Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Overview:

  • Title: Tales of Mystery and Imagination
  • Author: Edgar Allan Poe
  • Year: 1935
  • Publisher: George G. Harrap & Co.
  • Price: 21/-
  • Pages: 317
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: A Descent Into the Maelstrom
  • Notes:
    • New collection newly illustrated by Rackham "Limited edition of 460 copies, of which 450 are for sale." --WorldCat
    • WorldCat (OCLC, below): -- identifies both printers (text and b/w; colour) -- "[29] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm" (WorldCat records of the ordinary ed. report size 25 cm or 26 cm.)
    • 12 full-page color and 17 line illustrations --from US newspaper coverage of the 1935 Lippincott ed., printed in Great Britain
    • Price from joint review The Scotsman 1935-12-12 p14 "Complementary Arts: Writers and Illustrators in Collaboration", one of multiple articles under the banner "Christmas Gift Books"