POE, Edgar Allan. Tales of Mystery and Imagination. With a preface by Vincent Starrett. 534 pp. Illustrated with 16 aquatints by William Sharp. 8vo., handsomely bound in recent half black morocco, red leather title labels on spine, black cloth over boards. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1941.

An attractively bound copy of Poe's Tales, including "The Gold Bug", "Murders in the Rue Morgue", "The Purloined Letter", "The Black Cat", "Fall of the House of Usher", "Pit and the Pendulum", etc. The aquatints are well executed and harmoniously compliment Poe's macabre short stories.

One of 2000 copies, printed by Garamond Press of Baltimore, where Poe sold his first tale, in monotype Cochin on Worthy special paper. Signed by the artist on the colophon.

Quarto-Millenary 125. LEC 125.