Poe (Edgar Allan); Clarke (Harry, illustrator) Tales of Mystery and Imagination
£395
London, George G. Harrap, 1919.
First Clarke edition. 4to. Plates and illustrations. Original sage cloth, decorated in black.
Harry Clarke’s superb black & white images provide the perfect counterpoint to Poe’s dark tales. A decent copy, if anything enhanced by the Shrewsbury School’s gilt coat-of-arms to upper cover.
In stock
School prize plate to front pastedown, with the same school’s gilt-stamped coat-of-arms to upper cover; covers slightly rubbed at edges, spine a little dulled, but in the main VG.
24 plates and numerous illustrations by Harry Clark.
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