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DescriptionPit poe gift 42cover.jpg	English: The cover of the literary annual The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1843, published in 1842 by Carey and Hart in Philadelphia. Included in this collection is the first appearance of the short story "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe.
Date	1842
Source	The front cover of The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1843, a literary annual, published in 1842.
Author	Carey and Hart, publishers, Philadelphia, 1842.

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