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 (Description) 

Author: Edgar Allan POE. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Title: TALES OF MYSTERY and IMAGINATION.
Publisher: London, George G Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1935. First edition illustrated by Rackham.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 10 " X 8 ".
Pages: 317 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good original Publisher Deluxe binding in full morocco leather (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. Top edge gilt. A beautiful binding!
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing mainly on the first endpaper - as shown). 
Illustrations: Complete with the beautiful color frontispiece, 11 full-page color plates, each with a printed tissue guard, 17 full-page black&white plates, and 11 line drawings throughout the text by Arthur Rackham.

Estimate: (USD 800 - USD 1000)

The book: Rare and Attractive First edition illustrated by Rackham of Edgar Allan Poe's TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION in his beautiful original Publisher's deluxe leather binding!

The illustrator: Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was a prolific British artist and illustrator, best known for his deluxe editions of popular children's books. Artistically inclined since childhood, Rackham started illustrating for newspapers, but it was not until he began drawing for children's literature that he received critical acclaim.