Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Edgar Allan Poe

Limited Editions Club, 1941

Limited edition of 1,500 copies, signed by the illustrator.  Hardcover in slip case. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Wear, with splitting to slip case.  xxiii, [3], 3-476, [2] pages, [16] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm.  "This book has been made for the members of The Limited Editions Club and there are therefore fifteeen hundred copies. The illustrations are original aquatints drawn on the plates by William Sharp and the prints have been made by Charles Furth. The book has been printed at the Garamond Press in Baltimore, where Edgar Allan Poe sold his first tale. The paper was supplied by the Worthy Paper Company; and the binding done by the Russell-Rutter Company."--Colophon  

The Limited Editions Club (LEC) is an important part of the rare book business and the books are adored by collectors. From 1929 to 1985, the Limited Editions Club published 548 titles. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.