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Cover of The Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

The Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

First published 1940
Publisher Pocket Books
Format Paperback
Type Collection
Catalog ID 39
Cover art Frye
Pages xii+360
Price $0.25

  • "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."

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 The Assignation Edgar Allan Poe Short Story
15 Ligeia Edgar Allan Poe Short Story
34 The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allan Poe Novelette
57 The Masque of the Red Death Edgar Allan Poe Short Story
64 The Pit and the Pendulum Edgar Allan Poe Short Story
82 The Black Cat Edgar Allan Poe Short Story
94 The Cask of Amontillado Edgar Allan Poe Short Story
102 MS. Found in a Bottle Edgar Allan Poe Short Story
115 A Descent Into the Maelström Edgar Allan Poe Short Story
136 The Murders in the Rue Morgue Edgar Allan Poe Novelette
178 The Mystery of Marie Rogêt Edgar Allan Poe Novella
238 The Gold-Bug Edgar Allan Poe Novelette
281 The Purloined Letter Edgar Allan Poe Novelette
303 Shadow—A Parable Edgar Allan Poe Short Story
309 The Raven Edgar Allan Poe Poem
314 Lenore Edgar Allan Poe Poem
316 A Valentine Edgar Allan Poe Poem
317 To Helen Edgar Allan Poe Poem
319 Ulalume Edgar Allan Poe Poem
322 The Bells Edgar Allan Poe Poem
326 Annabel Lee Edgar Allan Poe Poem
327 To My Mother Edgar Allan Poe Poem
328 The Haunted Palace Edgar Allan Poe Poem
330 The Valley of Unrest Edgar Allan Poe Poem
331 The City in the Sea Edgar Allan Poe Poem
333 The Sleeper Edgar Allan Poe Poem
336 Dreamland Edgar Allan Poe Poem
338 Eulalie Edgar Allan Poe Poem
339 Israfel Edgar Allan Poe Poem
341 For Annie Edgar Allan Poe Poem
346 Song Edgar Allan Poe Poem
347 Spirits of the Dead Edgar Allan Poe Poem
348 Romance Edgar Allan Poe Poem
349 To the River Edgar Allan Poe Poem
351 Dreams Edgar Allan Poe Poem
352 To —— (The bowers whereat...) Edgar Allan Poe Poem
353 A Dream Edgar Allan Poe Poem
355 Eldorado Edgar Allan Poe Poem
358 About the Author (The Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe) uncredited Essay
335|335.1 Silence Edgar Allan Poe Poem
335|335.2 A Dream Within a Dream Edgar Allan Poe Poem
345|345.1 To —— (I heed not...) Edgar Allan Poe Poem
345|345.2 Bridal Ballad Edgar Allan Poe Poem
350|350.1 To Science Edgar Allan Poe Poem
350|350.2 To Helen Edgar Allan Poe Poem
354|354.1 Imitation Edgar Allan Poe Poem
354|354.2 Evening Star Edgar Allan Poe Poem
vii Introduction (The Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe) uncredited Essay