Tales (Centenary Edition) Edgar Allan Poe

*** RARE FIRST EDITION OF THIS FAMOUS 1909 COMPILATION OF SEVEN CLASSIC POE TALES WITH FANTASTIC COLOR GOTHIC FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS BY E. L. BLUMENSCHEIN.*** The work is quite scarce and highly prized for its intense macabre gothic illustrations. This copy has been luxuriously bound in period blue 1/2 Morocco leather over finely woven blue cloth. Gilt bordering, lettering and spine decorative tooling. Gilded five ribbed spine. Top edge gilt. Heavy high quality paper. OVERALL CONDITION: VERY GOOD Published in 1909 by Duffield & Company. Stated at title page: "The Centenary Edition, MCMIX; Copyright, 1908 by Duffield & Company." Quarto 7 1/2" x 9 3/4". Features seven haunting tales accompanied by seven darkly macabre color plates by Ernest L. Blumenschein. Poe's tales include: The Fall of the House of Usher, The Masque of the Red Death, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Black Cat, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, The Gold-Bug, and The Murders in the Rue Morgue. 219 pages. Condition: VERY GOOD Antiquarian condition Square spine with firm hinges and joints. Rubbed boards, spine, edges and corners. Colorful and clean boards. Age-toned page edges and lightly toned pages. Typical offsetting from pastedown leather onto adjacent flyleaf. Some faint pencil erasure on front endpapers. Front flyleaf has former owner name written in ink. Throughout the text there will be the occasional stain, smudge or spot of soiling and a page or two has a small tear.I have bought and sold books and art on eBay for over a decade and have a 100% satisfaction rating. I am now selling on ABE Books. I’m a collector first and know what it's like to receive items not matching the seller’s descriptions or that were poorly packaged and damaged in transit. That is why I offer a 100% satisfaction, money back guarantee, and go to great lengths to accurately describe my rare, signed and collectible books and post pictures of the "actual book." I carefully package and ship your newly acquired treasure(s) and ship within 1 business day of receiving your order.