User:Pwendt/People/Edgar Allan Poe
created 2017-11-10 by import of copious recent notes on "Mystery and/& Imagination" short story collections only
elsf Edgar Allan Poe 3615938 (944)
2010 Arcturus o[1], Chartwell o[2]
2003 (CRW) Collector's Library (#14) --2009 printing in queue; NEED 2003 ed. --in queue
differences from 1902 contents "MS Found in a Bottle" (Ms.) and "Loss of Breath" (no subtitle)
lw Jonty Claypole, ed. 141327 (0) John S. Whitley ----- https://lccn.loc.gov/n83063054 (4) https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n83-063054
1902 coll. T2078491
The World's Classics, vol. 21- 22 stories
- Published in 1902 as The World's Classics, vol. 21
- As of 2017-10-26:
- HathiTrust Digital Library (HathiTrust.org, above) provides full view of the 1st ed., 1st printing (Grant Richards, 1902) and its 1st and 3rd reprints (H. Frowde, 1903 and 1910). Among them the 1903 alone is correctly catalogued, however, as Frowde [1903], 367pp, 16cm.
- The 1902 title page shows "Grant Richard", no 's' (viewed at HathiTrust).
2014 Arcturus P462431 --in queue
- Apparently this is the 2008 ed., ordinary size (9.5 in, 24 cm --Amazon)
- See that edition for more information
2008 Chartwell --in queue
- cover illus. by interior illustrator Clarke evidently
- later export contents to Arcturus (including COVERART)
later merge 1993/2008 with 1902 (identical 22-story)
- 2008 gives "MS." and one short title
- export Contents from 2009/2003 to 2008 --NEED remove the Jonty Claypole afterword
- Tales of Mystery and Imagination
probably more than 10 distinct collections share the title
- [Poe's] Tales of Mystery and Imagination
For the short stories Descent, Bottle, Shadow, Silence, Marie, Red Death
- Maelstrom, Ms., —A Parable, —A Fable, Rogêt, Masque (Bluesman)
- maelström, MS., : , : , Rogêt, Mask (OCLC 24876695)
- maelstrom, MS., : , : , Roget, Masque (1941: OCLC 14015879)
- Rackham's Poe
Rackham's Poe, 25-story collection, 1935 T2078538
- 1935 Lippincott P591252 --in queue; later check newspapers and Amazon
- 1935 Harrap --later clone from 1935 Lippincott
- [3] The Scotsman 1935-12-14 review column "Christmas Gift Books" > Complementary Arts: Writers and Illustrators in Collaboration"; 21/- (another is Hans Andersen, illus. Rex Whistler, 7/6, Cobden-Sanderson)
- o[4] o[5] --ordinary ed. apparently
- o[6] limited ed with list of Contents
- (other records provide few data, report 25cm and 26cm for the ordinary edition apparently)
- 1986 facsimile o[7] ISBN 0706426517 --later clone from 1935 Lippincott --in queue
- 2015 Pook Press paperback, ISBN 978-14455-0599-2, with "Look inside!" at Amazon --ni WorldCat
Amazon
- 1986-10-16 Bounty Books [8] as ISBN 0706426517, with Look inside 2015 Pook; spine shows "Octopus Books" --in queue as 1986 Octopus
- 1987 Octopus hc[9] as ISBN 0706430166, paperback[10] as ISBN 0706430166
- o[11] as 234 pages, 24 cm
- ISBN 0706426517 as Horizon Book Promotions, 1989-11 [12], ill Rackham; with Look inside 2015 Pook (same cover illus.) -- as "Poe's Tales ..." --in queue as 1986 Octopus
- 2008-03-01 Wordsworth [13], with Look inside ... Introduction, 22, Notes
- SELECTION PROBABLY IDENTICAL TO THE 1902 WORLD CLASSICS #21 P591199 --as are the Collector's and the Bloomsbury
- 2015-04-16 Pook \Clarke [14], ill Harry Clarke, with Look inside ... 29 stories ; 24 illus (front + 23 plates) --MAYBE ADD
- 2015-11-28 Pook \Rackham [15], with Look inside ... ?? stories ; 29 illus. (1+11 color, 17 b/w line) --MAYBE ADD
- 2016-11-17 Forgotten [16], with Look inside, 2-volume
Poe's "Tales of Mystery & Imagination" --25 Contents in queue; NEED export to 1986 Octopus and clone as 1935 Harrap
1004913, 84433, 336881, 55034, 55035, 55037, 76056, 84430, 86030, 84432, 1007347, 55039, 125325, 97509, 86784, 94786
- WorldCat (OCLC, below) lists 17 Contents, the first as "Life of Poe / [by James Russell Lowell]" and 16 works by Poe as below.
