The Murders in The Rue Morgue and Other Stories by Edgar Allen Poe - 1930

Cleveland: International Fiction Library, 1930. Hardcover. Good. Vintage collection, missing dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards, with blue printing on front and spine. Spine is faded and bumped. Prior owner's name inside front cover. Pages are clean and unmarked. International Fiction Library hard cover, missing dust jacket; undated, but about 1930. 238 pages. 12mo (5"" x 7.5"") International Fiction Library printed books from 1929 to 1935. Between 1841 and 1844, Edgar Allan Poe invented the detective fiction genre with his mesmerizing stories of a young French eccentric named C. Auguste Dupin. Introducing to literature the concept of applying reason to solving crime, these tales brought Poe fame and fortune. Years later, Dorothy Sayers would describe ""The Murders in the Rue Morgue"" as ""almost a complete manual of detective theory and practice."" Indeed, Poe's short mysteries inspired the creation of countless literary sleuths, among them Sherlock Holmes. In addition to the title story, this collection contains: The Mystery of Marie Roget; The Balloon-Hoax; Ms. Found in a Bottle; The Oval Portrait; Four Beasts in One; The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade; Von Kempelen and His Discovery.