The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and The Invention of Murder

by Stashower, Daniel

$40 · Offered by Biblio

First edition · In dust jacket

E. P. Dutton, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. STATED FIRST EDITION, with full number line in place. An immaculate volume in same condition Dust Jacket with original price on front flap ($25.95). A true story of a young girls murder that a young Edgar Allan Poe tried to solve, working as a journalist. Failing, he instead wrote a fiction story about it - "The Mystery of Marie Roget." Stashower's research is thrilling. A clean tight copy - MINT. 336 pages. Mylar protected jacket.

• Publisher: E. P. Dutton
• Year: 2006
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: hardcover

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