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Tales of mystery and imagination
by Poe, Edgar Allan
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0856360007
- ISBN 13
- 9780856360008
- Seller
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Belleville, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The Minerva Press, London, 1971, Super Octavo (8 x 10.5"), 381 p. (published for The Minerva Press by Philip Wilson Publishers). red cloth binding with gilt top edge; twenty-four full page plates and numerous vignettes by legendary artist Harry Clarke; letter-press printed buttermilk-colored jacket with error - "Allen" on front flap; original retail price of $27.50, which computes to just a tick over $200 with today's inflation rate.
Book is in very fine condition with no noteworthy faults. Jacket has chipping at spine head with some loss, as well as a chip at spine tail. Upper flap folds shows a small chip. A touch of chafing is present along upper extremity. A lovely, well-preserved copy of The Minerva Press Edition of Poe's Tales of Mystery & Imagination.
Inv. # 63593 TMI* bds 7/2023
Synopsis
Tales of Mystery and Imagination , stories by American author Edgar Allan Poe have been compiled by Padraic Colum into a thrilling collection focused on Poe’s suspenseful stories. The first edition compiled by Padraic Colum was published in 1908 by Geoffrey Newnes Ltd. and includes an introduction by Colum explaining his decision to exclude Poe’s poems, comedies, and essays from the collection. A later 1919 edition, published by George G. Harrap & Co., includes 24 full-page black and white plates by famous illustrator Harry Clarke. An album by The Alan Parsons Project was named after the short story compilation and contains several songs based on the tales included.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Low Brow Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 63593
- Title
- Tales of mystery and imagination
- Author
- Poe, Edgar Allan
- Illustrator
- Harry Clarke
- Format/Binding
- Red cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0856360007
- ISBN 13
- 9780856360008
- Publisher
- Minerva Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1971
- Pages
- 381
- Size
- Super Octavo
- Keywords
- horror fiction, vintage fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Occult fiction;
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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....
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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- Fiction & Literature Vintage Fiction
- Fiction & Literature Horror & Supernatural Fiction
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