SPELLS AND PHILTRES... de SMITH, CLARK ASHTON

arkham, first edition , 1958, ,, . almost near fine, trace of darker spine and rear, $3.00 cover price jacket only, NO BOOK

arkham, first edition , 1958, ,, . near fine, trace of darker spine, $3.00 cover price jacket only, NO BOOK

arkham, first edition , 1958, ,, . fine, never used, $3.00 cover price jacket only, NO BOOK

Arkham, 1958. Very Good. Smith, Clark Ashton. Spells and Philtres. Wisconsin: Arkham, 1958. 54pp. 8vo. Black cloth. Book condition: Very good with bumped edges and shallow divot in front cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Good with yellowing and a few faint damp stains. Slightly rubbed and bumped.

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. Small octavo. 54pp. Black cloth in dust jacket. Jacket designed by Frank Utpatel based on a sculpture by Clark Ashton Smith. Original price of $3.00 present on front flap. Limited to 519 copies. Poetry collection. Some very light edgwear to jacket. Light spotting to top foredge.

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1958. First edition. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to the extremities and a small rub mark to upper front panel, slight age darkening to white lettering of spine panel. (25768). Octavo, jacket art by Frank Utpatel, cloth. 519 copies printed. Poetry.

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Frank Utpatel. 8vo., 54pp. Beautiful Unread First Printing of this collection of Smith's poetry. One of only 519 copies printed, (Jaffery, p.55-56). Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear safe some minor surface rubbing. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper, ($3.00), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, or tears. A touch of toning to interior jacket flaps but no fading to the black front and spine panels. Remarkably well-preserved. A simply gorgeous collectable copy.

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1958. Black cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dust-jacket. 519 copies printed. 54 pages; jacket by Frank Utpatel. Among the smallest of Arkham House print runs with only 519 copies, makes this title a scarce and desirable item for Smith enthusiasts and Arkham collectors alike. Provenance: pictorial bookplate of Paul John Willis, a science fiction and fantasy writer who wrote and published the short-lived fanzine Anubis in the late 1960's. A clean, tight copy in an unclipped ($3.00), lightly toned jacket. Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Association Copy.

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1958. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. Sauk City, WI:Arkham House. 1958. 1st edition, one of 519 copies. 54pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. Boards clean with gilt on spine just slightly dulled. Internally, inside of boards age-toned with some light offset to free end-pages, otherwise a very good, clean copy. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket. 

Sauk City: Arkham House, 1958. First Edition. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth with titles lettered in gilt on the spine. Fine, with faint rubbing to top and bottom edges of boards, endsheets offset from binder's glue, and thin stain to top edge and tiny stain to edge of textblock. In a Fine, unclipped dust jacket with slight toning to the spine panel. A fantastic copy.