1895 Rare Book - Weird Tales by Edgar Allan POE.

 

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Author : Poe, Edgar, Allan
Title : Weird Tales.
Publisher : Philadephia, Henry Altemus, 1895. First thus.
Language : Text in English
Size : 6 " X 4 " 
Pages : 258 pages
Binding : Very beautiful and very good full decorated 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) 
Illustrations : Illustrated with a nice frontis portrait.

Estimation : (USD 100 - USD 150)

The book : Scarce and attractive Altemus edition of the Weird Tales by Edgar Allan Poe.

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.