A novella by Edgar Allan Poe, set on Sullivan's Island (South Carolina), dealing with the solving of an encrypted message and the search for buried treasure. The story was first published in the pages of Philadelphia's Dollar Newspaper in June 1843, after Poe won a contest announced by the newspaper, receiving a prize of $100.
First Polish edition.
Silesia Publishing House, Katowice 1958.
Series: Tales of the Golden Horseshoe.
Format: 165 x 120 mm, 56 pages.
At the end of the booklet humorous drawings and an excerpt from the novel 'Dama Pik'.
Very good condition, tiny name stamps at beginning and end.
