The Raven together with the Philosophy of Composition

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1930. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Ferdinand Huszti Horvath. Quarto [26.5 cm] Black cloth over boards, with decorative gilt stamping on the front board. Light bumping to the spine ends and corners at the tips. Some general shelfwear to the dust jacket, with a bit of shallow chipping, soiling to the rear panel, and a few discreet tape mends to the verso. Not often seen with the jacket. With 19 full-page Illustrations in black and white by Ferdinand Huszti Horvath. Horvath (1891-1973) was a Hungarian-born, New York-based sketch artist, who was active in film from the early 1920s to early 1940s. Notably, he worked as a sketch artist for Walt Disney from 1933 to 1937, bringing a European style to the Disney films. He worked on many Disney shorts, including Salt Water Taffy (1930). He is perhaps best remembered for his uncredited work on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). Horvath's enthusiasm for Poe's masterpiece began when he was introduced to it as a schoolboy, but it was not until the artist's captivity in Russia during the First World War that the idea of an illustrated edition evolved into a series of rough outline sketches. Horvath is featured in John Canemaker's book, "Before the Animation Begins: The Art and Lives of Disney Inspirational Sketch Artists. (Inventory #: 68079)