Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Overview:

  • Title: Tales of Mystery and Imagination
  • Author: Edgar Allan Poe
  • Year: 1935
  • Publisher: J. B. Lippincott
  • Price: $5.00
  • Pages: 317
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: A Descent Into the Maelstrom
  • Notes:
    • 1st US ed. with illustrations by Rackham
    • WorldCat (OCLC 2181991, below) shows heading "Tales of mystery & imagination" and reports: -- "Printed in Great Britain" -- Contents (list of 25 including no essay) -- 25 cm
    • Evidently this is identical to the 1935 Harrap edition. See one WorldCat library record of a 1986 facsimile which reports identical page-count and the same 25 Contents, {{OCLC|16092559}} (which reports only 6 pages of plates; size 26 cm).
    • Price from joint review by Edward Larocque Tinker, NY Times 1936-01-05 pBR16 "New Editions, Fine and Otherwise" -- 12 full-page color and 17 line illustrations