Other editions of book Tales of Mystery and Imagination

This volume contains a collection of some of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous tales, including: “The GoldBug”, “Ms. Found in a Bottle”, “A Descent into the Maelström”, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, “William Wilson”, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”, “The Mystery of Marie Roget”, “The Pitt and the Pendulum”, “The TellTale Heart”, “A Tale of the Ragged Mountains”, and more. This volume constitutes a musthave for fans of the macabre, and would make for a fantastic addition to any collection. Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was an American author, editor, poet, and critic. Most famous for his stories of mystery and horror, he was one of the first American short story writers, and is widely considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction genre. Many antiquarian books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing "Tales of Mystery and Imagination” now in an affordable, highquality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. As New, 1st Edition thus, 1971 Facsimile Reprint of 1919 Edition. Thick Royal 4to. 381pp. Frontispiece and 23 further full-page plates, collated all present and in excellent order, also illustrated title-page, in-text chapter head and tail-pieces, all by the seminal Harry Clarke, leading figure in the Arts and Crafts Movement, who with this book made his name as an illustrator, and whose style is comparable to Aubrey Beardsley. This volume is excellent as new, no bookplate, inscriptions or marks of any kind, utterly unaffected by foxing or browning. Beautifully bound in excellent bright gilt lettered and illustrated blue cloth, featuring Harry Clarke gilt embossed vignette to upper and to spine. Housed and protected in excellent matt clipped pink Harry Clarke elaborately illustrated dustwrapper featuring goddess to upper, skull and spider to spine, lady and ghoul to lower. In a fluke of publication, this volume has two dustwrappers, both in great condition. Lower edge untrimmed, top edge blue to match cloth. A beautifully produced volume, fit to grace the library of reader, scholar and collector alike, and for the fan of the golden age of illustration.