About the binding:
Full leather binding Dark blue Saffian goatskin; gold-tooled title on smooth spine; wide, gold-tooled circle segments over both cover boards and the spine; gilt head edge, sewn silk endbands; doublure and flyleaf violet Ingres paper. Drop-back box with leather-bound spine and covered with violet cloth; title embossed in gold.
About the content:
Edgar Allan Poe: Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Illustrated by Harry Clarke with 24 black-and-white plates on art paper and some text vignettes.
George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, London, 1919. Tales of Mystery and Imagination is a popular title for compilations of stories by the American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), who had a decisive influence on the short story and the detective fiction genre. This edition takes the reader into the world of fantasy, into the land of horror, dreams, and madness.
About the artist: Before Ole Olsen started his workshop in Copenhagen in 1965, during his years of training and travelling, he worked for Hugo Peller in Solothurn, among others. From 1967 on, he was a frequent and popular guest lecturer at the Centro del bel libro in Ascona. He took part in solo and group exhibitions and competitions at the Galeria del bel libro in Ascona as well as in many European and American cities. In 1975 and 1985, he was awarded a bronze medal at the Prix Paul Bonet. Ole Olsen was allowed to call himself the “Royal Bookbinder”.
In 1972, he opened the “Co’libri” gallery in Copenhagen, where he exhibited his own bindings as well as works by other binding artists and historical bindings.
