The Cask of Amontillado
by Edgar Allan Poe
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- Hardcover
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- NEW/no dj as issued, in plexiglass slipcase
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About This Item
Portland, OR: No Reply Press, 2021. Limited Edition of 400. Hardcover. NEW/no dj as issued, in plexiglass slipcase. Harry Clarke. NEW, unread === No Reply Press, 2021.
The edition is limited to 400 copies, numbered 1 through 400. This is no.204. ==
Printed by Phil Abel on Zerkall-bütten paper using a Heidelberg cylinder press. Bound in handmade paste paper wrappers.
Housed in an acrylic slipcase with a genuine wine label. A sequel to No Reply's The Masque of the Red Death, our Amontillado returns to a familiar author and artist with a livre d'artiste twist. The story is presented as a bottle of amontillado itself, with a clear slipcase and genuine letterpress wine label, containing flowing paste paper with latticework which evokes the brick, mortar, and nitre that Fortunato finds in lieu of what he seeks. ===. Poe is the quintessential American author. As one scholar put it, "Whether or not America has produced a greater genius than Poe, it would be hard to prove that it has produced one more original." In Amontillado, he presents once again a story of captivating simplicity - a man bent on vengeance - wrapped in eerie profundity. Fortunato and Montresor, friends, rivals, entomber and entombed, carry the reader through their own descent, down to a final exhortation:
Edgar Allan Poe needs no introduction. Illustrator Harry Clarke, however, might. Clarke was, primarily, a stained glass artist who dabbled with illustration throughout his career. In addition to Poe's stories, he illustrated Goethe's Faust, Hans Christian Anderson's stories, and Charles Perrault's fairy tales. He is under-appreciated today, and No Reply is proud to bring his work back into print.
(No Reply Press).
The edition is limited to 400 copies, numbered 1 through 400. This is no.204. ==
Printed by Phil Abel on Zerkall-bütten paper using a Heidelberg cylinder press. Bound in handmade paste paper wrappers.
Housed in an acrylic slipcase with a genuine wine label. A sequel to No Reply's The Masque of the Red Death, our Amontillado returns to a familiar author and artist with a livre d'artiste twist. The story is presented as a bottle of amontillado itself, with a clear slipcase and genuine letterpress wine label, containing flowing paste paper with latticework which evokes the brick, mortar, and nitre that Fortunato finds in lieu of what he seeks. ===. Poe is the quintessential American author. As one scholar put it, "Whether or not America has produced a greater genius than Poe, it would be hard to prove that it has produced one more original." In Amontillado, he presents once again a story of captivating simplicity - a man bent on vengeance - wrapped in eerie profundity. Fortunato and Montresor, friends, rivals, entomber and entombed, carry the reader through their own descent, down to a final exhortation:
Edgar Allan Poe needs no introduction. Illustrator Harry Clarke, however, might. Clarke was, primarily, a stained glass artist who dabbled with illustration throughout his career. In addition to Poe's stories, he illustrated Goethe's Faust, Hans Christian Anderson's stories, and Charles Perrault's fairy tales. He is under-appreciated today, and No Reply is proud to bring his work back into print.
(No Reply Press).
Synopsis
The Cask of Amontillado (sometimes spelled The Casque of Amontillado ) is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1846. The story is set in an Italian city in the 1700's during a celebration in the streets. Montressor finds his old friend Fortunato, who has insulted him. Using the promise of a rare cask of Amontillado wine as bait, he lures poor drunken Fortunato to his wine cellar to exact his terrible revenge.
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- Bookseller
- Rare Books Honolulu (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 796D
- Title
- The Cask of Amontillado
- Author
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Illustrator
- Harry Clarke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New NEW
- Jacket Condition
- no dj as issued, in plexiglass slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition of 400
- Publisher
- No Reply Press
- Place of Publication
- Portland, OR
- Date Published
- 2021
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Limited Editions; Fine Press;
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