In addition to designing the endpapers, Rackham produced designs for the cover, spine, and title page, as well as full-page color plates, partial-page illustrations, and a variety of vignettes. The book brings Poe’s tales of horror and suspense-including such favorites as “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Cask of Amontillado,” and “The Pit and the Pendulum”-together with the expressive illustrations of Rackham. There are twenty-five tales including The Pit and the Pendulum, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Fall of the House of Usher and The Descent into the Maelstrom.Arthur Rackham created this captivating endpapers design for Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination, published in London by George G. The original collection, in keeping with its title, deliberately excluded Poe's poems, comedies and essays. Brunetiere called events "on the margin" of life. The title of this collection was then adopted by Padraic Colum in 1908 in view of the growing reputation of Poe's taste for suspense, especially in the context of what his French critic M. The title "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" was first used by The World's Classics and printed by Grant Richard in 1902. Uncommon in this condition and in the original slipcase.
In near fine condition with a touch of rubbing. In the original publisher’s slipcase with printed spine label, one of 460 copies.
Signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page, as issued. Illustrations by Arthur Rackham including 12 tipped-in color plates, 17 black & white illustrations. Quarto, original full vellum, titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers. Harrap & Company, 1935.įirst signed limited edition of this Arthur Rackham. POE, Edgar Allan Illustrations by Arthur Rackham.
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