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Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1939. First Editions. The first major collection of Lovecraft's weird fiction and the first production by the legendary Arkham House - a landmark in 20th century genre publishing. The 32 stories written for various pulp magazines were gathered and preserved by Lovecraft's friends, August Derleth and Donald Wandrei, who founded Arkham House in 1939 to preserve and publish the best of Lovecraft's fiction. The stories "range from early exercises in Dunsanian pastiche to the mature and highly distinctive tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, which construct a horrific cosmological and historical context for human history. Luckless protagonists who stumble upon various dire intrusions of Cthulhu and his kin, or who unwisely pursue dangerous inquiries in the appropriate revelatory tomes, are inevitably brought to repulsively stick ends. Lovecraft became the consummate master of the confirmatory ending, in which what has been suspected all along finally becomes manifest" (Barron, Horror… Read More

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1943 First printing of 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. Accompanied by three letters from August Derleth to Clark Ashton Smith, discussing dust jacket art. Also includes a prepublication 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. Light rubbing at head and tail of spine and at corners of boards, text block 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 to fine condition.

Sauk City: Arkham House, 1943 First printing of the first edition. Publisher's black cloth with gilt spine titles, octavo, 458 pages. The second omnibus collection of Lovecraft's tales and other material. The fourth book issued by Arkham House. 1217 copies printed (the earlier companion volume, THE OUTSIDER AND OTHERS [1939], had a larger print run). Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1041. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-158. See Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-132. Joshi I-A-17.
Accompanied by three letters from August Derleth to Clark Ashton Smith, discussing dust jacket art. Also includes a prepublication 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.

Light rubbing at head and tail of spine and at corners of boards, text block 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… Read More

[N.p., Providence and North Montpelier, Vermont, 1933. 11 sonnets: five printed poems (two in proof) and six typescript leaves, signed in type ("H. P. Lovecraft" or "Howard P. Lovecraft", the second without such signature). 1 vols. 4to and smaller. Stapled in pink wrapper titled in black ink. A few chips and soilmarks, but fine. 11 sonnets: five printed poems (two in proof) and six typescript leaves, signed in type ("H. P. Lovecraft" or "Howard P. Lovecraft", the second without such signature). 1 vols. 4to and smaller. Lovecraft's 'Evening Star' and other Fungi from Yuggoth. A nice private compilation of poems by H. P. Lovecraft, eleven sonnets in the Fungi from Yuggoth cycle, including his celebrated "Evening Star", "The Port", and "Antarktos". The eleven poems are stapled in a pink wrapper with manuscript title in black ink "Poems / Lovecraft / See also poem 'Revelation' in correspondence sheets," and signed Walter J. Coates, publisher of Driftwind, in which many Lovecraft works were printed.… Read More

[N.p., Providence, 1932. Published in book form November 1936. This item docketed no. 24 of 43 examples in printed note on added title page. Carbon typescript, 1 p., numbered 24 at head, 30 lines, approx. 300 words. 1 vols. 4to. Some toning as usual, right hand margin with some wear. In conservation folder, stiff paper with printed label. Published in book form November 1936. This item docketed no. 24 of 43 examples in printed note on added title page. Carbon typescript, 1 p., numbered 24 at head, 30 lines, approx. 300 words. 1 vols. 4to. 'Collapsing huddles of gambrel houses formed a jagged and fantastic skyline'. A choice leaf from the setting copy of The Shadow over Innsmouth, the only book published and distributed during Lovecraft's lifetime. This passage sees the narrator, Robert Olmstead, a young man on a low-budget antiquarian tour of ancestral New England, begin his "systematic, though half-bewildered tour of Innsmouth's narrow, shadow-blighted ways". It is an entirely descriptive page,… Read More

Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1981. First Edition. Signed presentation copy from S.T. Joshi to H.P. Lovecraft’s friend, fellow author and publisher Donald Wandrei. Inscribed by the author: “To Donald Wandrei, in the hope that a better understanding of Lovecraft may be shortly forthcoming. S.T. Joshi.” With the Wandrei estate bookplate affixed to the front pastedown which reads: “From the Library of Donald Wandrei - St. Paul, Minnesota - Author & Co-Founder of Arkham House - Publishers.” 473 pages with additional introductory material, explanatory notes, and abbreviations. Near fine copy without dust jacket as issued. Donald Wandrei was a personal friend of Lovecraft and Wandrei is mentioned at numerous places in the text, as co-founder of Arkham House and editor of his letters, Wandrei was one of the one important figures in helping to establish Lovecraft’s now high reputation. A comprehensive bibliography about the works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890 - 1937), scholar,… Read More

3 ( THREE ) TALES OF HORROR, Arkham House, 1967, first edition, slight wear to the head of the spine, upper fore edge corner tips modestly bumped, else just about fine and bright in fine dust-wrapper. 1/1,522 copies. Illustrated by Lee Brown Coye and SIGNED by him (allegedly about 1 of only 50 such copies). From the collection of the publisher.

Buffalo: Shroud, 1955. First edition, scarce hardcover issue. One of "50 Specially Bound Copies" with label pasted to colophon stating as such SIGNED BY editor/publisher KENNETH J. KRUEGER (in red). First separate edition of Lovecraft's posthumously published novella combining "elements of horror and fantasy into an epic tale that illustrates the scope and wonder of humankind's ability to dream" (Wikipedia). Introduction by George T. Wetzel. Published in a total edition of 1,500 numbered copies, this one being numbered 413. None of the copies (hardbound or softbound) were issued in any particular sequence (hence the number "413"), and there would seem to have been more than 50 hardbound copies, as they sometimes show up without the label signed by Krueger. 8vo black cloth lettered in gilt on spine; 107 pages plus colophon leaf. In Currey's later-issue yellow dust jacket with the "Abbott Road" address printed at bottom of back cover [Currey, p.322] -- though it should be noted that all the hardbacks… Read More

THE SHUNNED HOUSE, Arkham House, 2008, the publishers second hard cover edition (although the first edition with both printed sheets and binding by the publisher), as new without dust-wrapper as issued. This new edition, besides retaining the Frank Belknap Long preface, also prints for the first time an essay by Robert Weinberg detailing the printing and publishing history of this work. This is one of a handful of copies specifically SIGNED by Weinberg as well. The colophon states that this is #53 of 100 copies which includes 17 copies offered with an original signature from the first edition tucked in a sleeve attached to the r.p.d. (making no reference to any of them being SIGNED ). The authors most desirable first book (preceded by several pamphlets). Apparently now the Arkham House publication with the smallest print run and thus destined to be missing from many otherwise complete publisher collections.

THE SHUNNED HOUSE, Arkham House, 2008, the publishers second hard cover edition (although the first edition with both printed sheets and binding by the publisher), as new without dust-wrapper as issued. This new edition, besides retaining the Frank Belknap Long preface, also prints for the first time an essay by Robert Weinberg detailing the printing and publishing history of this work. This is one of a handful of copies specifically SIGNED by Weinberg as well. The colophon states that this is #63 of 100 copies which includes 17 deluxe copies offered with an original signature from the first edition tucked in a sleeve attached to the r.p.d. This copy of course does not include the original signature and is the trade edition (making no reference to any of them being SIGNED). The authors most desirable first book (preceded by several pamphlets). Apparently now the Arkham House publication with the smallest print run and thus destined to be missing from many otherwise complete publisher collections.

Sauk City: Arkham House. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1957. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. SIGNED "Sincerely, August Derleth" on front end-paper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. (161pp. ) (Mild trace of soiling at upper spine on jacket which is lightly toned. ) 2000 copies printed. ; 5 1/2" x 7 1/2"; 161 pages .

Illinois: Rantoul, IL: Avatar Press, issued in 2017, 1st Edition, Correct Printings as ISSUED ( 5th, 2nd, 1st ), 2017. -----------7 volumes in slipcase ---5 hardcovers plus two softcovers (softcovers are the same issue { # 12 } with variant covers ), all contents and slipcase are Very Fine examples, ---this contains Neonomicon (volume 1 of the set -5th printing as ISSUED with the boxed set ), Providence 1, 2 and 3 ( Books 2, 3 and 4 of the set - 2nd printing indicated in book one as ISSUED with the boxed set ), Dreadful Beauty: The Art of Providence (book 5 of the set -a 1st edition, 1st printing -no additional printings indicated), plus 2 softcovers (books 6 and 7 of the 7 volume set), the two softcovers are the same issue ( #12 of Providence ---which is also part of the Providence hardcover volume 3 ), ---DREADFUL BEAUTY is the art of Providence with all art being in b&w (includes COVERS, LOCATIONS and LANDSCAPES, DREAMSCAPES, PANTHEON, PEOPLE, NEONOMICON, The COURTYARD, YUGGOTH CULTURES;… Read More

