TitleTales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe. With Illustrations by Harry Clarke
AuthorEdgar Allan Poe
Editing placeNew York
EditorialBrentano’s
Year1923
IllustratorHarry Clarke
Edition typeAnthology (English)
Translator
LanguageEnglish
LibraryF.G.M.
Volumes1
Number of pages412
Size (in cms)27 x 21
Works included
A Descent into the Maelström
Berenice
Bon-Bon
King Pest. A Tale Containing an Allegory
Landor´s Cottage
Ligeia
Lionizing
Metzengerstein
Morella
MS. Found in a Bottle
Silence - A Fable
The Assignation
The Black Cat
The Cask of Amontillado
The Colloquy of Monos and Una
The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Gold-Bug
The Man of the Crowd
The Masque of the Red Death
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Mystery of Marie Rogêt. A Sequel to ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’
The Oblong Box
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Premature Burial
The Spectacles
The Tell-Tale Heart
William Wilson
Works illustrated
A Descent into the Maelström
Berenice
King Pest. A Tale Containing an Allegory
Landor´s Cottage
Ligeia
Lionizing
Metzengerstein
Morella
MS. Found in a Bottle
Silence - A Fable
The Assignation
The Black Cat
The Cask of Amontillado
The Colloquy of Monos and Una
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Gold-Bug
The Man of the Crowd
The Masque of the Red Death
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Mystery of Marie Rogêt. A Sequel to ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Premature Burial
The Spectacles
The Tell-Tale Heart
William Wilson
Bibliographic referencesDROST 1, 28, 38, 68, 111, 126-128, 132, 156, 158, 180, 206, 212, 230, 285; GONZÁLEZ MORENO 133-135, 143; POLLIN 9, 269-270 (1300)
DescriptionFirst edition with eight color plates by Harry Clarke along with the twenty-four full-page black and white, plus numerous vignettes and ornamental details, which first appeared in Tales of Mystery and Imagination (London: George G. Harrap and Co., 1919). In the same year [1923?] the London edition of G. G. Harrap also appeared.
It includes twenty-nine illustrated tales with thirty-two full-page illustrations (eight of them in color), as well as numerous vignettes and details, some merely ornamental. Illustrated title page and black lined cardboard binding with a stamp including the title and a scene alluding to “Morella”. It also keeps the dust jacket illustrated with the title.
