[Children's & Illustrated] [Rackham, Arthur] Poe, Edgar Allan Tales of Mystery & Imagination
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London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., (1935). First and limited edition, #283/450, signed by Rackham (from a total edition of 460). 4to. (x), (318) pp., (1) pp. Illustrated with color frontispiece and 11 color plates, all mounted and all with captioned tissue guards, and numerous in-text black and white illustrations. Publisher's deluxe full vellum, decorated in gilt; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, some pages unopened; illustrated endpapers; in publisher's paper-covered slip case with matching limitation number, two seams starting; Latimore & Haskell, pp. 72-72; Riall, p. 189
A very fine copy featuring Rackham's eerie depictions of many of Poe's most famous works.
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From the Children’s and Illustrated Books Library of Nicholas Wedge, Ossining, New York
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