Tales of Mystery and Imagination; Everyman, Everyman's Library No 336.
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Tales of Mystery and Imagination; Everyman, Everyman's Library No 336. [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 1959] Edgar Allan Poe … Read more
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I collect Heritage Press editions, mainly classical works of literature that I have read in my youth and remember with great fondness. One particular favorite is "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" by Edgar Allan Poe. Poe's macabre tales are effectively chilling and even all these years later have the ability to shock. I own several editions of Poe's works and am especially interested in the illustrated editions as each artist has a singular style that enriches my appreciation of Poe's tales.This 1941 Heritage Press edition has beautiful marbled board covers and cloth-bound spine. The book comes in a slipcover but my purchase did not unfortunately come with a Sandglass pamphlet. The book itself contains an introduction by Vincent Starrett and photogravures of the original aquatints by William Sharp.The tales contained in this edition are:• A Descent into the Maelstrom• The Assignation• The Cask of Amontillado• The Fall of the House of Usher• The Gold-Bug• The Oval Portrait• The Black Cat• MS. Found in a Bottle• Hop-Frog• Eleonora• William Wilson• Berenice• The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar• Metzengerstein• Ligeia• Shadow- A Parable• Silence - A Fable• The Oblong Box• The Mystery of Marie Roget• The Premature Burial• The Tell-Tale Heart• The Pit and the Pendulum• The Purloined Letter• The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade• A Predicament• The Masque of the Red Death• Morella• The Devil in the Belfry• The Murders in the Rue Morgue