The Masque of the Red Death

Number 60/376, Signed by the designer, printer, and binder.

THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH
BY EDGAR ALLAN POE

Edgar Allan Poe has been neglected. The flavor of his macabre permeates our popular culture, but his actual stories are too little read. This is a crying shame! They are thrilling, heartbreaking, beautifully written, and most of all, starkly original.

As one scholar put it, “Whether or not America has produced a greater genius than Poe, it would be hard to prove that it has produced one more original.”

This quintessentially American author is important in light of a quintessentially American problem. The Masque of the Red Death tells the story of the rich and powerful, who cloister themselves away from the masses. It is a story of wealth and poverty, extravagance and hubris. It is a story, in other words, for this political moment.

Moreover, it is a good story — a page turner that hurtles toward a dramatic end.

We are thrilled to bring this masterpiece back to life with a new fine edition.

ARTIST NOTES
Edgar Allan Poe needs no introduction. Illustrator Harry Clarke, however, might. Clarke was, primarily, a stained glass artist who dabbled with illustration throughout his career. In addition to Poe’s stories, he illustrated Goethe’s Faust, Hans Christian Anderson’s stories, and Charles Perrault’s fairy tales. He is underappreciated today, and No Reply is proud to bring his work back into print.

EDITION NOTES
The edition is limited to 376 copies and is offered in four states.
The sixth imprint of No Reply Press, Summer 2020.
Book measures 5 ¾ by 8 ¾ inches.
Typeset in Perpetua, designed by Eric Gill.

HARDBOUND
Limited to 345 copies, variously numbered 6 through 345. A significant overage of Epreuve d’Artiste copies (artist proofs) have been produced, and copies reserved after the subscription period will likely come from these.
Printed by hand on heavy vellum-finished stock using a Vandercook Universal I cylinder press at Letterpress PDX in Portland, Oregon.
Hand-bound in unique paste paper, handmade specifically for the edition, with Ingres grey endpapers.
Signed by the designer, printer, and binder.