[CLARKE, Harry]. Tales of Mystery and Imagination. By Edgar Allan Poe. Illustrated by Harry Clarke. London & New York: George G. Harrap / Brentano’s [1923]. 4to, 383pp. Black cloth with spine decoratively stamped in gilt and with pictorial label affixed to front; top edge stained black. 8 color plates and 24 full-page b&w illustrations. Spine ends and corners a tad rubbed, slight rippling to cloth at top corner of rear board and top center of front board, previous owner’s bookplate affixed to front free endpaper, endpapers a tad aged, else a clean, tight copy.

 

First edition thus, being the first Clarke edition to feature color plates! Some of the most beloved tales from Edgar Allen Poe are brought to haunting life in the striking artwork of Harry Clarke!