Sale 20BP02 | Lot 115

[RACKHAM, ARTHUR] POE, EDGAR ALLAN. Tales of Mystery and Imagination.

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[RACKHAM, ARTHUR] POE, EDGAR ALLAN. Tales of Mystery and Imagination.

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Lot 115
[RACKHAM, ARTHUR] POE, EDGAR ALLAN. Tales of Mystery and Imagination.
London: George C. Harrap & Co, (1935). First Rackham edition, deluxe issue, copy 350 of 460 signed by Rackham. Publisher's full vellum gilt, in publisher's card slipcase, retaining portions of the original glassine jacket. 10 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches (26 x 20 cm); 318 pp.; twelve color plates and seventeen plates in black & white. A bright, fresh copy in a worn case.
Rackham's black-and-white work is extremely well-fitted to Poe's grotesquery. Latimore & Haskell pp. 72-73; Riall p. 189.


C Property of a Private New Jersey Collector

Estimate: $700 - $1,000
Sold for $1,625 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $700 - $1,000
Sold for $1,625 (includes buyer's premium)
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Rare Books, Autographs & Maps

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