I was beginning to frighten myself
Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Harrap, 1935.
First Rackham edition. 4to. Black cloth with gilt lettering and vignettes, in the pictorial dustwrapper with a striking wraparound design. Stunning black and white illustrated endpapers, as well as 12 colour plates and 17 line drawings. A very good copy, light wear to spine ends, in a good, price-clipped, dustwrapper, rather worn, with a number of closed tears repaired to verso.
The wraparound colour scene on this dustwrapper does not appear in the book. Rackham had a real affinity with Poe's tales. He noted that whilst working on this book the illustrations, "were so horrible I was beginning to frighten myself."
Stock ID: 41617
