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Published by Arkham House, Sauk City, 1943
Seller: Idler Fine Books, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 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 fine to fine condition. Signed by Author(s).
Published by A. Roman & Company; John H. Carmany & Company [et al.], San Francisco, 1931
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Magazine. 93 bound volumes and 40 single issues in wrappers. Octavos and folios. A long run of *Overland Monthly*, California's most important literary magazine of the 19th and early 20th Century. The set includes a near complete run of the original series from July 1868 until December 1875 (lacking only the January 1870 issue, else complete); and a long, near complete run of the second series from 1883 (when it resumed publication) through 1931. In 1923 it merged with Out West to become *Overland Monthly and the Out West Magazine*, and changed its format from octavo to folio. Founded and first edited by Bret Harte, *Overland Monthly* established serious literature and progressive social criticism in the American Far West. It quickly won national and international acclaim as a leading literary force in American letters. Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain, and Harte contributed sardonic stories and verse, and all manner of informal, highly personal commentary which propelled Harte and the magazine to literary celebrity. The magazine gave rise to a new generation of writers, loosely known as the West Coast Romantics, that included Bierce and Harte, John Muir, Willa Cather, Joaquin Miller, Jack London, George Sterling, and fantasy/science fiction writer Clark Ashton Smith, all of whom contributed to the magazine. Among the many important works featured in this long run is Harte's "The Luck of Roaring Camp," "Dickens in Camp," and "Plain Language from Truthful James," and Bierce's "The Haunted Valley" and "Grizzly Papers," (in five installments). Mark Twain contributed his famous travel log in four installments: "By Rail Through France," and "A Californian Abroad: A Few Parisian Sights; Three Italian Cities; A Mediaeval Romance." Willa Cather's short story "On the Divide" appeared in 1896. Most volumes are bound in full beige or blue cloth. The original series lacks one monthly issue (January 1870), otherwise it is complete in 14 bound volumes (volumes 1-3, and 5-15), with four unbound issues in wraps (February-May, 1870). Volume 3 from 1869 has the original wrappers and supplements bound in. Volumes 1-6 of the second series is incomplete, consisting of 11 unbound single issues in wraps from 1883-1885: (April 1883; January, April, July, August, September, October, and November 1884; January, March, May 1885), then follows a consecutive run of mostly bound volumes 7-89 from 1886-1931 (with 29 single issues from 1921-22 in wrappers). The bound volumes from 1901-1931 have the original wrappers bound in. An ex-library set with bookplates or ink stamps on the front pastedowns. Only two volumes in half calf (from 1895 and 1897) are scuffed and worn, thus good only, about ten volumes and a few single issues in wraps from the 20th Century have some intermittent torn leaves, the volume containing the "San Francisco Fire Number" (May 1906) is split at the gutter with detached leaves, else overall an about very good set. A scarce, large assemblage of many first appearances of important American literary works and articles. A list of notable selections is available.
Published by Arkham House, 1942
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First Edition. *** ASSOCIATION COPY ***OUT OF SPACE AND TIME, Arkham House, 1942, first edition, fine in bright near fine Hannes Bok dust-wrapper save for a one inch long closed tear secured with tape on the verso near the base of each of the front dust-wrapper panel folds. INSCRIBED by the author and dated 1944 to F. Lee Baldwin, a member of the Lovecraft circle. Nice association thus. Obviously, a most desirable copy. 1/1,054 copies.
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
Signed
No Binding. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Undated. A one-page prose poem, typed, and signed "Clark Ashton Smith/Auburn, California." This version of the prose poem differs in a number of particulars from the published version, which was included in The Abominations of Yondo (Arkham House, 1960) and Poems in Prose (Arkham House, 1965). Previously folded in thirds but now in a custom binder, bearing the bookplate of horror writer Stanley Wiater, from whose library this came. Fine, with a letter laid in to Wiater from Roy Squires, the noted science fiction collector and dealer, from whom Wiater purchased it. Squires' lengthy letter comments extensively on the appallingly high prices "being asked -- and paid -- for the more desirable Arkham House books," in 1972, and then goes on to justify the high price Wiater had just paid for the Clark Ashton Smith manuscript, and says that he knows of only four prose poem manuscripts by Clark Ashton Smith in existence -- this one; one that he himself still had; and two that Smith's widow had at that time. A rare typescript by one of the most important American horror writers of the 20th century, with a long, illuminating letter from one of the great collectors and dealers in the field, and from the library of a horror writer who has been a three-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award, given by the Horror Writers of America.
