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Title: King Pest the First: A Tale Containing an Allegory Title Record # 998406
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Date: 1835-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: en.wikisource.org, librivox.org
Language: English
Note:
  • First published uncredited in the September 1835 Southern Literary Messenger.
  • See the notes here and this OCR scan.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1835 King Pest the First: A Tale Containing an Allegory [as by uncredited]
1840 King Pest: A Tale Containing an Allegory [as by Edgar A. Poe]
1842
  • First published under this title in in Phantasy Pieces in 1842.
  • See the notes here and this OCR scan.
King Pest
1850
  • First published under this title in Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque in 1840.
  • See the notes here and this OCR scan.
King Pest: A Tale Containing an Allegory
Year Language Title
1857Translated by Charles Baudelaire
French Le roi Peste [as by Edgar Poe]
1901Translated by Hedda Moeller-Bruck [aka Hedda Eulenberg]
German König Pest: Eine Geschichte, die eine Allegorie enthält
1911Translated by Gisela Etzel
German
König Pest?Koenig Pest
1960Translated by Charles Baudelaire
French Le roi Peste
1979Translated by Ion Vinea, Mihu Dragomir and / or Constantin Vonghizas.
Romanian
Regele ciumă?Regele ciuma
1993Translated by Barbara Cramer-Nauhaus & Erika Gröger
German König Pest

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Southern Literary Messenger, September 1835 1835-09-00 ed. Editors of The Southern Literary Messenger        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque 1840-01-00 Edgar A. Poe Lea and Blanchard     243+
228
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe 1850-01-10 Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield     xx+
483+
495
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe 1853-00-10 Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield     lv+
483+
xxxvi+
495+
607
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe 1856-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield     lv+
483+
xxxvi+
495+
607+
447
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires 1857-00-00 Edgar Poe Michel Lévy Frères     xxiv+
288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires 1869-00-00 Edgar Poe Michel Lévy Frères (Œuvres complètes de Charles Baudelaire #6)     544
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Select Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Poetical and Prose 1880-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe W. J. Widdleton     clxxviii+
676
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Assignation and Other Tales 1884-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe John W. Lovell (Lovell's Library #438)     192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Der Engel des Wunderlichen 1901-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe J. C. C. Bruns (Edgar Allan Poes Werke in zehn Bänden #10)     240
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 3 (Raven Edition) 1904-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe P. F. Collier & Son     381
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 5 1905-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe
Croscup & Holby?Croscup and Holby
(The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe #5)
     
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1908-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe J. M. Dent & Sons (Everyman's Library #336)     xv+
527
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
König Pest und andere Novellen 1911-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe
Georg Müller?Georg Mueller
    158
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Nebelmeer 1914-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe
Georg Müller?Georg Mueller
(Galerie der Phantasten #2)
    352
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1919-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe George G. Harrap & Co.     381
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Harry Clarke  
King Pest, and Other Tales 1924-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Holerth Press (Holerth Library #30)     80
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms with New Notes 1927-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Walter J. Black, Inc.     1296
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Poe's Short Stories 1927-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Harcourt, Brace & Company     xxxvi+
460
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Best Known Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms 1931-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Blue Ribbon Books     [32]+
918
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1933-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Tudor Publishing Company     412
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Harry Clarke , Harry Clarke  
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1935-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe J. B. Lippincott  
$5.00?$: US dollar
317
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1935-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe George G. Harrap & Co.  
21/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
317
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Arthur Rackham  
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 1938-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Modern Library (Modern Library Giant)  
$1.25?$: US dollar
xii+
1026
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Paul Galdone  
The Complete Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe 1943-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Sun Dial Press     460
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
"Come Not, Lucifer!" 1945-07-00 ed. uncredited John Westhouse  
12/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
267
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Tales 1952-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Dodd, Mead & Co. (Great Illustrated Classics)     666
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque 1960-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Dolphin Books / Doubleday C50
$0.95?$: US dollar
317
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Edward Gorey  
Tous les contes d'Edgar Poe 1960-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Marabout (
Bibliothèque Marabout - Géant?Bibliotheque Marabout - Geant
#109)
    575
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll  
Descent Into the Maelström?Descent Into the Maelstroem
1961-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Digit Books R512
2/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
160
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll  
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1962-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe J. M. Dent & E. P. Dutton (Everyman's Library #1336)  
6/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
xii+
527
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Robin Jacques Checkmark
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1963-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe J. M. Dent & Sons (Everyman's Library #1336) 1336
6/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
xii+
527
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Robin Jacques Checkmark
Erzählungen in zwei Bänden: Band 2 1965-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Nymphenburger     456
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Alfred Kubin Checkmark
Complete Stories of Edgar Allan Poe 1966-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe International Collectors Library     vii+
