{"product_id":"1891-rare-victorian-edition-the-popular-tales-of-edgar-allan-poe","title":"1891 Rare Victorian Edition - The Popular Tales of Edgar Allan Poe","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn attractive late Victorian collection of Edgar Allan Poe’s most celebrated tales, including his Gothic masterpieces and pioneering detective fiction, preserved in the publisher’s gilt-decorated green cloth.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Edgar Allan Poe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Popular Tales of Edgar Allan Poe.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Glasgow: Thomas D. Morison; London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent \u0026amp; Co., 1891.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Third Edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Text in English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 548 pages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.5\" x 6\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good original publisher’s green cloth binding with gilt lettering and decorative gilt panel to spine. Binding remains firm and attractive, with light rubbing and small areas of wear, tearing and fraying at the head and foot of the spine and extremities, as shown. Protected in a removable mylar cover. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContent:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good content, complete and firmly bound, with the expected overall age-toning to the inexpensive late nineteenth-century paper and some toning to the endpapers, as shown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEstimate: \u003c\/strong\u003e$175–200 USD.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe book:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Popular Tales of Edgar Allan Poe\u003c\/em\u003e offers an unusually extensive single-volume gathering of Poe’s short fiction, bringing together 69 stories across more than five hundred pages. Among the contents are some of his greatest works of Gothic and macabre literature, including \u003cem\u003eThe Fall of the House of Usher\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Black Cat\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Tell-Tale Heart\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Masque of the Red Death\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Pit and the Pendulum\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Cask of Amontillado\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLigeia\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBerenice\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Premature Burial\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe collection also contains Poe’s landmark tales of detection, notably \u003cem\u003eThe Murders in the Rue Morgue\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Mystery of Marie Rogêt\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Purloined Letter\u003c\/em\u003e, featuring C. Auguste Dupin, as well as \u003cem\u003eThe Gold-Bug\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Descent into the Maelström\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMS. Found in a Bottle\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar\u003c\/em\u003e and many of his lesser-known humorous and satirical pieces. A substantial Victorian Poe collection and an appealing example in the publisher’s handsome gilt-decorated cloth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was an American poet, author, editor and literary critic whose work had a profound influence on Gothic fiction, horror, mystery and the modern short story. His tales explored madness, guilt, premature burial, psychological terror and the supernatural with an intensity and technical precision that made him one of the most distinctive writers of the nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoe is also widely credited with establishing the modern detective story through the character of C. Auguste Dupin, whose analytical methods anticipated many later fictional detectives. Although his life was marked by financial difficulty and personal tragedy, Poe’s literary reputation grew dramatically after his death, and works such as \u003cem\u003eThe Raven\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Tell-Tale Heart\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Fall of the House of Usher\u003c\/em\u003e have become enduring classics of world literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MFLIBRA - Antique Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48992011452665,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0953\/3348\/files\/populartales_01.jpg?v=1788310183","url":"https:\/\/mflibra.com\/products\/1891-rare-victorian-edition-the-popular-tales-of-edgar-allan-poe","provider":"MFLIBRA - Antique Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}