THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE
by Poe, Edgar Allan
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- Near fine, bit of toning near the deckle edges
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About This Item
Antibes, France: The Allen Press, 1958. Limited to 150 copies. Near fine, bit of toning near the deckle edges. Limited to 150 copies. Tall 8vo. (ii), 82p. Title in red, blue and black. Illustrated with large color chapter headings and printed on an Albion hand press by Lewis & Dorothy Allen. Didot typeface and hand-made paper by Richard de Bas. Binding boards in black and tan with red vertical title section on upper board. Allen Press Bibliography No. 22.
Synopsis
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been claimed as the first detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ". Similar works predate Poe's stories, including Das Fräulein von Scuderi (1819) by E.T.A. Hoffmann and Zadig (1748) by Voltaire. C. Auguste Dupin is a man in Paris who solves the mysterious brutal murder of two women.
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- First Folio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22589
- Title
- THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE
- Author
- Poe, Edgar Allan
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine, bit of toning near the deckle edges
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited to 150 copies
- Publisher
- The Allen Press
- Place of Publication
- Antibes, France
- Date Published
- 1958
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