Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd., circa 1930.
Hardcover. Nearly pocket-size and perfect for reading in candlelight "on a midnight dreary," bound in a black-decorated cloth the color of dried blood, this collection of "grotesque" tales by Edgar Allan Poe holds 47 stories, both beloved and strange, including "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Cask of Amontillado," The Imp of the Perverse," The Fall of the House of Usher, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym" and many more, illustrated in a single striking black and white frontispiece portrait of the master of the macabre whose tales are so hauntingly presented here.
6 5/8" X 4". vi, 787pp. Undated, circa 1930. Bound in red-orange cloth over boards, with arabesque designs in black to upper board and spine, lettered in kind. Mild wear to binding, with gentle bumping to corners and head and tail of spine and some light soiling to cloth. Foxing to fore-edge. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. Very good. Item #13771
Price: $125.00