Rare first edition with original dustjacket. 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, pp.[2] 318. Dark blue mock leather cloth boards with gilt lettering and elaborate stamped vignette to cover, gilt lettering to spine. Some small blistering to upper and lower cover. Bookplate on pastedown. In the rare original pictorial dust jacket which features a striking wraparound design. Dust jacket clipped and in good condition, wrapped in protective cover, with some small losses to top of spine and top edge of upper cover. Binding tight. Internal pages clean, bright and unmarked. Overall a very good copy of this scarce and desirable work featuring the best of Poe and Rackham.
