This is an auction for TALES OF EDGAR ALLAN POE.

This is a deluxe hardback edition with gold-blocked pages, published by the Franklin Library (US).

Illustrated by Harry Clarke.

From Wikipedia:

"Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. 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 . . . "

Some of the contents:

• THE GOLD BUG
• THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF M. VALDEMAR
• THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE
• THE TELL-TALE HEART
• THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO
• THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM
• THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH
• THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
• THE PURLOINED LETTER
• THE BLACK CAT

Hardback 1979.

304 pages.

New condition.

The cost of shipping is $6.95. If you are on rural delivery the shipping cost will be $9.95.

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.