The copy of "Tamerlane and Other Poems" had been estimated to sell Friday for between $500,000 and $700,000 at Christie's auction house in New York City.
Only 40 to 50 copies were printed of the 40-page collection of poems published in 1827 and only 12 remain.
The record-breaking copy is stained and frayed and has V-shaped notches on the outer and lower margins.
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