BOOK MAILER FROM WORLD PUBLISHING de Derleth, August - 1955

Sauk City: Arkham House, 1946. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a very lightly rubbed, fine dustwrapper with a couple of tiny tears, but which is exceptionally bright and fresh. The jacket illustration is by Hannes Bok. A lovely copy.

Sauk City WI: Arkham House, 1957. First edition. Howard's first collection of poetry. Like Kipling, Howard was a first-rate doggerelist, an uncommon skill (many people do it badly). This is one of the 536 copies that has the title running up the spine of the book, rather than down, making it the first state. There were only 100 of the second state. A difficult book to find in either state. Jacket shows the usual rubbing on the back panel (perhaps a bit more than other copies) -- printing heavy black on a coated white stock and then stacking copies next to each other is a recipe for making copies appear rubbed. Slight edgewear on jacket, slight bumping on spine, gold printing on spine a bit toned -- still, quite a nice copy of a desirable book with one of the smaller print runs from this desirable press. If you can find a better copy cheaper, buy it! TW

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House: Publishers, 1957. First edition. first printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First state binding with author and title on the spine running bottom to top, European style. 636 copies printed. A collection of Howard's poetry. Offset toning to the endpapers along the hinges. Very tiny bump to lower corner of the rear cover. Near fine in near fine, bright dust jacket.

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House: Publishers, 1974. First edition. first printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The first issue of this Arkham House title with stated printing of 5000 copies on the colophon and $8.50 dust jacket price. 5070 copies actually printed. Collects sixteen stories. Very tiny bumps to the upper corners, else fine in fine and bright dust jacket with a hint of toning to the white lettering on the spine panel.

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House: Publishers, 1969. First edition First printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A collection of mythos stories by Robert Bloch, Lovecraft, C.A. Smith, Robert E. Howard, Brian Lumley, and others. 4024 copies printed. Joshi; Sixty Years of Arkham House, #102. $7.50 on the dust jacket flap. Just a hint of toning to the text block edges. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket with the merest hint of toning to the white lettering on the spine panel. An outstanding copy.

Sauk City: Arkham House, 1946. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a very lightly rubbed, fine dustwrapper with a couple of tiny tears, but which is exceptionally bright and fresh. The jacket illustration is by Hannes Bok. A lovely copy.

Sauk City WI: Arkham House, 1957. First edition. Howard's first collection of poetry. Like Kipling, Howard was a first-rate doggerelist, an uncommon skill (many people do it badly). This is one of the 536 copies that has the title running up the spine of the book, rather than down, making it the first state. There were only 100 of the second state. A difficult book to find in either state. Jacket shows the usual rubbing on the back panel (perhaps a bit more than other copies) -- printing heavy black on a coated white stock and then stacking copies next to each other is a recipe for making copies appear rubbed. Slight edgewear on jacket, slight bumping on spine, gold printing on spine a bit toned -- still, quite a nice copy of a desirable book with one of the smaller print runs from this desirable press. If you can find a better copy cheaper, buy it! TW

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House: Publishers, 1957. First edition. first printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First state binding with author and title on the spine running bottom to top, European style. 636 copies printed. A collection of Howard's poetry. Offset toning to the endpapers along the hinges. Very tiny bump to lower corner of the rear cover. Near fine in near fine, bright dust jacket.

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House: Publishers, 1974. First edition. first printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The first issue of this Arkham House title with stated printing of 5000 copies on the colophon and $8.50 dust jacket price. 5070 copies actually printed. Collects sixteen stories. Very tiny bumps to the upper corners, else fine in fine and bright dust jacket with a hint of toning to the white lettering on the spine panel.

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House: Publishers, 1969. First edition First printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A collection of mythos stories by Robert Bloch, Lovecraft, C.A. Smith, Robert E. Howard, Brian Lumley, and others. 4024 copies printed. Joshi; Sixty Years of Arkham House, #102. $7.50 on the dust jacket flap. Just a hint of toning to the text block edges. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket with the merest hint of toning to the white lettering on the spine panel. An outstanding copy.