His frightening, almost other-worldly imagery is a perfect match forĪnd produced by George G Harrap & Co. Imagination'' (1935) resulted in a most complementary To the selection of classic tales within 'Poe's Tales of Mystery and Suite, he commented that the illustrations 'were so horrible I was beginning to frighten myself'. In Rackham's amusing self-critique describing his Illustration of Poe from the entire British Perhaps the last exhibition of true artistry in the Of Arthur Rackham, which suitable start with 'The Imp of the Suite and that of Harry Clark more than a decade earlier, inĬlarke's pictures were drawn upon for the twelve colour Pollin (1989), in 'Images of Poe's Work: A Comprehensiveĭescriptive Catalogue of Illustrations' has drawn comparisons between Rackham's Monotone images for the Half-Title and Title pages and Jacket, monotone End Papers, 17 full-page monotone illustrations, His suite of images included 12 full colour illustrations, a colour Dust The collection of tales from the 19th CenturyĪmerican poet and writer, Edgar Allan Poe. Rackham produced a superb suite of colour and monotone illustrations to accompany [' Allingtonįor 'Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination' (1935), Latimore & Haskell p.72.Pan in Kensington Gardens '] Unusually dark subject matter for Rackham, he confessed to his model Marita Ross “that his pictures were now so horrible that he was beginning to frighten himself!” Though a far cry from his more familiar, whimsical works the illustrations are, as Hudson notes, “a revelation of the concealed power hinted at in Comus.” Hudson, Arthur Rackham, p. Surely the best illustrated edition of Poe’s masterpiece ever published. § Edition de luxe, limited to 460 copies, signed by Rackham, this is copy number 143. Backstrip discolored and a few plates slightly separating, but otherwise a very good copy with pages clean and unfoxed.

Original publisher's gilt pictorial vellum, top edge gilt bookplate on verso of front free endpaper. With 12 tipped-in color illustrations and text illustrations in black and white.

Poe, Edgar Allen Rackham, Arthur (illustrator).

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