Poe, Edgar Allan — Clarke, Harry (Illustrator) :  Tales of Mystery and Imagination. Illustrated by Harry Clarke.

New York: Brentano’s Publishers, s.a. [ca. 1923]; printed and bound by J. J. Little & Ives Company, New York..  Quarto. Colour frontispiece, 412, [1], [3 blank] pp.  and eight tipped-in color plates including frontispiece (facing pp. 3, 16, 86, 122, 138, 174, 212, and 258) and 22 black and white plates on enameled paper.

Original black cloth with illustrated title label on upper cover, spine gilt with title, upper edge black.
 

Harry Clarke’s (1889-1931) genius produced the best and most elaborate illustrations for these famous tales of Edgar Allan Poe. Its style is somewhere between Aubrey Beardsley, Edmond Dulac and Arthur Rackham. The first version of the book was restricted to monotone illustrations while the second edition with eight colour plates, 24 monotone images, and numerous ornamental end-pieces was published in 1923: these made Clarke’s reputation as a book illustrator.

Small bookplate on first free end paper. Gilt on spine rubbed in places; lower edges of covers, ends of spine and corners slightly rubbed. Otherwise a fine copy.

Schwarzer Original-Leinwandband mit montierter Deckelillustration, Rücken mit goldgeprägtem Titel. Einband teils leicht berieben, Rücken leicht verblaßt, innen sehr gut erhalten. Wunderbar verzauberte, congeniale Illustrationen zwischen Beardley, Dulac und Rackham.

Vollmer I,447.
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