{"product_id":"tales-of-mystery-and-imagination-edger-allan-poe","title":"Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edger Allan Poe","description":"Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edger Allan Poe \u003cbr\u003eCondition  Excellent slight sign of wear on back cover (Overall book is in \u003cbr\u003eCover:  Hardcover no slipcover (Binding break on inside of front cover - see photos)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDark blood red leather boards, sharp gilt cover and spine titles, design, moderate shelf wear. Cover design by Jessica Mazurkiewicz depicts the Raven perched upon deadened silhoutte forest w\/gilded red-eyed corpse below. Spine with gilt titles on four panels w\/three raised ribs among black miasmic limbs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAward-winning fantasy illustrator Gary Kelley writes, \"I have selected three of Edgar Allan Poe's best short stories.... I chose 'The Fall of the House of Usher' for its classic Gothic images and its dark, melancholic central characters, including the house itself. 'The Black Cat' is ... appealing to me for its use of mystery and foreboding that takes us to a horrifying climax. 'The Cask of Amontillado' ... my personal favorite, [is] a simple narrative of revenge set in the contrasting worlds of carnival and catacomb.\" Click on the book's cover for a closer look, but the reproduction doesn't really do justice to the richness of color in Kelley's shadowy, atmospheric paintings. (The cat's eye is green, and its tongue is pink.) This gorgeous edition has 20 full- and double-page paintings, including a melancholy portrait of Poe; each page of text is surrounded by subtle decorative frames. The images of Roderick and Madeleine Usher are especially effective.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**STAR SELLER **\u003cbr\u003eSmooth shipping\u003cbr\u003eSpeedy replies\u003cbr\u003eRave reviews\u003cbr\u003eFree shipping\u003cbr\u003e864","brand":"Three Pigeons Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47144109605062,"sku":null,"price":84.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0749\/7983\/6102\/files\/il_fullxfull.6223248677_qoo1.jpg?v=1788614938","url":"https:\/\/threepigeonsbookshop.com\/products\/tales-of-mystery-and-imagination-edger-allan-poe","provider":"Three Pigeons Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}