Tales of Mystery and Imagination
by Poe, Edgar Allan
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1919. 382 pp. Number 32 of 170 deluxe limited edition signed by illustrator Harry Clarke on limitations page. Full vellum with gilt design and rules on front, gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Frontispiece and 23 full-page black and white, half-tone illustrations by Clarke, all with tissue guards. Title page vignette and head and tail pieces throughout by Clarke. Twenty-nine tales including "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Murders in the Rue Morge," "The Mystery of Marie Roget," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "The Gold Bug." Boards are slightly bowed, extremities lightly scuffed, head of spine bumped, and some soil spots on front. Vellum is wrinkled on spine and lower front joint. End pages foxed. Binding is very secure. Text block is very clean and tight throughout. Poe inspired modern mystery, science fiction and horror. Clarke's illustrations perfectly capture the macabre and the beautiful in the text. His work is compared to Aubrey Beardsley, Kay Nielson and Edmund Dulac. A stunning pairing of the arts of literature and illustration. A handsome copy of an extremely scarce and impressive work.. Signed by Illustrator. Limited Edition. Full Vellum. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Harry Clarke. Thick Quarto.
Synopsis
Tales of Mystery and Imagination , stories by American author Edgar Allan Poe have been compiled by Padraic Colum into a thrilling collection focused on Poe’s suspenseful stories. The first edition compiled by Padraic Colum was published in 1908 by Geoffrey Newnes Ltd. and includes an introduction by Colum explaining his decision to exclude Poe’s poems, comedies, and essays from the collection. A later 1919 edition, published by George G. Harrap & Co., includes 24 full-page black and white plates by famous illustrator Harry Clarke. An album by The Alan Parsons Project was named after the short story compilation and contains several songs based on the tales included.
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- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028224
- Title
- Tales of Mystery and Imagination
- Author
- Poe, Edgar Allan
- Illustrator
- Harry Clarke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1919
- Keywords
- Limited Edition Vellum Leather Harry Clarke Perry Werner Bookfair20 Bookfair22
- Size
- Thick Quarto
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- Gilt
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- Foxed
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Title Page
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- Tight
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- G
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- Edges
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- Vignette
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- Top Edge Gilt
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