This is an auction for SELECTED TALES by Edgar Allan Poe.

That is:

• THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
• THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE
• THE MYSTERY OF MARIE ROGET
• MS FOUND IN A BOTTLE
• BERENICE
• THE UNPARALLELED ADVENTURE OF ONE HANS PFAAL
• A DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTROM
• THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH
• THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM
• THE TELL-TALE HEART
• THE GOLD-BUG
• THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO

From Wikipedia:

"Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career. In January 1845 Poe published his poem, "The Raven", to instant success. His wife died of tuberculosis two years after its publication. On October 7, 1849, at age 40, Poe died in Baltimore; the cause of his death is unknown and has been variously attributed to alcohol, brain congestion, cholera, drugs, heart disease, rabies, suicide, tuberculosis, and other agents. Poe and his works influenced literature in the United States and around the world, as well as in specialized fields, such as cosmology and cryptography..."

More on Wikipedia.

A hardback from the same edition as the books in the photograph.

Undated, but about 1970.

394 pages.

Very good condition.

The cost of shipping is $4.95.

There is of course no charge for shipping if you collect this book from my shop in Palmerston North following the auction.

Payment within seven days, please.