Tales of Mystery and Imagination Edgar Allan Poe Vintage Book 1980's Pit, Usher etc.

Edgar Allan Poe is the acknowledged master of the macabre, creating haunting images of gothic horror unparalleled in sending shivers down the spine. This selection of his greatest tales includes such Classics as “The Tell Tale Heart”, “The Pit and the Pendulum”, and “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”, one of the first ever detective stories. This book is a fabulous selection of his greatest works in one neat and attractive hardcover book.

Full list of Contents:

The Pit and the Pendulum,
William Wilson,
The Fall of the House of Usher,
A Tale of the Ragged Mountains,
The Murders in the Rue Morgue,
The Domain of Arnheim,
The cask of Amontillado,
Landor's cottage,
The Gold Bug,
The Island of the Fay,
Ligeia,
Eleanora,
Berenice,
Morella,
The facts in the Case of M. Valdemar,
The man of the Crowd,
Ms found in a bottle,
Shadow – a parable,
Silence – a Fable,
The Black Cat,
The Tell-Tale Heart,
The Colloquy of Monos and Una,
The Conversation of Eros and Charmian,
The Oblong Box,
King Pest,
The Oval Portrait.

ILLUSTRATED: No (Text Only)

BOOK HIGHLIGHTS:

• Hardback
• Collectable
• Vintage Horror Book

BOOK ERA:

• 1960's Vintage Children's Books

This vintage book has been specially selected by Kitty for good quality and its individual appeal.

AUTHOR: Edgar Allan Poe.

Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston and raised in Richmond, Virginia. Drifting from university to the army and into journalism he started to write and published many outstanding poems short stories and essays.. Despite his Brief and troubled life, Edgar Allan Poe was a unique genius who is now regarded as the first original American poet and Romantic. Poe died a tragic death, shrouded in much mystery and much in keeping with his enigmatic writings, in the year 1849.

Publisher: Octopus Books Ltd.
Date: 1987
Edition: First Edition Thus (First time printed in this format)
Binding: Hardback
Dust Jacket: N/A
ISBN: 0 7064 3016 6
SKU: KT-Tal-348HB366

EXCELLENT:

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This is fresh from the attic in excellent vintage condition .

Wine coloured cloth boards under a glossy jacket that shows just the tiniest hints of shelfwear leading to deep wine coloured endpapers.

Some slight rubbing to the cloth on the bottom edge of the boards, boards otherwise excellent.

All the pages are sharp and clean with no messy graffiti of any kind or name inscriptions. Slight parchment coloured tanning to outer edge of pages giving the book an attractive vintage look. No foxing.

Spine Intact with titles visible and minimal wear.

Very appealing book.

Please remember this vintage book has been loved before and is not new condition is graded taking this into consideration.

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SIZE: Height 24 cms x Width 15.5 cms.
FORMAT: Hardback
PAGES: 230

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