Tales of Mystery and Imagination
by Poe, Edgar Allan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good plus
- Seller
-
Cedar Ridge, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Harrap, 1919. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very Good plus. Clarke, Harry. #151 of 170 copies signed and numbered by Harry Clarke. 4to full vellum, 24 full page black and white plates with tissue guards. This was before the color plates were added to later editionsâthis is the only signed limited of all the editions. Quite scarce today. Gilt spine titles and small gilt illustration on the front cover, bordered by a design of chains & hearts all in gilt.
Top edge gilt. The vellum is separating from boards at top of pastedown endpapers, very slightly in front, about 2 1/2 inches in rear. Modest bowing to boards and a little unevenness to the spine spine. Modest darkening to covers. Without previous ownership markings. No foxing, interior pages very clean.
A solid copy of the scarcest of all Clarke titles and the most reprinted of them all, proving its popularity over the last 100 years. Signed by Clarke.
Top edge gilt. The vellum is separating from boards at top of pastedown endpapers, very slightly in front, about 2 1/2 inches in rear. Modest bowing to boards and a little unevenness to the spine spine. Modest darkening to covers. Without previous ownership markings. No foxing, interior pages very clean.
A solid copy of the scarcest of all Clarke titles and the most reprinted of them all, proving its popularity over the last 100 years. Signed by Clarke.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bud Plant & Hutchison Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30034
- Title
- Tales of Mystery and Imagination
- Author
- Poe, Edgar Allan
- Illustrator
- Clarke, Harry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Publisher
- Harrap
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1919
- Size
- 4to
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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....