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127 Tales and Poems

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POE-masterwriter of thrilling detective stories, of horror and mystery tales, of romantic adventures, of haunting poetry, of brilliant essays. All, all the infinitely varied writings of this great American genius are now yours in one marvelous volume! Everything formerly printed in ten volumes is here. And in exactly the same size type-large, clear and readable. Two thousand pages are in this amazing book! Yet it is less than two inches thick.

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