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Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe, 1941, Published by Limited Editions Club, Printed at the Garamond Press, Hardback, has some fading and wear to covers and spine, All pages appear present, Pages are yellowing, All aquatints appear present as listed, with yellowing to illustrations, On back cover inside page there is a newspaper article glued to page,

SIGNED. 111pp. Slim quarto [31 cm] 1/4 dark brown cloth with beige paper over boards. The boards are very slightly splayed, and the margins of the pages are subtly yellowed. There is yellowing to the dust jacket's rear panel and the edges of the inside flaps. The front panel is lightly scratched. From the dust jacket- "Capturing the mist and shadows rising from the stories are illustrations by prominent artist, Gary Kelley. Angular and dark, his work heightens the Gothic horror that is Poe's trademark and creates windows into Poe's world." Gary Kelley has signed the front free endpaper.

Very slightly worn corners.No markings. Clean pages.Black and white illustrations.Comes with a heavily damaged black slip case. Contains 16 Aquatints by William Sharp as well as a preface by Vincent Starrett. "This book has been made for the members of the Limited Editions Club and there are therefore fifteen hundred copies. The illustrations are original aquatints drawn on the plates by William Sharp, and the prints have been made by Charles Furth. The book has been printed at the Garamond Press in Baltimore,where Edgar Allan Poe sold his first tale. The paper was supplied by the worthy paper company; and the binding done by the Russell-Ruther Company. This copy is number 774 and it is signed by William Sharp." DATE PUBLISHED: 1941 EDITION: 476+

Number 329 of an edition of 460. Signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page. Full vellum covers with gilt lettering and decorations. Many pages are uncut at the fore edges. Slipcase has paper label with 329 written on it. 12 color plates including frontispiece. Black-and-white plates and vignettes. Slight bowing to covers.

Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, with twelve color plates, 17 plates in black and white, and illustrations throughout the text. Limited first edition. One of 460 numbered copies signed by Rackham, this being number 113. Large quarto. Original publisher's full vellum, decorated and lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, and pictorial endpapers by Rackham; in its original publisher's red cloth slipcase. Some light spotting to text block edges, else fine book; about fine slipcase, with light rubbing to corners. Overall, an exceptional copy, with bright and pristine illustrations. Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was a prolific British artist and illustrator, best known for his deluxe editions of popular children's books. Artistically inclined since childhood, Rackham started out illustrating for newspapers, but it was not until he began drawing for children's literature that he received critical acclaim. In response to his burgeoning fame, Rackham's publisher, William Heinemann, began producing deluxe and trade editions of his illustrated works, the first being Rip Van Winkle in 1905. Deluxe editions were produced in a limited edition of numbered copies (ranging in quantity from 250 - 2,020), bound in vellum bindings, printed on handmade paper, and signed by the illustrator. The trade editions were published concurrently in simple bindings, on thinner paper, and with fewer color plates. This publication strategy benefited both publisher and artist; Rackham produced about one book per year and would have an annual gallery exhibition showing his original artwork for his latest book. This volume - Tales of Mystery and Imagination - is a posthumous collection of Poe's suspense stories and contains classic titles like, "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Fall of the House of Usher," and "Eleonora."

A fine copy in a custom slipcase. Signed Limited Edition by Arthur Rackham. Deluxe Edition, Limited 276/450 copies, Signed by Arthur Rackham. Twelve full page illustrations in color, mounted on white paper. Seventeen full page B&W and eleven small drawings in B&W. A very nice, tight copy. TEG. No bumped corners to book or custom slipcase. No owner ship signatures. No cracked hinges.

Stout Quarto. Limited deluxe edition of only 170 copies, signed and numbered on the limitation page by Harry Clarke, this being #12. 24 full-page halftone illustrations with tissue guards, plus head and tail pieces. 382 pages bound in full vellum with bright gilt decoration to cover, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, others deckled. A magnificent, collectible copy with interior exceptionally clean and crisp, and with the vellum clean and unmarked. A beautiful, fresh copy of a scarce item.