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POE'S TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION
by POE, Edgar Allan; illustrated by RACKHAM, Arthur:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: George G. Harrap and Company.� 1935. First edition with Arthur Rackham illustrations. First edition with Arthur Rackham illustrations. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles and illustrations to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. Black top edge. Endpapers illustrated with a skeleton design. Illustrated with 12 full page tissue guarded colour plates, 17 full page black and white line drawings and several header and tail piece illustrations by Arthur Rackham. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm and the cloth fresh, the extremities very lightly rubbed. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. The closed text block edge with a few faint spots whech very occasionally show on the internal margins. Complete with the very good or better rubbed, nicked, creased and spine-toned dustwrapper which has a couple of marks and a few closed tears to the spine. Not price-clipped (21/- to the front flap). A superb example of the exquisitely illustrated first Arthur Rackham edition of Poe's Tales. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lucius Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23512
- Title
- POE'S TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION
- Author
- POE, Edgar Allan; illustrated by RACKHAM, Arthur:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition with Arthur Rackham illustrations
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: George G. Harrap and Company.� 1935
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lucius Books
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York, North Yorkshire
About Lucius Books
Our shop is located in central York within a stones throw of the historic Micklegate Bar and walls. We are open seven days a week and carry a high quality stock specialising in but not limited to first editions, signed copies, bound sets and childrens / illustrated books and original art. Our opening times are 10am to 6pm Monday to Saturday and 11am to 4pm on Sundays.Lucius Books is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) trade associations. If you are unable to make it to the shop then our stock is available to view on our website at www.luciusbooks.com
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- G
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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