Tales of Edgar Allan Poe

Overview:

  • Title: Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
  • Author: Edgar Allan Poe
  • Year: 1965
  • Publisher: Whitman Publishing Company
  • Pages: 252
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: The Fall of the House of Usher
  • Notes: There is no price on book. Whitman books were often sold in stores with price stickers. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number is 65-11927. No cover artist is credited but the style fits that of the interior artist Ati Forberg. Book was issued with a painted wrap-around cover, but no dust-jacket. This is listed on spine and back cover as a 'Whitman Classic'. This is Whitman book #2721, found in lower right hand back cover. Has illustrated inside end papers. The uncredited Preface extensively excerpts Poe's 'The Raven'. All the illustrations are in colorful two-tone format, and many are two pagers. 'The Fall of the House of Usher' also reprints Poe's 'The Haunted Palace' in the body of its text.