SOMEONE IN THE DARK by Derleth, August - 1941

Canada: Jove Publication / HBJ Book, 1978. Book. Illus. by PHOTO Cover. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition By This Publisher.. 223 Pages; > Cover creasing. & RUBBING. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall..

Jove Books. Very Good. 1978. Paperback. Crisp, little wear. ~ 223 pages .

Jove, 1978-01-01. Mass Market Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Sauk City WI: "Arkham House" (see note). Near Fine. 1941 [1965]. Reprint. Hardcover. (black cloth) [no discernible wear to book, spine lettering a little dulled, slight offsetting to front endpaper, faint ink tick-marks next to a couple of titles in the table of contents, previous owner's intials + date & place of purchase written in ink along edge of rear pastedown (concealed beneath rear jacket flap); comes with a professionally-produced FACSIMILE dust jacket in mint condition]. Reprint of the second Arkham House book, which was also Derleth's first published collection of his macabre, Lovecraft-inspired horror/fantasy tales. The books comprising this printing (purportedly 300 copies) were originally claimed by Derleth in 1967 to have been "discovered" and "acquired" by Arkham House, and were offered for sale for five bucks; these somewhat mysterious circumstances have resulted in this printing sometimes being referred to as… Read More

arkham, first edition 1941. near fine hardcover nice color reproduction jacket, name written on the ep.

[Sauk City, Wisconsin]: Arkham House, 1941 [i.e. 1966]. First edition, second printing. A nearly fine copy in an about nearly fine dust jacket with mild rubbing to the spine ends and corner tips, small rub and pinhole to mid spine panel at front fold edge, two very tiny tears to upper front panel. (27089). Octavo, cloth. Offset reprint done by Derleth of his first book 25 years after initial publication. 300 copies printed. The second Arkham House book published and Derleth's first collection of supernatural fiction. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-62. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 518. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-97.

Sauk City: Arkham House, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 18.5 x 12 cm. 12mo. vi 335pp. Black cloth in dust jacket illustrated by Frank Utpatel. Date of 1941 on title page but this is the off-set second printing photo done 25 years after initial publication, identified with the headband. 300 copies of this edition printed. Front flap is price-clipped, original price of $5.00 present on rear flap. Jacket spine and edges are toned. Nice copy. Currey pg 150. Joshi, Sixty Years of Arkham House #2. Baron, Horror Literature 3-62.

Sauk City: Arkham House, 1941. hardcover. fine/fine. Small 8vo, black cloth, d.w. Arkham House, 1941. First Edition. Mint.<br/><br/> Falsely issued "first edition," a facsimile, bound with a headband, and 18.35cm tall.<br/><br/>

Sauk City: Arkham House, 1941. Solid book in like new condition. The dust jacket has some light wear on the top and bottom edges of the spine and shows some small light rubbing marks on the back. This is the second state of the first edition, which was reprinted by a friend of August Derleth in 1965. Only 300 copies were produced and it has the headers on the spine of the book block. This copy has been signed by the author with an inscription on the front free end paper.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good- Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Sauk City WI: Arkham House, 1941 (actually 1966). Second edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Second edition of this second book from Arkham House, containing Derleth's favorites of his weird fiction shorts up to this date. One of 300 copies of this version. Most of the copies of this version are in excellent condition -- many more are signed (like this one) than are copies of the first. This one is inscribed to a collector. A comparison of the jackets shows the second is much muddier than the first, in terms of reproduction -- it was probably shot from a printed copy of the first. Derleth did a remarkable job of matching the paper on the jacket, though, right down to its lamentable tendency to fade if one shines so much as a flashlight on it. A serious "Tell me again why I wanted to become an Arkham House completist?" item, with a nice Derleth inscription as some justification for going for this copy. TW