The Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

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Overview:

Title: The Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Year: 1940
Publisher: Pocket Books
Price: $0.25
Pages: xii+360
Binding: Paperback
Type: Collection
Title Reference: The Fall of the House of Usher
Notes:
- "Copyright, 1940, by Pocket BOOKS, Inc."
- Stated "First printing, January, 1940" on the copyright page. No other printings listed.
- Bound with red endpapers bearing the Pocket kangaroo logo in white.
- Cover artist is not credited, but signature "frye" is visible on the cover.
- Price is not given on the cover, or on the list of recent Pocket books at the end (numbers 1-40). However, a publisher's note on page 357 advertising hardbound copies of the book states that the paperbound version may be exchanged for the hardbound: "Return to the publishers ... this book which will comprise a twenty-five cents part payment against the price of the edition you want."