First Edition. A stunning tome featuring the best of Edgar Allan Poe's classic tales alongside truly macabre illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Rackham’s designs exquisitely capture the mystery, madness, and horror associated with Poe, leading the artist to declare that the illustrations “were so horrible I was beginning to frighten myself.” Includes The Tell Tale Heart, The Pit and the Pendulum, Berenice, The Premature Burial, and more.
4to. Publisher's black cloth boards with gilt lettering and elaborate vignette to cover, gilt lettering to spine. Boards and spine in near fine condition. Book plate to pastedown. Internal pages clean, bright and unmarked. In the rare original pictorial dust jacket which features a striking wraparound design. Dust jacket in good condition, with some small loss to top of spine and cover. otherwise solid. Binding very tight. Overall a near fine copy of this scarce and desirable work featuring the best of Poe and Rackham.
