Detective fiction trailblazer equals Edgar Allan Poe record

‘The Fall of the House of Usher’, ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’, ‘The Mystery of the Marie Roget’ and ‘The Purloined Letter’ are among now famous works that are to be found in the newly discovered first issue copy of Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales shown below.

A publication of 1845, this famous work contains tales that are now widely recognised as having se…

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