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2009 Poe Commemorative Stamp with Poe Museum First-Day Cover

On the occasion of Poe's bicentennial, the US Postal Service released a commemorative stamp in honor of Mr. Poe. The stamp was officially released at a ceremony on January 16, 2009 in Richmond, Virginia. The Poe Museum commissioned HeliumStudio to design this limited edition first-day cover to be stamped and cancelled at the ceremony. Each cover is individually numbered, and supplies are limited.

Poe Bicentennial Mousepad

If you are in need of inspiration, try keeping this Poe mousepad next to your computer while you write. Measuring 7.5” x 8.5” this mousepad features the Poe Bicentennial artwork designed for the Poe Museum by Bret Alexander.

Poe Bicentennial Magnets

Select either “Poe Face” or “Poe with Raven” Celebrate Poe’s bicentennial at home by adorning every metal surface in the house with these magnets featuring the official Poe Bicentennial artwork designed for the Poe Museum by Bret Alexander. The magnets measure 3.75” x 2.5” and are available in two varieties.

Great Authors Mug

This Mug is a great item for writers and lovers of literature. Caricatures of well known authors adorn the outside of the mug, featuring authors: Poe, Plath, Shakespeare, Hughes, Whitman, and Dickinson.

Great Writers Magnet Set

This unique Magnet Set includes caricatures of authors: Poe, Melville, Shakespeare, and Whitman

Poe Caricature Magnet

Available now is the individual Poe magnet that is featured in the Great Writers Magnet Set.

Poe Tattoos

Want a not so permanent mark of your LOVE for Poe? Then these Poe temporary tattoos are the thing for you. (You get one of each).

Poe Museum Beer Mug

Take Poe out for a drink. This glass mug features Poe's portrait on one side and the Poe Museum logo on the other.

Poe Museum Shot Glass

Poe's portrait graces the front of this shot glass, and the Poe Museum logo appears on the back. No shot glass collection is complete without this.

Pot Belly Poe

This eerie three-inch-tall Edgar is made of hand painted crushed marble and features a removable head and a secret storage compartment.

Li'l Edgar

At about three inches tall, Li'l Edgar is fully posable and comes with his own comic book detailing his adventures.

Pewter Heart Keychain

This heart-shaped keychain bears a quote from Poe’s great love poem “Annabel Lee.” “We loved with a love that was more than love.”

Poe Action Figure

Here is Poe as popularly imagined, complete with a detachable raven on his shoulder. This plastic Poe is five spooky inches tall and stands, raises his arms, and walks (sort of). Biographical information about Poe on the back of the package.

Pewter keychai

Book-shaped pewter charm with a quote from one of Poe's letters engraved on the back, "I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity."

Raven napkins

White paper cocktail napkins patterned with small black ravens.

Poe doll

Soft sculpture cloth doll represents a mustached, elegantly dressed Poe with a Raven perched on his shoulder, a black cat at his feet and a quill pen, his favored writing implement, in his hand.

Edgar Allan Poe in Richmond

by Christopher P. Semtner and Keshia A. Case
paperback, 128 pages

Have you ever wondered what Poe's boyhood homes looked like or how the minister who performed Poe's wedding ceremony looked? Here is your chance to follow in Poe's footsteps by seeing the faces and places he knew during some of the most important years of his life. This book, written on behalf of the Poe Museum, contains nearly two hundred of the Poe Museum's rarely seen photographs, prints, and paintings of the people and places Poe knew during his many years in Richmond. A part of Arcadia Publishing's popular Images of America series, Edgar Allan Poe in Richmond is an exploration of Poe's world, how it influenced him, and how he influenced it.

Postcards of America: Edgar Allan Poe in Richmond

Whether you like to send postcards or you enjoy collecting historic photographs, Postcards of America: Edgar Allan Poe in Richmond is for you. This package contains fifteen postcards bearing historic photographs of Poe and Poe's Richmond. Included are rarely seen images of Poe's boyhood homes, the tavern where he stayed on his last visit to Richmond, and the parlor in which he gave his last reading of "The Raven." Of course, there is also an 1849 images of Poe taken in Richmond a few weeks before his death. Captions on the back of each postcard explain the significance of the photograph on the front.

Poe Illustrated

Paperback, 96 pages
Over a dozen of history’s greatest illustrators bring Poe’s works to life with this vivid artwork from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Among the artists featured are Gustave Dore, Edmund Dulac, and Harry Clarke.

Poe Caricature Bookmark

This fun bookmark bares a caricature of the literary genius himself. A great gift idea!

Poe Caricature Note Cards

This boxed note card set comes with eight note cards and envelopes. Each note card bares a Poe caricature and signature.

RAVEN journal

This lovely journal features original Raven artwork on the cover by Alec Catalano and The official Poe Bicentennial artwork on the interior cover by Bret Alexander. Other Features of the journal include a pen holder and strap that holds the journal closed. Get one today and be the author of your own tales and poems!

Haunted Richmond

Do you like things that go BUMP! In the night? Then we have the book for you, Haunted Richmond; Shadows of Shockoe. Written by Scott and Sandi Bergman. If you really enjoy this book you can take their Ghost tour that departs from the Poe Museum most Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings in the summer!

Stories for Young People

This beautifully illustrated book contains five of Poe’s short stories, including The Fall of The House Of Usher and The Tale Tell Heart. This book is great for young readers as an introduction to Poe’s short stories.

The Incredible Mr. Poe: Comic Book Adaptations of the Works of Edgar Allan Poe 1943-2007

This full-color catalog of the Poe Museum's exhibit "Poe in Comics" details the history of Edgar Allan Poe's presence in comic books and graphic novels.
paperback, 72 pages

Edgar Allan Poe Audio Collection - 5 CD Set

Master horror stars Vincent Price and Basil Rathbone perform twenty of Poe's most chilling tales and poems in this six-hour audio collection. Vincent Price's cinematic career included such Poe adaptations as "House of Usher," "The Masque of the Red Death," and "The Raven." Basil Rathbone starred in over eighty films, including the Poe adaptation "Tales of Terror."

Tales of Terror/Twice Told Tales DVD

Tales of Terror features Vincent Price in a trilogy of adaptations of Poe's most chilling tales. The same DVD also contains another Vincent Price film, Twice Told Tales, inspired by the works of Poe's contemporary Nathaniel Hawthorne.

“Into that Darkness Peering: Nightmarish Tales of the Macabre” CD

Narrator Wayne June brings to life three of Poe’s most popular works on this chilling audio book. The CD features “The Raven,” “The Black Cat,” and “The Cask of Amontillado.”

The Portable Poe
Edited and by Philip Van Doren Stern

Edited and by Philip Van Doren Stern, this anthology attempts to bring together the best of Poe's stories, poems, essays, and letters.  The book also includes a chronology of Poe's life and a biographical sketch.  Paperback, 666 pages

Dore’s “Raven”

Poe’s most famous poem, “The Raven,” became a popular subject for illustrators in the 1880s. The most famous set of “Raven” illustrations are those done by French artist Gustave Dore, and they are collected in this high-quality paperback, together with the text of the poem.

“The Raven” on parchment

One of Poe’s favorite poems is reproduced here in a facsimile of Poe’s handwriting on aged parchment-style paper with a small portrait of Poe at the top. Approximately 13 ¾ “ x 16”

“Annabel Lee” on parchment

Poe famous poem “Annabel Lee” is reproduced in a facsimile of Poe’s handwriting on aged parchment-style paper with a small portrait of Poe at the top. 11 ½” x 9 ½”