Edgar Allan Poe "Stories and Poems" Slipcased Deluxe Signed Artist Edition, Leather Bound Collector's Edition [Sealed]

Personally signed by award-winning artist John Jude Palencar.

A signed and numbered Deluxe Illustrated Edition of timeless works by Edgar Allan Poe...

Easton Press, Norwalk, CT. 2014. "POE: Stories & Poems". Personally signed by the artist John Jude Palencar. Limited to only 1,200 signed & numbered copies. Deluxe Limited Edition. Slipcased Signed Artist Edition. Luxuriously bound in full genuine leather. Sealed without any flaws.

Overall Dimensions: 9.5"x12"x1.5"

The haunting tales and poems of Edgar Allan Poe -- including The Masque of the Red Death, The Raven and other masterpieces -- stand amongst America's most powerful and familiar works of literature.

Poe's greatest works are offered here as a stunning Deluxe Limited Edition, featuring 8 new full-color images by award-winning artist John Jude Palencar, commissioned especially for this volume.

Each book is personally signed by the artist.

John Jude Palencar

John Jude Palencar (born February 26, 1957) is an American illustrator and fine artist, who specializes in works of fantasy, science fiction, and horror. In 2010, he was given the Hamilton King Award. His highly detailed work is described as containing a rich language of symbols and archetypes, which are left open to interpretation by the viewer.

Awards

• Gold Medal, American Water Color Society, for The Dark Line, 2020
• Gold Medal (Institutional), Spectrum 27, 2020, for The Stranger: The Seventh Faith 
• Silver Medal (Institutional), Spectrum 26, 2019, for The Nights Watch
• Hamilton King Award, Society of Illustrators, 2010, for cover of Muse and Reverie by Charles de Lint
• Gold Medal, Society of Illustrators, 2010
• Spectrum Grand Master Award, 2008
• Gold Medal (book), Spectrum Awards 1996, for Blood Debt
• Gold Medal (book), Spectrum Awards 1995, for Becoming Human
• Chesley Awards Winner 2006, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1995

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, author, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism and Gothic fiction in the United States, and of American literature. Poe was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story, and is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre, as well as a significant contributor to the emerging genre of science fiction. He is the first well-known American writer to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.

Poe was born in Boston, the second child of actors David and Elizabeth "Eliza" Poe. His father abandoned the family in 1810, and when his mother died the following year, Poe was taken in by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Virginia. They never formally adopted him, but he was with them well into young adulthood. He attended the University of Virginia but left after a year due to lack of money. He quarreled with John Allan over the funds for his education, and his gambling debts. In 1827, having enlisted in the United States Army under an assumed name, he published his first collection, Tamerlane and Other Poems, credited only to "a Bostonian". Poe and Allan reached a temporary rapprochement after the death of Allan's wife in 1829. Poe later failed as an officer cadet at West Point, declared a firm wish to be a poet and writer, and parted ways with Allan.

Poe switched his focus to prose, and spent the next several years working for literary journals and periodicals, becoming known for his own style of literary criticism. His work forced him to move between several cities, including Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City. In 1836, he married his 13-year-old cousin, Virginia Clemm, but she died of tuberculosis in 1847. In January 1845, he published his poem "The Raven" to instant success. He planned for years to produce his own journal The Penn, later renamed The Stylus. But before it began publishing, Poe died in Baltimore in 1849, aged 40, under mysterious circumstances. The cause of his death remains unknown, and has been variously attributed to many causes including disease, alcoholism, substance abuse, and suicide.

Poe and his works influenced literature around the world, as well as specialized fields such as cosmology and cryptography. He and his work appear throughout popular culture in literature, music, films, and television. A number of his homes are dedicated museums. The Mystery Writers of America present an annual Edgar Award for distinguished work in the mystery genre.