This is an auction for THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE & OTHER STORIES, by Edgar Allan Poe.

The stories:

• Manuscript Found in a Bottle
• The Man Who Was Used Up
• The Fall of the House of Usher
• William Wilson
• The Man of the Crowd
• The Murders in the Rue Morgue
• A Descent into the Maelstrom
• Eleonora
• The Oval Portrait
• The Masque of the Red Death
• The Pit and the Pendulum
• The Tell-Tale Heart
• The Gold-Bug
• The Black Cat
• The Purloined Letter

and others.

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.

Penguin paperback 2012.

320 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.