1864 Scarce Book - Edgar Allan POE - Tales of Mystery and Imagination.
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Author : Edgar Allan POE.
Title :Tales of Mystery and Imagination.
Publisher : Halifax, Milner and Sowerby, 1864.
Language : Text in English.
Size : 5 " X 3.5 ".
Pages : XXIV-424 pages.
Binding : Attractive and very good original full red cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content : Very good content (bright and tight, rare staining and foxing - as shown)
Illustrations : Illustrated with a nice frontis illustration.
Estimation : (USD 350- USD 450)
The book : Scarce and attractive early edition of the Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe. Tales of Mystery & Imagination (often rendered as Tales of Mystery and Imagination) is a popular title for posthumous compilations of writings by American author, essayist and poet Edgar Allan Poe and was the first complete collection of his works specifically restricting itself to his suspenseful and related tales.
The author: Edgar Allan Poe (born Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature as a whole, and he was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story. Poe is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and 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.