Arkham House: The First 20 Years 1939-1959; A History and Bibliography
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1959. Pamphlet. 18 x 12 cm. 12mo. liv. Staple bound pamphlet. Some age toning to covers. Nice copy overall. More
ESTABLISHED IN 1965
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1959. Pamphlet. 18 x 12 cm. 12mo. liv. Staple bound pamphlet. Some age toning to covers. Nice copy overall. More
Signet Books, 1974. Paperback. 16 mo, 18 cm x 10.5 cm, 208 pp. This copy has a small wrinkle on the cover that is non color breaking and some minor wrinkling along the bottom of the cover. This is the first Signet edition of this work, although this is a...... More
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Mycroft & Moran, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. 19 x 13 cm. 12mo. 281pp. Black cloth in price clipped dust jacket. One of 3000 copies. Foreword by Vincent Starrett and a monography by Michael Harrison. Some shelf wear to the jacket. Tail of spine is lightly bumped. More
Wisconsin: Mycroft & Moran Publishers, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 22.5 x 14 cm. Octavo. 216pp. Black boards in dust jacket. Sherlock Holme's brilliant successor in a further series of bizarre mysteries. More
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 20.5 x 14 cm. Octavo. 330pp. Black boards in dust jacket. One of 3000 copies printed. Toning to the edges of the front cover of the jacket and its flaps. Original price of $6.50 present on front flap. Includes contributions from..... More
Shelburne, Ontario and Sauk City, Wisconsin: Mycroft & Moran, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. 28 x 22 cm. Quarto. xiv 351pp. Black boards in dust jacket. Cover illustration by Steve Fabian. Stated first edition. The illustrated edition. "This special illustrated and annotated edition of August Derleth's complete Mythos stories (aside from..... More
Chicago: Normandie House, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Ocatvo. 134pp.A lovely copy in dust jacket. With decorations by Mathias Noheimer. More
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Stanton and Lee, 1945. First thus. Hardcover. 21 x 14 cm. Octavo. 308 pages. Black cloth with green lettering and gold lines in dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by the author, August Derleth, on the front free endpaper: "For Linda / The way it was / August..... More
Boston: Walden Press, 1946. Limited ed. Hardcover. 18.5 x 13 cm. 12mo. Unpaginated. Grey cloth in dust jacket. Limited to 300 copies signed by the author, August Derleth, and the artist, Frank Utpatel on the limitation page, this being copy number 260. This copy is signed a second time by..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. 19.5 x 14 cm. Octavo. 225pp. Bound in blue cloth, no jacket. First edition with Scribner's A on copyright page. Some toning to spine. Light rubbing to edges of boards. More
Wisconsin: Mycroft and Moran, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Limited to 3000 copies. A fine copy in an equally nice dust jacket. In a brodart protective wrapper. More
Mycroft & Moran Publishers, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 7 1;/2" x 5". Limited to 3000 copies. A fine copy in dust jacket. More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. 21 x 14 cm. Octavo. 471pp. Black boards in dust jacket. Signed by the author on the half-title page. Previous owner's name on title page. Edgewear and some tearing to the jacket. Foxing to inside of the jacket. Original price..... More
Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1970. First edition. Hard Cover. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. 100pp. A very nice copy in dust jacket. 1/2000 copies. Spine of dust jacket shows some "tanning". In a brodart protective wrapper. From the library of Carl Llewellyn Weschcke, of Llewellyn Publishing, with his name in pencil on..... More
Candlelight Press, Noivember 1970. First printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 143pp. A very nice copy in a price clipped dust jacket. The 10th Steve Grendon & Sim Jones Junior Mystery. More
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. 19.5 x 13 cm. Small ocatvo. 297pp. Black cloth in dust jacket. Limited to 2500 copies. Jacket art by Frank Utpatel. Light toning to edges of jacket flaps. Compilation of horror and weird fiction including authors such as H. P. Lovecraft..... More
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1941 [1966]. First edition. Hardcover. 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..... More
Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. 21 x 14 cm. Octavo. 320pp. Red cloth in dust jacket. Jacket designed by Ronald Clyne. Original price of $3.95 present on front flap. Small stain to front cover of jacket and some chipping and edge wear. Anthology with works by many classic..... More
Great Britain: Robson Books, [1975]. Hardcover. Octavo. 23cm x 14cm. 220pp. Dust jacket not clipped. Some light toning to edges of paper. More
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1949. Paperback. 22.5 x 15 cm. 128pp. Stapled wrappers. Includes: "Holiday" by Ray Bradbury, "The Triumph of Death" by H. Russell Wakefield, "Sidney Sime of Worplesdon" by Martin Gardner, poems by Clark Ashton Smith and Charles Baudelaire and more. Edgewear and small closed tears to..... More
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1949. Paperback. 22.5 x 15 cm. 100pp. Stapled wrappers. Includes: "The One Who Waits" by Ray Bradbury, "In the Year 2889" by Jules Verne, "The Door" by David H. Keller, poems by Clark Ashton Smith and more. Edgewear and small closed tears to spine. Staples..... More
Boston: The Writer, Inc., 1946. First edition. Hardcover. 20 x 13.5 cm. Octavo. xii 201pp. Red cloth in dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by Derleth on the front free endpaper. Original price of $2.50 present on front flap. First edition with no additional printings noted. There is some chipping and..... More