Published by Arkham House, 1942
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First Edition. OUT OF SPACE AND TIME, Arkham House, 1942, first edition, a vg/vg+ copy in a bright vg Hannes Bok dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear. INSCRIBED by the author to Robert E. Howard enthusiast, publisher and Literary Executor, Glenn Lord. Obviously, a most desirable copy. 1/1,054 copies.
Published by Arkham House, [Sauk City, Wisconsin], 1942
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Octavo, cloth. First edition. A contemporary presentation copy with signed inscription by Smith to Samuel Loveman on the front free endpaper: "For Sam, with / lasting affection, / from Clark / Aug. 31st, 1942." 1054 copies printed. The third Arkham House book. Smith's first major collection of dark fantasy tales and the first Smith book published by Arkham House. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1049. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-182. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1484. Jones and Newman (eds), Horror: 100 Best Books 44. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-204. Mild bruises to lower corners (more inward curls than bumps), tiny nick to cloth at bottom edge of rear panel, faint, tiny stain to fore-edge of text block, a very good copy in good dust jacket with wear, closed tears and shallow chipping along top and bottom edges, mostly spine ends and corners, and age-darkening along spine fold and to spine panel. An important association copy. This book is rarely found signed by Smith. (#155513).
Published by Arkham House, Sauk City, 1942
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. Octavo, cloth. 1054 copies printed. The third Arkham House book. Smith's first major collection of dark fantasy tales and the first Smith book published by Arkham House. Donald Wandrei library label laid in. Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 3-182. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Literature #1484. Jones and Newman: Horror: 100 Best Books #44. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a tiny closed tear to the upper right corner of the front panel (4 mm) and some fade to the green lettering of the spine panel, slight age toning to the edges of the rear panel. A sharp, superior copy. (17365).
Published by Arkham House, [Sauk City, Wisconsin], 1942
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Octavo, cloth. First edition. 1054 copies printed. The third Arkham House book. Smith's first major collection of dark fantasy tales and the first Smith book published by Arkham House. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1049. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-182. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1484. Jones and Newman (eds), Horror: 100 Best Books 44. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-204. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with tiny 4 mm closed tear at the upper right corner of the front panel and mild fade to the green lettering on the spine panel, and just a bit of tanning to the edges of the rear panel. A sharp, superior copy. Donald Wandrei library label laid in. (#155004).
Published by Auburn Journal Print, Auburn, Ca., 1933
Seller: Wild Hills Books, Largo, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 30 pages. Some light wear to edges and a small chip to the rear cover. Smith's first collection of short stories. Inscribed by Smith to Samuel Loveman on the title page: "Dear Sam / I hope you will like / these tales of fantasy from No- / Man's Land. / As ever, / CAS / June 14th, 1933." There are also corrections to the text by Smith. An important association copy. Smith and Loveman began corresponding in 1913, years before either knew H. P. Lovecraft. They remained close for several decades, bound by their love of literature and mutual friends like George Sterling and George Kirk. Signed by Author(s). Book.
