1935 Rare First US Edition - Edgar Allan Poe TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION illustrated by Arthur RACKHAM.
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Author: Edgar Allan POE. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Title: TALES OF MYSTERY and IMAGINATION.
Publisher: Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., no date (1935). First American Edition illustrated by Rackham.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 10 " X 8 ".
Pages: 317 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good original gilt decorated full-cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. Top edge red.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing - as shown, some light bleeding of the upper red edge to the upper margin of color illustrations only probably due to the glassy paper - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the captivating illustrated endpaper, the color frontispiece, 11 full-page color plates, each with a printed tissue guard and 17 full-page black&white line drawings throughout the text by Arthur Rackham.
Estimate: (USD 450 - USD 800)
The book: Rare and Attractive First American edition illustrated by Rackham of Edgar Allan Poe's TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION.
The illustrator: Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was a prolific British artist and illustrator, best known for his deluxe editions of popular children's books. Artistically inclined since childhood, Rackham started illustrating for newspapers, but it was not until he began drawing for children's literature that he received critical acclaim.