | |
| MLN | Modern Language Notes | |
| MissQ | Mississippi Quarterly | |
| MS or MSS | manuscript or manuscripts | |
| OED | Oxford English Dictionary | |
| PCW | Pollin, B. R., Poe, Creator of Words | |
| PD | Pollin, B. R., Dictionary of Names and Titles in Poe's Collected Works | |
| PE | Wilson, J. S., “The Letters of Edgar A. Poe to George W. Eveleth” | |
| Phillips | Phillips, M. E., Edgar Allan Poe, the Man | |
| PN | Promissory note, in volume II of the present edition (see Appendix B) (Entries are noted by number, example: “PN-1”) | |
| The Poe Log | Thomas, D. and D. K. Jackson, The Poe Log | |
| PS | Poe Studies (Later called Poe Studies: Dark Romanticism) | |
| Quinn | Quinn, A. H., Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Biography | |
| Quinn & Hart | Quinn, A. H., and R. H. Hart, E. A. Poe Letters and Documents in the Enoch Pratt Free Library | |
| RALS | Resources in American Literary Studies | |
| RC | Receipt, in volume II of the present edition (see Appendix B) (Entries are noted by number, for example “RC-2”) | |
| RF | Reference entry, in the Check List (Entries are noted by number, for example “RF-4”) | |
| SAR | Studies in the American Renaissance | |
| SLM | The Southern Literary Messenger (Richmond) | |
| SLP | Field, E., Some Letters of Edgar Allan Poe to E. H. N. Patterson of Oquawka, Illinois | |
| SP | Spurious, doubtful, or forged letter entry, in volume II of the present edition (see Spurious, etc. section of Check List) (Entries are noted by number, example: “SP-10”) | |
| SPR | Spurious, doubtful, or forged letter text, in volume II of the present edition (see Appendix C) (Entries are noted by number, example: “SPR-55”) | |
| Stanard | Stanard, M. N., ed., Edgar Allan Poe Letters Till Now Unpublished in the Valentine Museum | |
| Such Friends | Rose, A. G. and J. A. Savoye, Such Friends as These | |
| TOM | Thomas Ollive Mabbott | |
| TOM [ ATMP] | Mabbott, T. O., ed., Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems | |
| TOM [ EP] | Mabbott, T. O., “The Letters of George W. Eveleth to Edgar Allan Poe” | |
| TOM [Iowa] | University of Iowa, Mabbott Collection, the papers and materials of T. O. Mabbott (including a variety of notes, books, and articles about Poe) | |
| TOM [ Poems] | Mabbott, T. O., ed., The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vol. I: Poems | |
| TOM [ RAOP] | Mabbott, T. O., ed., The Raven and Other Poems, 1942 | |
| TOM [ TAOP] | Mabbott, T. O., ed., Tamerlane and Other Poems | |
| TOM [ T&S] | Mabbott, T. O., ed., The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vols. II-III: Tales and Sketches | |
| W [1885] | Woodberry, G. E., Edgar Allan Poe | |
| W [1909] | Woodberry, G. E., The Life of Edgar Allan Poe | |
| Whitty | Whitty, J. H., ed., The Complete Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (1911 and 1917) | |
| Writings | Pollin, B. R., ed., Collected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe (five volumes, listed separately in the bibliography) | |
| Wyllie, Poe's Tales | Wyllie, J. C., “A List of the Texts of Poe's Tales” |
See the bibliography for fuller information on books and articles.
Some additional abbreviations used only in the Check List are noted at the end of the introduction to that section.
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Notes:
None.
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[S:0 - CLT08, 2008] - Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Editions - The Collected Letters of Edgar Allan Poe (Ostrom, Pollin and Savoye) (Abbreviations)