Title: The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume II: The Tales, First Series
Author: Edgar Allan Poe, Richard Henry Stoddard (intro & memoir)
ISBN: –
Publisher: Routledge & Sons, 1896. The scarce Fordham Edition
Condition: Hardcover, teal cloth, with gilt decoration on spine. In good condition for its age, exterior with slight wear, interior with some foxing, split at spine, but firmly bound. ~600 pages, illustrated.

A scarce edition of Poe’s works, including not just the famous tales like “The Pit and the Pendulum” or “The Black Cat” but also some of the lesser-known ones like “The THousand-and-second tale of Scheherazade” and “The Imp of the Perverse”. Originally published as a set of six books of Poe’s works, of which this is the first book of the tales.

Contents

THE UNPARALLELED ADVENTURE OF ONE HANS PFAALL
THE GOLD-BUG   
THE BALLOON-HOAX   
VON KEMPELEN AND HIS DISCOVERY   
MESMERIC REVELATION    
THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF M. VALDEMAR           
THE THOUSAND-AND-SECOND TALE OF SCHEHERAZADE   
MS. FOUND IN A BOTTLE        
A DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTROM    
THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE   
THE MYSTERY OF MARIE ROGET   
THE PURLOINED LETTER
THE BLACK CAT   
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER   
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM      
THE PREMATURE BURIAL   
THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH   
THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO      
THE IMP OF THE PERVERSE   
THE ISLAND OF THE FAY    
THE OVAL PORTRAIT   
THE ASSIGNATION    
THE TELL-TALE HEART