Illustration by Manet from Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"

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LONDON—Top lot: An Édouard Manet-illustrated edition of Edgar Allen Poe’s "The Raven" brought £20,400 ($29,000). When 240 copies of the book were printed in 1875, each cost only 25 francs. "In Brief: Bloomsbury" originally appeared in the May 2009 issue of Art+Auction. For a complete list of articles from this issue available on ARTINFO, see Art+Auction's May 2009 Table of Contents.