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Beyond the Wall of Sleep with Signed August Derleth Letters to Clark Ashton Smith by Lovecraft, H. P. [August Derleth, Clark Ashton Smith]
- Bookseller: Idler Fine Books ABA, IOBA.
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 004838
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Fine
- Jacket condition: Fine
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Arkham House
- Place: Sauk City, Wisconsin
- Date published: 1943
Description
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1943. First Printing of the the First Edition. One of 1,217 copies printed, Publisher's black cloth with gilt spine titles, octavo, 458 pages. The fourth book issued by Arkham House. The companion novel to The Outsider and Others. Beyond the Wall of Sleep is one of the most difficult Arkham House books to acquire in fine condition. Accompanied by three letters from August Derleth to Clark Ashton Smith, discussing dust jacket art. Also includes a pre-publication announcement card and a subsequent information card, as well as a letter from Derleth verifying an order for copies of Beyond the Wall of Sleep. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection. Light rubbing at head and tail of spine and at corners of boards, textblock is faintly age toned, but clean, unmarked, and tight in binding. Scarce dust jacket is slightly rubbed at spine head and tail and at corner tips. Overall near fine condition to fine condition. . Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
octavo : A book whose page size is approximately 12 inches by 9 inches. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been cut into eight pages.
spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back.
age toned : Used to describe a light brown or tan color that paper can sometimes assume as a result of age.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
tail : The heel of the spine.
gilt : Decorative patterns imbedded into the affected portion of a book. Often appears on the boards or the spine, and may be very simple, to elegant, to ludicrous.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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