Published by Arkham House, 1960
Seller: Terence McVicker, Rare Books, Glendale, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. The last book published during the author's lifetime. The dust-wrapper cover pictures one of Smith's own sculptures, as photographed by the noted California photographer, Wynn Bullock, and the lettering design is by artist, Ronald Clyne; a photo on the rear dust-jacket panel is of the author, taken by Forrest J. Ackerman. The inscription reads "For Andrew and Janet I hope you will find a landing-spot somewhere in this mescellany of far-flung Time and Space. Affectionately, Clark. Sept. 14th, 1960." Andrew was his old childhood chum, Andrew Dewing, and his wife Janet. The book was signed the year of publication. A very-good +, copy of the book, some dusting at page-edges; the dust-wrapper is rubbed as is every copy I've found of this title most noticibly at the upper spine where some color has rubbed-off, and at the corner tips. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Arkham House, 1948
Seller: Terence McVicker, Rare Books, Glendale, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. A twice-signed, copy, the year of the book's publication inscribed, and corrected copy throughout, with nine corrections in the author's hand. The inscription reads "For Don, the night after moving into the new home, sans Katzenjammer, Dec. 4th, 1948. Madam Mad No Whiskey, Dog Gone Madam Mad. Dry Shift." By explanation, CAS had met and been romancing Carolyn Jones Dorman, and moved into her home in Pacific Grove, California. Carolyn had three children from a previous marriage. CAS enjoyed the pleasures of alcohol sometimes overdoing it, but Carolyn here, was wasn't allowing it. There are nine-handwritten corrections to this copy, in addition to the author's full-signature on the half-title page. Signed copies of this title are scarce, but corrected copies are rare. Some dullness to the cloth, moderately soiled, d.j., with signs of aging, and some darkening to the spine-panel of d.j. Still a very good copy in very good d.j. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Arkham House, 1942
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. OUT OF SPACE AND TIME, Arkham House, 1942, first edition, base of spine at lower left corner gently bumped, else a tight, fine copy in a near fine bright dust-wrapper save for some light dust-soiling to the rear dust-wrapper panel and a bit of touch up to the base of the dust-wrapper spine. 1/1,054 copies. Laid into this volume are a black and white photo of Clark Ashton Smith and Emil Petaja (unpublished ???) as standing full figures in a rural setting (probably taken in the mid 1950's) and an envelope dated 1919 addressed to fellow poet and Lovecraftian Samuel Loveman in Smith's hand as well as having Smith's holograhic signature and return mail address at the upper left corner of this same envelope. All in all, a nice little package.
Published by Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1960
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Ronald Clyne and Wynn Bullock(Cover Artist) (illustrator). First Edition. The Abominations of Yondo by Clark Ashton Smith (First) Signed Firm, square copy. Light tanning to top edge of text block. Bright jacket. Moderate wear to extremities. Not price-clipped. Clear protective cover. First Edition. Signed by Smith on half-title page. Collects 17 stories. 2005 copies published. BOOK.
Published by Arkham House, 1960
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First Edition. THE ABOMINATIONS OF YONDO, Arkham House, 1960, first edition, fine in like dust-wrapper. 1/2,000 copies. INSCRIBED by the author to an old friend and dated at time of publication. Scarce thus as the author died some 15 months later.
Published by Girasol Collectables, Mississauga, Ontario, 2007
Seller: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Neil Mechem; (illustrator). First Editions. 432, 432, 432 pp. Limited Editions, number 39 of 50. Yellow boards lettered in black on the spine. These are unread copies with only the lightest rubbing on the corners; no interior markings. There are far too many stories and poems in these volumes to list them all but some of the highlights are: VOLUME 1, issues 1, 2 and 3: The Voice of El-Lil - a novelette by Robert E. Howard; Red Blades of Black Cathay - a novelette by Robert E. Howard and Tevis Clyde Smith; The Rajah's Grandmother by Frank Belknap Long; The Slave of Justice by E. Hoffman Price; The White Queen - a novelette by Farnsworth Wright writing as Francis Hard; The Vengeance of Sa'ik by Otis Adelbert Kline; The Man Who Limped by Otis Adelbert Kline; and The Scourge of Mektoub by Paul Ernst. VOLUME 2, issues 4, 5 and 6: The Blood of Belshazzar - a novelette by Robert E. Howard; The Justice of the Elephant by Clark Ashton Smith; The Pearl Robber by Frank Belknap Long; The Dragoman's Slave Girl by Otis Adelbert Kline; Thirty Pieces of Silver - a novelette by G. G. Pendarves; Four Doomed Men by Hugh B.Cave writing as Geoffrey Vace; and Shaykh Ahmad and the Pious Companions by E. Hoffman Price. VOLUME 3, issues 7, 8, and 9: The Sowers of the Thunder - a novelette by Robert E. Howard; Lord of Samarcand - a novelette by Robert E. Howard; The Dragoman's Jest - a novelette by Otis Adelbert Kline; On a Chinese Vase - a poem by Clark Ashton Smith; Jungle Twilight - a poem by Clark Ashton Smith; Scented Gardens by Dorothy Quick; The Hidden Monster by David H. Keller; and A Battle Over the Tea-Cups by August Derleth. Size: 8vo. Book.
