![]() ![]() The cover is thin but sturdy, likely made out of cheap but durable material, and the front cover is slightly bent inwards. Beneath the publishing company’s information is the price listed at one shilling, which in today’s age is the equivalent of roughly five US dollars. ![]() In the center of the covers reads the title and author’s name, crested by the words “Readable Books,” with the publishing company’s name and address at the base: LONDON, CLARKE, BEETON, AND CO., FOREIGN BOOK SELLERS. The front and back cover are exact copies of one another-a worn but still beautiful red and gold print with twisting vines and profiles of angels-which points to a high possibility of this book having been mass produced. The copy of Tales of Mystery, Imagination, and Humour: Second Series by Edgar Allan Poe kept in Ohio University’s Special Collections vault is a small, cheaply made book from the year 1852. London: Clarke, Beeton, and Co., 1852.Īlden 5th Floor Archives & Special Collections (Edmund Blunden Collection) PS2602. Tales of Mystery, Imagination, and Humour, Second Series. ![]()
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