A handsome copy of an extremely scarce and impressive work. A stunning pairing of the arts of literature and illustration. His work is compared to Aubrey Beardsley, Kay Nielson and Edmund Dulac. Clarke's illustrations perfectly capture the macabre and the beautiful in the text. Poe inspired modern mystery, science fiction and horror. Text block is very clean and tight throughout. Vellum is wrinkled on spine and lower front joint. Twenty-nine tales including "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Murders in the Rue Morge," "The Mystery of Marie Roget," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "The Gold Bug." Boards are slightly bowed, extremities lightly scuffed, head of spine bumped, and some soil spots on front. Title page vignette and head and tail pieces throughout by Clarke. Frontispiece and 23 full-page black and white, half-tone illustrations by Clarke, all with tissue guards. Full vellum with gilt design and rules on front, gilt lettering on spine. Number 32 of 170 deluxe limited edition signed by illustrator Harry Clarke on limitations page.
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