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Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Edgar Allan Poe

First published 1935
Publisher J. B. Lippincott
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Pages 317
Price $5.00

25 stories (originally published with 29 full-page and other illustrations by Arthur Rackham)

  • 1st US ed. with illustrations by Rackham
  • WorldCat (OCLC 2181991, below) shows heading "Tales of mystery & imagination" and reports: -- "Printed in Great Britain" -- Contents (list of 25 including no essay) -- 25 cm
  • Evidently this is identical to the 1935 Harrap edition. See one WorldCat library record of a 1986 facsimile which reports identical page-count and the same 25 Contents, {{OCLC|16092559}} (which reports only 6 pages of plates; size 26 cm).
  • Price from joint review by Edward Larocque Tinker, NY Times 1936-01-05 pBR16 "New Editions, Fine and Otherwise" -- 12 full-page color and 17 line illustrations

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Tales of Mystery and Imagination Cover 1935 George G. Harrap & Co. Hardcover Collection Arthur Rackham 317
Tales of Mystery and Imagination Cover 1976 Weathervane Books Hardcover Collection Arthur Rackham 318
Tales of Mystery and Imagination Cover 1986 Octopus Books Hardcover Collection 317
Tales of Mystery and Imagination Cover 2017 Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover Collection Arthur Rackham 398
Tales of Mystery and Imagination Cover 2017 Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover Collection Arthur Rackham 398