1923 Edgar Allan Poe Tales of Mystery Harry Clarke Illustrated Macabre + Orig DJ

1923 Edgar Allan Poe Tales of Mystery Harry Clarke Illustrated Macabre + Orig DJ

“But as, in ethics, evil is a consequence of good, so, in fact, out of joy is sorrow born. Either the memory of past bliss is the anguish of today, or the agonies which have their origin in the ecstasies which might have been.”

― Edgar Allan Poe, Berenice

This incredible, illustrated edition of Edgar Allan Poe’s “Tales of Mystery” includes 32 evocative illustrations by Harry Clarke, each capturing the macabre and eerie atmosphere of Poe’s works. This collection features twenty-nine of Poe’s most famous short stories such as the controversial, Berenice – a story of disturbing themes including violence, festering diseases and incest. Other notable works include “The Pit and the Pendulum”, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, “The Descent into the Maelstrom”, and much more!

Item number: #30914

Price: $599

POE, Edgar Allan; CLARKE, Harry (Illus.)

Tales of Mystery and Imagination; Illustrated by Harry Clarke.

New York: Brentano’s., [ca. 1923]. 1^st Brentano’s edition

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • 412, [2]
  • 32 illustrations
    • 8 tipped-in color plates
    • 24 black and white
  • Language: English
  • Binding: Hardcover; secure
    • Black cloth
    • Includes original dust jacket
  • Size: ~10.75in X 8.25in (27cm x 21cm)

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