- Probably that "Life of Poe" is uncredited in the book, and is Lowell's essay "Edgar A. Poe" (1850).
Life of Poe James Russell Lowell https://lccn.loc.gov/n79076124
- 1902 Contents P591199
336841, 68369, 84434, 940881, 84433, 336881, 84432, 55035, 84430, 86784, 84431, 55037, 76056, 94786, 97509, 68295, 86030, 1211569, 979483, 998260, 95988, 55039 --in queue; NEEDS more work
25-story collection 2078538 -- apparent facsimile title page shows "&", both Pook Press eds. (but that is 404-page non-facsimile
- the first 17 title variants do match those in the 2015 Pook Press paperback (ISBN 978-1445505992) list of Contents (viewed as "Look inside!" at Amazon); $29.99
- "Paperback – April 15, 2015" "Pook Press (April 15, 2015)"
- 404 pp, 10 in
- (no view of title page)
- all 25 title variants match those in the Kindle (ASIN B004TQUQOG) list of Contents, except Kindle shows "Rogêt" (however, "Maelstrom")
- Kindle, at Amazon title page illus., "George G. Harrap"; $3.99
- "Kindle Edition" "Pook Press (April 16, 2013)"
- print length 405pp
- 12 in colour, 17 in line
- (evident facsimile t.p. "&")
WorldCat Harrap 1935 Limited Ed. Contents list o[18] is precise match for Kindle (Maelstrom, Rogêt)
- yet another edition with 1935(?) cover art at Amazon, ISBN 0-517-20235-2
- "Hardcover – December 12, 1988" "Gramercy; New edition edition (December 12, 1988)"
- 317 pp, 10.1 in
check 1936 newspapers for ordinary ed. and US ed.
- [19] Edward Larocque Tinker, NY Times 1936-01-05 pBR16"New Editions, Fine and Otherwise" : Lippincott $5, 12 full-page color and 17 line illustrations
- brief review NYHT 1936-02-09 pG8, 318pp, $5
Other titles in 29-story LEC/Easton, ill Sharp
- The Black Cat, Shadow .., Silence .., The Oblong Box, The [1002nd] .., A Predicament, The Devil [7 not in the 25-story Harrap/Octopus, ill Rackham]
Bluesman (The Easton Press, 1975) gives Maelstrom, Gold-Bug, Rogêt, Masque, Devil
- where WorldCat reports Maelström, Gold-Bug, Rogêt, Mask, Devile
WorldCat (LEC, 1941) o[20] gives (beside "&")
WorldCat (Heritage Press, (c)1941) o[21] gives (beside "and")
- differs only in showing the two diacritical marks
- of which only four need attention per WorldCat record (0.1, 0.2, 1, 19)
- introduction ... photogravure
29 stories
Among many Poe collections with "Mystery and/& Imagination" titles, this is closest to the 1933 edition, but only 21 stories from this collection (of 29) are in that one (also 29).
Do not casually merge this collection with any other "Mystery and/& Imagination" collection.
2017 pbk at Amazon w Look Inside that shows 11 stories, 10 illustrations
WorldCat
- 2008 Calla o[22] 1606600044 at Amazon with Look Inside adequate, much of pp 9-27, p[414] Printed and bound ... // Distributed ... --SOURCE FOR TUDOR PAGINATION; THEN CLONE AS THE CALLA
- 2008 as Chartwell ISBN 9780785824527 30 cm ! --indb o[24]
- 2008 as Arcturus ISBN 9781841939469 o[25] at Amazon as 2009 hardcover, 11.6 in
- o[26] ebook
- 2014 Arcturus ISBN 9781784042158 o[27], o[28] at Amazon as 2014-09-15 hardcover, 9.5 in
See the 2008 paperback Wordsworth Classics, with "Look inside" that shows 22 stories and sequence identical to the 1902 at Amazon, with "Look" that includes informative copyright page
1935 newspapers "and" (16)
UK (Rackham ed.)
- Man -11-07 p7 "Books Received", 21/-
- Scotsman -12-12 p14 review
US
- some retail list Harry Clarke ed. ($1.95)
- Phi. Inquirer Public Ledger -12-28 p9, brief review Lippincott/Rackham (no price)
DISASTROUS CRASH -- ADOPT NEW PROCEDURE NOW for notes on historical newspapers
hours at HDL (21 hits) identifying multiple printings of Everyman's ed.
