(Rackham, Arthur) illustrator. TALES OF MYSTERY & IMAGINATION by Edgar Allan Poe; illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd., 1935. FIRST RACKHAM EDITION; "Edition limited to Four Hundred and Sixty copies, of which Four Hundred and Fifty are for sale. This is copy No. 191;" signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page. 4to - 10-11/16" x 8". Publisher's deluxe full vellum covered boards with titles and decoration stamped in gilt to front cover and spine with an ever so slightly toned spine for what is a stunning copy of the book. Original publisher's gray paper covered board slipcase with paper label printed in brown pasted to spine with hand-inked number matching the book's number with wear to the edges but completely intact and still quite nice. Black and white pictorial endpapers designed by Rackham; bookplate of Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. on front pastedown. t.e.g.; others uncut; some pages unopened. 317, [1] pp., plus 12 unnumbered leaves of colored plates and 17 unnumbered leaves of black and white plates. Twenty-five different tales by Edgar Allan Poe, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with color frontispiece and eleven additional color plates, all with captioned tissue guards, plus seventeen black and white plates and numerous black and white drawings and vignettes within text; internally the book is fine. The condition of the book is FINE. The condition of the slipcase is VERY GOOD. Latimore and Haskell, pp. 72-73; Riall, p. 189. #001043