736
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 1966-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday  
$5.95?$: US dollar
ix+
819
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Beyond the Curtain of Dark 1966-10-00 ed. Peter Haining Four Square Books 1634
5/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
320
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Josh Kirby  
Geschichten des Grauens 1 1969-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Heyne (Heyne Bestseller der Weltliteratur #13/1)     254
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll  
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1971-03-00 Edgar Allan Poe J. M. Dent (Everyman's Library #1336) 0-460-01336-X
£0.50?£: UK pound
xii+
527
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Smythe Checkmark
Beyond the Curtain of Dark 1972-11-00 ed. Peter Haining Pinnacle Books P138Z
$1.25?$: US dollar
380
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Checkmark
Beyond the Curtain of Dark 1972-11-00 ed. Peter Haining New English Library 0-450-01297-2
£0.40?£: UK pound
320
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Bruce Pennington Checkmark
Androids, Time Machines and Blue Giraffes 1973-08-00 ed. Roger Elwood, Vic Ghidalia Follett Publishing Company 0-695-40369-9
$6.95?$: US dollar
381
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Franz Altschuler Checkmark
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 1975-09-00 Edgar Allan Poe Vintage Books 0-394-71678-7 / V-678
$5.95?$: US dollar
xii+
1026
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Checkmark
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1976-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Weathervane Books 0-517-20235-2
$8.99?$: US dollar
318
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Arthur Rackham Checkmark
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1977-07-00 Edgar Allan Poe J. M. Dent (Everyman's Library #1336) 0-460-01336-X
£1.25?£: UK pound
xii+
527
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Checkmark
Tales of Edgar Allan Poe 1979-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe The Franklin Library     304
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Forty-Two Tales 1979-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Octopus Books 0-7064-1053-X
£2.95?£: UK pound
638
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Harry Clarke  
Scrieri alese 1979-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Editura Univers (Clasicii literaturii universale)     700
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
coll Vasile Socoliuc  
Geschichten des Grauens 1 1979-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #871-3) 3-453-00403-5
DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
256
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Checkmark
The Annotated Tales of Edgar Allan Poe 1981-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday 0-385-14990-5
$35.00?$: US dollar
xvii+
683
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Edgar Allan Poe 1983-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Chatham River Press 0-517-41375-2   xii+
704
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales 1984-08-01 Edgar Allan Poe The Library of America (The Library of America #19) 0-940450-18-6
$27.50?$: US dollar
1408
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Works of Edgar Allan Poe 1985-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Gramercy Books 0-517-05358-6   ix+
753
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1986-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Octopus Books 0-7064-2651-7   317
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1987-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe The Franklin Library     304
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 1991-03-00 Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday 0-385-07407-7
$19.95?$: US dollar
821
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jackie Schuman  
The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 1992-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Modern Library (Modern Library Giant) 0-679-60007-8
$20.00?$: US dollar
xii+
1026
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Der Teufel im Glockenturm 1993-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Insel (Insel Taschenbuch #1528) 3-458-33228-6
DM 19.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
398
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll  
Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales 1994-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe The Library of America (The Library of America #19) 0-940450-18-6
$37.50?$: US dollar
1408
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires 1998-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Presses Pocket (Pocket Classiques #6050) 2-266-08285-X   363
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll  
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 3 (Raven Edition) 2000-04-01 Edgar Allan Poe Project Gutenberg 2149   381
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Faszination des Grauens 2003-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Area (Area Kultwerke des Horrors) 3-89996-022-X
€9.95?€: Euro
799
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Tales of Mystery & Imagination 2008-07-30 Edgar Allan Poe Chartwell Books 978-0-7858-2452-7
$24.99?$: US dollar
383
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Harry Clarke  
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 2008-09-25 Edgar Allan Poe Calla Editions 978-1-60660-004-7
$40.00?$: US dollar
[3]+
414
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Harry Clarke Checkmark
Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems 2009-11-29 Edgar Allan Poe Castle Books 978-0-7858-1453-5   xiv+
842
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 3 (Raven Edition) 2013-01-27 Edgar Allan Poe LibriVox  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
coll  
Tales of Mystery & Imagination 2014-09-15 Edgar Allan Poe Arcturus Publishing 978-1-78404-215-8
£14.99?£: UK pound
383
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Harry Clarke  
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 2017-09-05 Edgar Allan Poe Alfred A. Knopf (Everyman's Library Children's Classics) 978-1-101-90797-9
$20.00?$: US dollar
398
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Arthur Rackham  
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 2017-09-07 Edgar Allan Poe Alfred A. Knopf (Everyman's Library Children's Classics) 978-1-85715-522-8
£12.50?£: UK pound
398
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Arthur Rackham  
Tales of Mystery & Imagination 2019-11-01 Edgar Allan Poe Arcturus Publishing (Arcturus Slipcased Classics #17) 978-1-78950-939-7
$24.99?$: US dollar
383
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Harry Clarke  
Die schwarze Grippe: Das kleine Corona-Weltuntergangs-Lesebuch 2021-04-00 ed.
Joachim Körber?Joachim Koerber
Edition Phantasia (Phantasia Paperback Science Fiction #1016) 978-3-937897-62-2
€15.90?€: Euro
224
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Arnold Boecklin Checkmark
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Complete Tales and Poems date unknown Edgar Allan Poe Walter J. Black, Inc.     760
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe date unknown Edgar Allan Poe Modern Library (Modern Library Giant) G40   xii+
1026
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Paul Galdone Checkmark
Phantasy-Pieces date unknown Edgar Allan Poe        
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
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