Dwellers in Darkness de Derleth, August - 1976

Sauk City WI: Arkham House. Near Fine in Fine dj. 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. [no significant wear to book, one-time owner's name plus date & place of purchase in ink at top of half-title page, small check-marks next to each title in the table of contents; the jacket is flawless]. "This final collection of fantastic stories and macabre tales from the pen of August Derleth demonstrates anew this author's mastery in the realm of the uncanny." The dates of the stories range from 1939 to 1971, although most are from the 1940s and 1950s and were originally published in either 'Weird Tales' or 'Strange Stories.' Contents: "The Ghost Walk"; "The Ormolu Clock"; "A Knocking in the Wall"; "The Lost Path"; "The Place of Desolation"; "The Patchwork Quilt"; "The Island Out of Space"; "The Night Road"; "Come to Me"; "Memoir for Lucas Payne"; "The Passing of Eric Holm"; "Man in the Dark"; "The Song of the Pewee"; "Open, Sesame!"; "Ghost Lake"; "The Element of Chance"; "Fool Proof." .