MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE Edgar Allan Poe EX RARE Photoplay Ed HORROR Antique

  

The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales of Horror. Illustrated with b/w stills from the film.

Binding: Cloth with a pastedown illustration. Illustrated with full-page stills from the film.

Red cloth hardcover with a pastedown label depicting the original film poster. Very rare Photoplay Edition, which appeared in conjunction with the 1932 film adaption starring Bela Lugosi and directed by Carl Laemmle Jr. Toned boards; fraying and tiny rips to the spine edges. Small smudges on the back cover. Rear flap from the lacking dust jacket has been pasted onto the ffep.

Cracking between front and back endpapers, which a previous owner has attempted to repair.