Tales of Mystery and Imagination, Edgar Allan Poe, SIGNED, Limited Editions Club, 1941

Poe, Edgar Allan, Baltimore: Garamond Press, 1941, #545/1500, Near Fine, 7 ¼” x 10 ¾”, 4to, 476 pp. Illustrated by William Sharp, SIGNED by William Sharp

Near Fine quarto, black paper over boards with silver gilt to front cover and spine, decorative page edges, sunning to page edges. Laid in loose between the back pastedown and back endpaper is an original, The Monthly Letter of The Limited Editions Club, May 1941, #133. Good slipcase, black paper over boards with silver gilt to spine, edgewear, exposed boards along open edge, 476 pp. Sixteen original aquatints drawn on plates by William Sharp full-page and black-and-white. Preface by Vincent Starrett. This is the first complete collection of Edgar Allan Poe’s works, specifically with his short stories of suspense and mystery. Edgar Allan Poe was a famous American writer and poet associated with literature and American Romanticism. Poe’s work often explored themes of death, madness, and the supernatural, and his troubled personal life—including struggles with poverty, illness, and loss—deeply influenced his writing. William Sharp was an Austrian cartoonist who used his platform as an artist for political activism during the Cold War era. He created illustrations, etchings, and lithographs.  

The Limited Editions Club was founded by publisher George Macy in 1929 with goal of delivering a monthly fine press edition of great works in literature, religion, history, philosophy, and poetry. The press worked with some of the best printers in the US and Europe, and sought the best artists to illustrate runs of 1500 or 2000 copies. Amatoria has acquired ~100 Limited Edition Club titles, to see more, visit the collection on our website.