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From the vampire-cursed realm of medieval Averoigne to the time-ravaged spires of dying Zothique, the works of Clark Ashton Smith comprise a unique and imperishable legacy. A major pillar of Arkham house since 1942, Smith was a member of the Weird Tales triumvirate, including H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard, who created a non-legendary golden age of American dark fantasy during the 1930s. Of these three authors, Clark Ashton Smith was the master literary sorcerer, presiding over a vast verbal apothecarium of piquant savors and precipitates. The author once defined fantastic literature as being "akin to sublime and exalted poetry, in its evocation of tremendous, non-anthropomorphic imageries," and the stories collected herein seem to defy the capacity of the English language to render sonorous rhythms, subtle shades and nuances of meaning, awesome conjurations of exoticism and mystery. In employing his prismatic prose to erect edifices of wonder, Smith became a seminal figur

1/1/1988. Hardcover w/DJ. Arkham House, 1988. 1st edition. Introduction by Ray Bradbury. Dust jacket protected; not price clipped; top edge of flaps lightly toned; black cloth; binding good; text clean. VG/VG

A Rendezvous In Averoigne by Clark Ashton SmithArkham House First Edition 1988Hardcover, Dust Jacket, First EditionThis book is in tip-top A++ condition. First edition, unread. Great add to your collection !!

Sauk City: Arkham House, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. A superb copy in a Mylar dj cover.

[Sauk City, WI]: Arkham House Publishers, [1988]. First edition. Light spotting to page edges, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (16760). Octavo, illustration by J. K. Potter, cloth. Introduction by Ray Bradbury. A retrospective collection of thirty stories featuring many of the author's best works as well as the definitive publication of "The City of the Singing Flame" taken from the author's original typescript. Many of the stories were checked against the author's original typescripts.

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. J. K. Potter. F/F dj; now in archival Brodart. Contains thirty tales of Fantasy and Horror.

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Potter, Jeffrey K.. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full black cloth boards. Edge wear to dust jacket. 474 pages. Introduction by Ray Bradbury; Illustrations by Jeffrey K. Potter. Stated First Edition.

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Potter, Jeffrey K.. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full black cloth boards. Small bump on the back cover, like something caught underneath the black cloth (binding mistake). 474 pages. Introduction by Ray Bradbury; Illustrations by Jeffrey K. Potter. Stated First Edition.

Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1988. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8" by 5.5". Jeffrey K. Potter . A first edition of this collection of science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories from American writer Clark Ashton Smith. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A collection of science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories from the author's major story cycles of Averoigne, Hyperborea, Poseidonis, Xiccarph, and Zothique. A total of thirty short-stories including: The Tale of Satampra Zeiros, The Empire of the Necromancers, The Last Hieroglyph, Xeethra, The Isle of the Torturers, and more. Written by Clark Ashton Smith, an American writer and artist. With an introduction by Ray Douglas Bradbury, an American author and screenwriter. Illustrated by Jeffrey Knight Potter, an American artist and illustrator. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine