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TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION
by Poe, Edgar Allan
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No jacket
- Seller
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Mineola, New York:Calla Editions, (2008). hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2023/03/IMG_4143.JPG. Mineola, New York:Calla Editions. (2008). 412pp. Illustrated by Harry Clarke. Hardcover. Black boards lightly soiled with a bit of sun-fading along edges; with label on front cover clean and gilt on spine strip still bright. Bottom page edges lightly soiled. Internally clean, free of previous owners marks or signatures. The binding is tight with hinges intact. A very good copy. *A reprint of the original Tudor Publishing Co. edition, published in 1933.
Synopsis
Tales of Mystery and Imagination , stories by American author Edgar Allan Poe have been compiled by Padraic Colum into a thrilling collection focused on Poe’s suspenseful stories. The first edition compiled by Padraic Colum was published in 1908 by Geoffrey Newnes Ltd. and includes an introduction by Colum explaining his decision to exclude Poe’s poems, comedies, and essays from the collection. A later 1919 edition, published by George G. Harrap & Co., includes 24 full-page black and white plates by famous illustrator Harry Clarke. An album by The Alan Parsons Project was named after the short story compilation and contains several songs based on the tales included.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parnassus Book Service
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26730
- Title
- TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION
- Author
- Poe, Edgar Allan
- Illustrator
- http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2023/03/IMG_4143.JPG
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Mineola, New York:Calla Editions
- Date Published
- (2008)
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; FICTION; SHORT STORIES; EDGAR ALLAN POE; HARRY CLARKE;
Terms of Sale
Parnassus Book Service
Massachusetts residents must add 6.25% state sales tax. Methods of payment: Visa, MC, Discover, Check. Postage. USPS Media Mail is $4.00 for first book, $1.00 for each additional book. UPS and USPS Priority will be at cost. Some books, as noted in offerings, will be at cost. Overseas postage will be at cost. All items returnable with prior arrangement up to 10 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Parnassus Book Service
Biblio member since 2016
Yarmouthport, Massachusetts
About Parnassus Book Service
Ben Muse began selling books from the former Knowles General Store in 1959. Now in our third generation, we are a famiy-run, general book store selling new and old (often rare) books as well as issuing specialty catalogs on a variety of subjects: Americana, Latin America, Maritime, Art, the Orient and a variety of other subjects. If you can't find what you are looking for here on the web, please contact us directly at our Yarmouthport shop -- or better yet stop by to browse and talk. We look forward to seeing you.
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- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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