Tuesday, June 19, 2012

1903 Prose Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe - Alice B. Woodward


1903

PROSE TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION
BY EDGAR ALLAN POE
ILLUSTRATED ALICE B. WOODWARD

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ ART NOUVEAU DECORATIVE CLOTH FINE BINDING ~ EXQUISITE FULL-PAGE PLATES ~ CLASSIC ***

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1903.

• measures about 8'' x 5.5''
• pale green hardcover decorative cloth Art Nouveau fine binding
• ornate embossed black, white, and red stamping - designer's initial "G" near bottom edge - cover design is likely the work of Frederic William Goudy, best known as designer of the Goudy typeface
• textblock top edge green
• frontispiece
• illustrated with exquisite full-page plates by Alice B. Woodward
• 496 pages

This book is available for sale in my Ebay store.  Please click here to view the item page and full description.

This book is available for sale in my Ebay store.  Please click here to view the item page and full description.

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