London: George G. Harrap, 1919

4to, pp. 382. Original olive green boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Lettered and with designs in black to front panel and spine. Top edge gilt, leading and lower edges uncut. Bookplate to front pastedown. Offsetting to endpapers, gilt to top edge a little faded, otherwise a very well preserved, tightly bound copy.

First trade edition, published alongside a limited deluxe edition of 170 numbered copies bound in vellum and signed by Clarke.

The success of this edition of Poe's Tales was due in no small part to the startling and macabre illustrations provided by the Irish stained glass artist and illustrator Harry Clarke. Such was the book's popularity that a second edition was issued later, this time with additional plates in colour.

Sir Thomas Woodcock's copy, with his bookplate to front pastedown. He is a genealogist, and served as Garter Principal King of Arms at the College of Arms until his retirement in 2021.

A very well preserved copy, lacking -- as almost all copies do -- the extremely scarce dust jacket.