Tales of Mystery and Imagination
New York: Brentano's Publishers, No date. [circa 1923]. Harry Clarke. Limited U.S. edition. Hardcover. 412pp. Quarto [27.5 cm] Black cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine, and an illustrated paper label on the front cover. Publisher's black top stain. With 8 full-page tipped in color plates. Underlying boards just beginning to peek through along the bottom edge of the front cover near the spine; front hinge a bit soft; contemporary gift inscription, dated "1929," on the title page. On copyright page: "Of this edition twenty-five hundred copies were manufactured for the United States of America." Very Good. Item #63949
With elaborate color and black and white illustrations by Harry Clarke. Harry Clarke was a book illustrator, Ireland's most renowned stained glass artist, and a prominent figure in the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement.
A lavishly expressive rendition of Poe's macabre tales.
Price: $450.00