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[PHOTOPLAY]. POE, Edgar Allan (1809-1849). The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales of Mystery. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [ca. 1932]. 8vo. Illustrated with pictorial endleaves, frontispiece and 3 plates (one is double-page). [iv], 1-315, [1, ads] pp. Publisher’s full red cloth, front board and spine lettered in black, publisher’s unclipped double-sided dust jacket with publisher’s catalogue on verso (minor rubbing to binding, front hinge just starting; several tape repairs to jacket verso, jacket edgeworn with occasional chipping and creased tears, some soiling to jacket). Still, a fine copy. FIRST PHOTOPLAY EDITION FOR THE 1932 FILM, STARRING BELA LUGOSI. This book also has other tales by Poe, including The Mystery of Marie Roget, The Purloined Letter, “Thou Art the Man,” The Gold-Bug, The Man of the Crowd, The Masque of the Red Death, and more.