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Written by Minh Lai
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Thursday, 17 January 2008 06:26 |
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I'm please to re-introduce Harry Clarke, one of the most talented Golden Age illustrator in a new edition of Edgar Alan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination. The original first edition of Harry Clarke illustrations of Poe's Tales is no doubt the best illustrated Poe ever. In the new edition of the Tales of Mystery and Imagination , published in 1923 by Harrap, Harry Clarke have added eight new color plates and one new B/W plate.
The eight new color plates is a big addition to an already perfect
book, but I still prefer the original edition. His B/W illustrations is
far superior to his watercolors and while the colors plates are
beautiful, they present a certain distraction compare to his B/W plates and the
darkness of E.A. Poe's tales.
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