1935 Edgar Allen Poe Tales of Mystery Clarke Illustrated Macabre Pit Pendulum



“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 are have their origin in the ecstasies which might have been.”

― Edgar Allan Poe, Berenice



This incredible illustrated edition of the “Tales of Mystery” by Edgar Allan Poe includes 32 bizarre images and paintings by Harry Clarke depicting horror and demise! This book published many times during the 20th-century, features Poe’s short horror stories, such as Berenice – a story of incest, festering diseases, violence, and other disturbing esoteric themes! There are twenty-nine tales in total 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."



Item number: #15539

Price: $399



POE, Edgar Allan



Tales of mystery and imagination; illustrated by Harry Clarke.



New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1935.



Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

412, [2]

32 illustrations

8 tipped-in color illustrations

24 black and white plates

Provenance: Stamp – Inez Puckett McEwen

Inez Pucket McEwen (1899-1987) was an American reporter and feature writer. She is known for her book, ‘So This is Ranching’, an account of ranch life in Idaho, though she also wrote for radio programs. She also had a close relationship with novelist Vardis Fisher.

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure

Black cloth

Size: ~10.75in X 8.25in (27cm x 21cm)



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