Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Introduction by Padraic Colum)

Poe, Edgar Allen

ISBN 10: 0460003364 / ISBN 13: 9780460003360

Published by Dent: London (Everyman's Library), 1975

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Pages slightly tanned otherwise Good. NOT A FORMER LIBRARY BOOK.

Seller Inventory # 53787

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Introduction by Padraic Colum)
• Publisher: Dent: London (Everyman's Library)
• Publication Date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0460003364
• ISBN 13: 9780460003360
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

On the 150th anniversary of artist Arthur Rackham's birth, a gorgeous hardcover--the only one in print--of his delightfully spooky illustrated edition of the tales of Poe. EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY CHILDREN'S CLASSICS.

Arthur Rackham is widely regarded as one of the leading illustrators from the golden age of British book illustration, known for his richly imagined fantasy illustrations of fairy tales and other children's books. Known as The Dean of Fairyland, he developed what has been described as a fusion of Nordic style with Japanese woodblock traditions. His illustrated Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1935, contains a selection of twenty-five of Poe's best stories, including The Tell-Tale Heart, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Gold-Bug, The Cask of Amontillado, and The Pit and the Pendulum. Our beautiful Children's Classics hardcover edition, with Rackham's inventive full-color and black-and-white illustrations, makes an irresistible gift for fans of all ages.

Review

Award-winning fantasy illustrator Gary Kelley writes, "I have selected three of Edgar Allan Poe's best short stories.... I chose 'The Fall of the House of Usher' for its classic Gothic images and its dark, melancholic central characters, including the house itself. 'The Black Cat' is ... appealing to me for its use of mystery and foreboding that takes us to a horrifying climax. 'The Cask of Amontillado' ... my personal favorite, [is] a simple narrative of revenge set in the contrasting worlds of carnival and catacomb." Click on the book's cover for a closer look, but the reproduction doesn't really do justice to the richness of color in Kelley's shadowy, atmospheric paintings. (The cat's eye is green, and its tongue is pink.) This gorgeous edition has 20 full- and double-page paintings, including a melancholy portrait of Poe; each page of text is surrounded by subtle decorative frames. The images of Roderick and Madeleine Usher are especially effective.