The Shield of the Valiant [Inscribed & Signed] by DERLETH, August - 1945

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth with turquoise lettering and gold gilt rules, 511 pages. Sac Prairie Saga novel. Good copy with scattered light colored staining/spotting to the cloth, and page edge foxing heaviest to the top edge, in chipped-spine head front corner and lower right corner of the front panel, edgeworn jacket with light to moderate staining to the front panel. See photos bx200

The Talbot Press. Good with no dust jacket; Few x-lib. Markings.. 1932. Hardcover. Has Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur; Ex-Library; 8vo; 80 pages .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 511pp. Scribner A on the copyright page. Ciculation card on the flyleaf, libraryt stamp on title page. Clean text. The dust jacket is protected in mylar. Mylar is taped onto the end paper. MC . Very Good. Hardcover. First American Book Club Edition.. 1945.

Good+ in Poor dust jacket; Hardcover; Charles Scribner's Sons; 1945. Black cloth, green lettering, 4 line author inscription on fep, foxing inside front/back cover, 1/2" white spot top of spine, G+, Dust jacket has 1 1/2" x 3" piece missing tope of spine and front thus cutting off the letters in the word "the" and the "S" in shield in title, also missing 1/2" x 1" piece lower bottom of spine .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. First printing of this romance of "a banker's son who falls in love with a girl from the "wrong side of the tracks"", which Derleth regarded as one of his ten best works. First edition (first printing) with Scribners' A on copyright page, but in the later jacket - Derleth bought remaindered titles from Scribner and warehoused them, printing new jackets for a couple of titles in, probably, the 1960s. Hardcover, full black cloth, green titling, gilt stripes. Light wear to book, minor stains; jacket lightly rubbed with a black mark at the base of the spine. Text clean; [8], 511 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 5¾" by 8".

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, first printing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Scribiner's. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket; Hardcover; No marks or writing, clean . tight binding; DJ not price clipped; blk cloth with grn lettering, minor . bump at spine edge, no sun fading; DJ has sm edge bumps at the spine edge, . in protective sleeve; NOT ex-library;. 1945. First Edition,. Hardcover. The continuing chronicle of the Sac Prairie life in Wisconsin; .

Paperback / softback. New.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. Later printing of one of this part of the 'Sac Prairie Saga', involving a young couple making music in Chicago. INSCRIBED on the free endsheet but not personalized by Derleth: "One of my better works - [signature]". Later printing in the year of first publication. Hardcover, full black cloth, green titling, gilt decoration. Light wear to book, name crossed out on free endsheet; jacket shows some edgewear, chipping, some loss at head of spine, price-clipped. Text clean; [8], 511 pages.. Inscribed by the Author. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 5¾" by 8".

New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1945. Black paper covered boards have ruled lines on spine in gold. Bump to top right corner. Scribner's A on copyright page. Former owners bookplate and address stamped on front free endpaper. Binding tight as is text block. No markings. Jacket shows price of $3 but has pretty heavy creasing on rear board. Short tear on rear panel near spine with small amount of paper loss. In mylar. . First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/VG-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.