- cat as 1908 (3) 1914 1931 1959
- actually 1914[EAP's], 1931[EAP's], 1938, 1959, 1968[Poe's] with SBN, 1979
- these appear to be identical only for the stories p3-527 (and 1914 lacks the final story, ends mid-p518)
- 1909 The People's Library #96, 40 stories --with back pages list of the first 100 volumes of that publication series
- (The) People's Library --nidb, no hit ('People's Library') in publication Notes
- 1902 Grant Richards (catalogue error as Oxford, 419pp)
- 1902 title page The One Before does show Grant Richards (viewed at Google Books)
- 1903, 1910 H. Frowde (latter catalogue error as Dent, xv+518), reprints of 1902 Grant Richards "The World's Classics"; 16 or 20 stories
none others with full view
- 1933 (no view) Tudor Publishing Co., 1933, illus. Harry Clarke, 412, 28 cm
- 46-story (Everyman's Library 1908) 1829637
- 40-story (Cassell 1909) --HDL
- 29-story (another?)
- 29-story (Tudor, Clarke, 1933) 1290185 (and Brentano's 1923, 32 plates 2078532)
- Price from listings as received Man Gua -11-03 p9, Irish Times -11-09 p3
- at 21/- Price from mention among many in "The Book Beautiful" Manchester Guardian 1923-12-12 pXIV
- review [29] The Irish Times -12-21 p3, 21/- (Harrap) "some in black and white, some coloured in lovely tints" (review of illustrations by Harry Clarke, North Frederick Street, Dublin)
- "Landor's Cottage" as from Poe's Tales ..., reproduced with caption and no other text in "Art Books" Man Gua -12-12 pV
- no hit in US newspapers 1923 1924
WorldCat - only 3 records sorted as 1923
- Brentano 1923 o[30] "412, [2] p., [32] leaves of plates : ill. (8 col. mounted) ; 27 cm."
- Harrap;Brentano 1923? o[31] with list of Contents (29 stories), "381, [2] pages, [32] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm"
- Brentano 1923? o[32] "381 pages, [24] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm"
- 412 pp not credible for the 1923 ed.
numerous booksellers report page-count 381 382 383 381+(3) for editions/printings at least so late as 1928, including one as c.1923 with list of 29 stories [33] ; George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. - Brentano's Publishers, London - New York
- 1923 "FIRST CLARKE EDITION, printed in Great Britain by the Ballantyne Press, this is the first US issue in Brentano's binding. Quarto, pp.384." [34]
one seller shows interior image "Of this Edition [2500] Copies Were Manufactured for the [USoA]", Printed and bound by J.J. Little & Ives of New York. [35]
1919 Harrap/Clarke with multiple images, 24 illus, 381 pp [36]
1919 Limited Ed. #12, 24 illus, 382 pp [37] w dustjacket
- #163, original vellum [38]
- 25-story (Harrap, Rackham, 1935) 2078538
- 22-story (The World's Classics #21, 1902) 2078491 Grant Richard[s] 1902; reprints H. Frowde 1903, 1906, 1910
- 1902, The World's Classics, #1-27, this #21; price 1/- and 2/-
- 1903 list of The World's Classics, #1-66, this #21
- Grant Richard [no 'S'], Contents viewed at HDL, differ from table of Contents only in subtitles p122 and p318 --in queue
- 20-story (Harrap; Brentano, 1919) 1751569
20 stories,
--sequence of 20 from WorldCat record as Harrap 1919 o[39]
the first 20 stories in that 29-story collection illustrated by Harry Clarke (from Contents of 2008 ed. viewed at Amazon)
--identical styling and sequence of 29 from WorldCat records as Harrap;Brentano's 1923? o[40] and Tudor 1933 o[41] and from "Look inside" 2008 ed. at Amazon
OCLC: <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2662212">2662212</a> as "London : Georde G. Harrap ; New York : Brentano's, [1923?]"
-- gives list of Contents (29 stories)
-- "[32] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm"
some 303-page reported facsimile is a page-count mismatch
Harry Clarke 1919 (Harrap/Brentano), 1933, 2008 -- NEED 1933 removal of contents and export from 2008 (identical sequence)
- and 1923?
for many eds., "and"/"&" collection title varies, and story titles such as "Marie Roget"