Tales of Mystery and Imagination
by Poe, Edgar Allan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1939, 1933. Hardcover, black cloth with printed pictorial paper pastedown to upper board, spine lettered in gold, black endpapers and top edge. Illustrated with 24 black and white drawings and eight full color tipped-in plates by Harry Clarke. First American edition thus, with "MCMCCCIII" on title page. No previous ownership marks. Light toning to text block as per normal for this edition. Lettering on backstrip faded, just readable, spine cloth dulled from sun.. Cloth shows minor rubbing at head and foot of spine, else clean and unmarked. Pictorial pastedown on front board clean and complete. Hinges sound, text clean, and all plates present and unmarked. A near very good copy.. First Edition Thus. Cloth with Pastedowns. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Harry Clarke. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007991
- Title
- Tales of Mystery and Imagination
- Author
- Poe, Edgar Allan
- Illustrator
- Harry Clarke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Tudor Publishing Company, 1939
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- Illustrated
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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