TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION
Book Details + Condition: Brentano's Publishers (New York). First US Edition and Limited Editon of 2500 copies, 1920 (ND provided). Hardcover. Oversize 8.25" x 10.75" design. Black cloth boards, with Harry Clarke illustrated plate set at front and gilt embossed spine title (etc). 318 pages with 32 full page, full plate illustrations and many tail and head pieces by Harry Clarke, 8 of which are in full color and tipped-in. A beautifully illustrated and limited edition of a famous Edgar Allan Poe work, in very good condition. Minor wear; light rubbing to corners and spine ends; and a clean interior save former owner's name on half-title page. Tales include: The Tell-Tale Heart; A Descent into the Maelstrom; The Cask of Amontillado; The Premature Burial; Hop-Frog; The Assignation; King Pest; The Pit and the Pendulum; The Black Cat; The Masque of Red Death; The Man of the Crowd; The Fall of the House of Usher; The Oval Portrait; The Gold Bug; Ligeia; Eleonora; Berenice; Morella; Ms. Found In a Bottle; William Wilson; The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar; Metzengerstein; The Murders in the Rue Morgue, and The Purloined Letter.
