Some Tales of Mystery & Imagination
Penguin C3 from the Illustrated Classics series, which was designed to showcase the art of wood-engraving. 1st Edition, published 1938.
A collection of 14 short stories by Edgar Allen Poe, with wood-engravings by Douglas Percy Bliss. This edition brings together the tales: The Gold Bug, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Assignation, The Oval Portrait, The Masque of the Red Death, The Case of Amontillado, The Pit and the Pendulum, Hop-Frog, A Descent into the Maelstrom, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Oblong Box, The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Black Cat.
Condition grading: Good. Some damage to spine ends, more at bottom of spine. Some minor wear and creases to front cover right hand corners. Some light creasing to top right and bottom left of rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin C3 from the Illustrated Classics series, which was designed to showcase the art of wood-engraving. 1st Edition, published 1938.
A collection of 14 short stories by Edgar Allen Poe, with wood-engravings by Douglas Percy Bliss. This edition brings together the tales: The Gold Bug, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Assignation, The Oval Portrait, The Masque of the Red Death, The Case of Amontillado, The Pit and the Pendulum, Hop-Frog, A Descent into the Maelstrom, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Oblong Box, The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Black Cat.
Condition grading: Good. Some damage to spine ends, more at bottom of spine. Some minor wear and creases to front cover right hand corners. Some light creasing to top right and bottom left of rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin C3 from the Illustrated Classics series, which was designed to showcase the art of wood-engraving. 1st Edition, published 1938.
A collection of 14 short stories by Edgar Allen Poe, with wood-engravings by Douglas Percy Bliss. This edition brings together the tales: The Gold Bug, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Assignation, The Oval Portrait, The Masque of the Red Death, The Case of Amontillado, The Pit and the Pendulum, Hop-Frog, A Descent into the Maelstrom, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Oblong Box, The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Black Cat.
Condition grading: Good. Some damage to spine ends, more at bottom of spine. Some minor wear and creases to front cover right hand corners. Some light creasing to top right and bottom left of rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.