Lovecraft Hands August Derleth (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. This is a Very Good Copy of this hardcover book in black cloth boards with bright and vibrant gilt title lettering to spine in a Very Good Dust-Jacket with miniscule nicks to the wrapper at head of spine and with light rubbing to base of spine and along outer extremities of the dust-jacket.The backstrip of the wrapper is slightly darkened.There is a little residue to the front hinge join and half title page join.Not price clipped ($5) showing to the front flap.This copy has NO previous names or inscriptions present.A lovely tight square copy with just a little age toning to the text block edges and along the edges of the dust-jacket inner flaps.Uncommon title and hard to find in decent condition.The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces is an anthology of fantasy and horror short stories, essays and memoirs by American author H. P. Lovecraft and others. It was released in 1959 by Arkham House in an edition of just 2,500 copies and was the fifth collection of Lovecraft's work to be released by Arkham House,8vo 313pp First Edition [1959].

Hardcover. Condition: Very good plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. first printing. 2527 copies published. Jacket art by Richard Taylor. Bumped at the head of the spine and top corner of rear cover. Very good plus in very good price clipped dust jacket with five small edge tears. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good plus. First edition. first printing. 2527 copies published. Jacket art by Richard Taylor. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket with mild toning spine and rear panels. A very attractive copy. Book.

First Edition. Fine in a near fine dj. (Extremely tiny chip in body of rear dj. flap. Hint of toning at white margins of dj.) 3500 copies printed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Frank Utpatel (illustrator). 1st Edition. First printing of the first edition, 1 of 3,500 copies octavo, 321 pages. Faint age toning to dust jacket flaps and back fold, else book and dust jacket in fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. Fine in very good+ dust jacket. (Shallow chips at spine ends on jacket. Couple short edge tears & traces of light shelfwear to jacket. ) (313pp. ) (5 1/2" X 7 3/4") 2500 copies printed. ; 5 1/2" x 7 3/4"; 313 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Handsomely preserved copy of this great anthology of short horror stories, mostly by the genre's master H. P. Lovecraft, presented alongside a number of interesting others selected by Lovecraft and the book's editor, August Derleth. This is the first edition, published by Arkham House, Wisconsin, in 1959, in Fine condition.