Published by Lakeport, California: The Futile Press, 1937, 1937
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, this copy is inscribed by the author to "Claire P. Beck, with the kindest regards and best wishes of Clark Ashton Smith, Auburn, Cal., May 8th, 1938", here with the rare glassine jacket intact, one of 250 copies printed. Tipped-in at the rear is a three-page printing of David Warren Ryder's "The Price of Poetry", first published in the magazine Controversy (7 November 1934), which was printed to accompany the book. Duodecimo. Original white cloth-backed boards, title to spine in black. With a glassine jacket. Housed in a custom slipcase. Spine lightly rubbed. Otherwise, a fine copy.
Published by Arkham House, 1951
Seller: Terence McVicker, Rare Books, Glendale, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Clark Ashton Smith's first book of poetry issued by Arkham House in an edition of only 563 copies. Some poems remained unselected when SELECTED POEMS was issued. A little glue staining to the half-title page. Inscribed by CAS on the fly-leaf page, to his friend from childhood, Drew (Andrew Dewing) "From Clark," and dated the year of publication. Additionally signed in full, CLARK ASHTON SMITH, on the half-title. A fine copy in d.j., with just a little glue stain to fly-leaf page. No Clark Ashton Smith signatures are common, but this title is not often found signed. An unusually fine-very fine, copy. Signed by Author(s).
Published by street and smith
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
very good clear tape at the spine ends, rear corner chip.
Published by A. M. Robertson, San Francisco, California, 1912
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition, first binding. Octavo, pp. [1-12] 1-99 [100], title page printed in black and red, original pictorial tan boards, front and spine panels stamped in gold. Signed by Smith on half title page with two corrections in his hand in the text. 2000 copies printed of which approximately 1000 sets of unbound sheets were destroyed by fire. The author's first book. Stain to lower rear panel, upper corner tips slightly bumped, a fine copy in a nearly fine first state dust jacket with slight loss to the corner tips, tiny closed tear to lower front panel, shallow loss to the upper spine corner with age darkening to spine panel and stain to lower rear panel. (25767).
Published by Centipede Press, 2017
ISBN 10: 1613470584ISBN 13: 9781613470589
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.
Published by Fantasy Publications, Everett, Penna, 1935
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. 12mo. 38, [2]pp. (mispaginated, as apparently all copies were). Wrappers. Cheap paper a little toned, else a just about fine copy of this amateur press collection of two fantasy stories. Includes a mention of H.P. Lovecraft in an ad at the end.
Published by The Book Club of California, San Francisco, 1918
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Quarto, pp. [1-6] [i-ii] iii-v [vi-viii] 1-28 [29] [30: colophon] [31-34: blank] [note: first three and last two leaves are blanks]. decorations by Florence Lundborg, printed throughout in black and light green, title page printed in red, black and light green, original blue-gray boards with quarter linen shelf back, printed paper label affixed to spine panel, untrimmed. First edition. Number 8 of 300 numbered copies. Smith's second book, a collection of fifteen poems with preface by George Sterling. Tipped in on front flyleaf is a signed 2-page handwritten letter by Sterling on the New York Lambs Club letterhead, dated Nov. 24, 1914, signed "George." Sterling's letter reads: "Dear Albert: / Just a few / hasty lines, to say that / if Miss Coolbrith is to have a chance to write / an ode for the Exposition / I don't want any mention / made of my work, as / I love and admire her too / much to stand in her way / at whatever benefit to myself. / If I write anything about / the Exposition I can, I / think, sell it to some / S. F. newspaper. And I can / write to Ned Hamilton / as to that. / I want to thank you most / heartily for all the trouble / you've gone to in my behalf, / and assure you that I ap- / preciate it immensely. But / I can't keep any laurels / or endorsements from so un- / fortunate and gifted a / singer as Miss Coolbrith. / Affectionately, George." A postcard addressed to Sterling care of the Bohemian Club from an "E.K.H" is taped to the front free endpaper. A photographic portrait of Sterling is tipped onto the front paste-down, which bears the ownership label of Mrs. M. E. Heymes of San Francisco. Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961) achieved early local recognition, largely through the enthusiasm of his mentor George Sterling (1869-1926), an influential California poet and proponent of Bohemianism during the first quarter of the twentieth century. Cloth worn at spine ends, corner tips of boards worn, mild bump to front board at lower front corner, light tanning to boards at edges, some chipping to spine label, a good copy with fine interior. A fine association copy and apparently a Sterling family copy as well. The post card (with photograph of a church in Sag Harbor, New York, George's birthplace) appears to have be written by a relative on his mother's side. (#164478).