H. P. LOVECRAFT: A LIFE, Necronomicon Press, 1996, first edition, fine in like pictorial dust-wrapper. SIGNED by Joshi.

Lakewood, Colorado : Lakewood, CO: Centipede Press, 2011, 1st Centipede and 1st Revised Edition, First Printing, 2011. ----------( !st printing of the First revised Edition ) --- hardcover, about 7 x 11 inches, a Fine example, in a Near Fine/Fine slipcase with a wee bit of very light rubbing, no dustjacket as issued, signed by LIGOTTI and MORRIS, this is #74 of the numbered limited edition of 500, ---contents include: Preface ( new ) by Ligotti; --- Three Scientists - "One Thousand Painful Variations Performed Upon Divers Creatures Undergoing the Treatment of Dr. Moreau, Humanist", "The Excruciating Final Days of Dr. Henry Jekyll, Englishman", "The Agonizing Resurrection of Victor Frankenstein, Citizen of Geneva"; --- Two Immortals ---"The Heart of Count Dracula, Descendant of Attila, Scourge of God", "The Insufferable Salvation of Lawrence Talbot the Wolfman"; --- Leading Men - "The Intolerable Lesson of the Phantom of the Opera",… Read More

[West Warwick, R.I.]: Necronomicon Press, [1996]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (15006). Octavo, cloth. Signed by Joshi on the front free endpaper. The definitive biography.

West Warwick, RI: Necronomicon Press, 1977. Paperback. Fine. Paperback. FIRST WRITINGS PAWTUXET VALLEY GLEANER 1906. 1976. 1/500 copies numbered and signed by Michaud. 47pp ; WRITINGS IN THE UNITED AMATEUR 1915-1925. 1976. 1/500 numbered, signed copies. 146pp.; THE CONSERVATIVE COMPLETE 1915-1923. 1977. 1/2500 numbered, signed copies. 124pp.; WRITINGS IN THE TRYOUT, Including A Winter Wish, Bells, The Rutted Road, Old Christmas, The Wood, The Tree. 1977. 1/1000 numbered copies. 59pp.; THE CALIFORNIAN 1934-1938. 1977. 1/1000 numbered, signed copies. 67pp.; HERBERT WEST REANIMATOR, A Short Novel in Facsimile. 1/1000 numbered copies. 45pp. Quarto. Stapled sheets with colored paper covers. Printed on one side only, often in facsimile from original magazine. All first editions, with the exception of THE CONSERVATIVE, which appeared earlier in an edition limited to 50 copies.

Sauk City: Arkham House. Limited to 3,000 copies. Signed bu August Derleth on ffep . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1945.

Hardcover. Signed by the illustrator/artist, Jason Bradley Thompson, dated Jan 2012; over signature is a large original drawing by artist, ink over pencil. Thompson's work was adapted into a feature-length film, using original artwork by Thompson, and premiering at the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival, subsequently released on DVD. Fully illustrated, with decorative endpapers, full number line. 2011 Mock Man Press. Well done.

New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1975. First edition. Illustrated. 510 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original black cloth-backed rose boards, Fine copy in near fine dust jacket (advance price clipped, faintest toning. Advertising circular loosely inserted. Inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf. First edition. Illustrated. 510 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed: 'for my favorite editor'. Inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf, "For my favorite editor, Judy Lynn Del Rey, from L. Sprague de Camp" Presentation copy of this pioneering biography, by a prolific author who was unsympathetic if not actively hostile to his subject. De Camp notably discussed the "questionable" nature of August Derleth's assertions of control of the Lovecraft copyrights. The fine working title, Eldritch Yankee Gentleman, was nixed by the publisher. Inscribed to editor Judy-Lynn del Rey (1943-1986), editor at Ballantine Books and then editor-in-chief of the Del Rey Books imprint at Random House. "At the time of her death, she had… Read More

New York: Ben Abramson, Publisher, 1945. First edition. Tipped in frontispiece portrait. 1 vols. 8vo. Original burgundy cloth. Original printed dust jacket. Some chipping along edges and light discoloration of jacket and browning of front pastedown from glue else an excellent copy. First edition. Tipped in frontispiece portrait. 1 vols. 8vo. Signed. Signed on the endpaper "Sincerely August Derleth".