Published by Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1951
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Octavo, cloth. First edition. 563 copies printed. A selection of forty poems, ably showing off his brand of the fantastic, which was heavily influenced by the French Decadents. His sixth collection of poems and the first of three issued by Arkham House. "Lyric poetry offered Smith (as it did Lovecraft and, arguably Poe, as well) a purer form for the expression of his chief literary genius, which was the painting of fantastic tableaus, vignettes and landscapes with little need for character, dialogue or action." - Robert Eldridge. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with just a touch of rubbing to spine folds and 10 mm closed tear at upper front flap fold. A very nice copy overall. (#152376).
Published by Arkham House, 1942
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. OUT OF SPACE AND TIME, Arkham House, 1942, first edition, age toning to the t.p.e.'s, else a tight, bright, vg+ copy in a bright vg Hannes Bok dust-wrapper save for some light wear and tear to the extremities of the bit lightened dust-wrapper spine and three short closed tears to the rear dust-wrapper panel. 1/1,054 copies. The 4th Arkham House title.
Published by Centipede Press, 2017
ISBN 10: 1613470584ISBN 13: 9781613470589
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: new. New.
Published by arkham, 1958, 1958
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. first edition hardcover. fine book in a fine dust jacket signed, inscribed by smith, dated. tiny droplet mark on the end of the sheets.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Signed by Smith on a laid-in envelope addressed to his long-time correspondent Samuel Loveman. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($3.00), lightly rubbed at the edges, toned at the back panel. Black buckram, bumped at the top corners, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, faint stains at the edges, clean internally. The empty envelope is written in Smith's hand with his signature and address in the upper-left. Smith and Loveman were friends and correspondents between 1913 and 1941. The work "Born under Saturn: The Letters of Samuel Loveman and Clark Ashton Smith" by Joshi and Schultz presents an annotated history of their correspondence.
Published by A. M. Robertson, San Francisco, California, 1912
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition, first binding. Octavo, pp. [1-12] 1-99 [100], title page printed in black and red, original pictorial tan boards, front and spine panels stamped in gold. Signed and dated by Smith on the front free endpaper, "Clark Ashton Smith, / Auburn, Cal., Nov. 16th, 1912." The author's first book. 2000 copies printed of which approximately 1000 sets of unbound sheets were destroyed by fire. Lower corners very slightly bumped, a fine copy in a very good dust jacket which has loss at the head of the spine panel (5 mm), rubbing to edges and mild stain to lower third of spine panel. (18672).
Published by A. M. Robertson, San Francisco, California, 1912
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Octavo, pp. [1-12] 1-99 [100], title page printed in black and red, original pictorial tan boards, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition, first binding. A presentation copy with signed inscription by Smith to Emmet Pendleton on the front free endpaper: "For Emmet Pendleton, / best wishes and regards of / Clark Ashton Smith / Aug. 25th, 1937." The author's first book. 2000 copies printed of which approximately 1000 sets of unbound sheets were destroyed by fire. A fine copy in a chipped and torn later unprinted tissue dust jacket. Directions to Smith's cabin in Auburn, California, and the address and return address panels from the mailing paper, all in Smith's hand, are laid in. (#159599).
Published by A. M. Robertson, San Francisco, California, 1912
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Octavo, pp. [1-12] 1-99 [100], title page printed in black and red, original pictorial tan boards, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. Signed and dated by Smith on the front free endpaper: "Clark Ashton Smith, / Auburn, Cal., Nov. 16th, 1912." The author's first book. 2000 copies printed of which approximately 1000 sets of unbound sheets were destroyed by fire. Lower corners very slightly bumped, a fine copy in a very good dust jacket which has loss at the head of the spine panel (5 mm), rubbing to edges and mild stain to lower third of spine panel. (#154588).