Lovecraft Selected (8 results)

First printing. Belmont Books #239. Very Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition: An original publication of the Science Fiction Book Club. Fine in a fine dust jacket. "Lovecraft opened the way for me, as he had done for others before me."--Stephen King. Octavo. xix+536 pages.

First edition with these illustrations, first printing. Publisher's original purple cloth over paper covered upper board, with metallic purple titles to the spine and illustration to the upper board, in slipcase. Illustrated throughout by Harry Campbell with a frontispiece and six further full page colour plates, including one double spread. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine, structurally sound slipcase. A collection of 12 weird tales selected by the Pulitzer Prize winning writer Michael Dirda. Comprising, 'Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter' by Sheridan Le Fanu; 'Amour Dure' by Vernon Lee; 'The Little Room' by Madeline Yale Wynne; 'Novel of the Black Seal' by Arthur Machen; 'The Willows' by Algernon Blackwood; 'Casting the Runes' by M. R. James; 'The Hall Bedroom' by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman; 'The Call of Cthulhu' by H. P. Lovecraft; 'The Daemon Lover' by Shirley Jackson; 'Sticks' by Karl Edward Wagner; 'The Hospice' by Robert Aickman; 'The White Hands' by Mark Samuels. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHERS CLOTH BINDING WITH THE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET WITH PUBLISHERS PRICE OF 30/ NET INTACT. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9 x 6 INCHES WITH 9 + 413 PAGES. STAIN & BROWNING TO SPINE OF JACKET WITH LIGHT BROWNING TO JACKET ON EDGES ON FRONT & REAR, CLOSED TEAR TO REAR OF JACKET, MINOR CHIPPING TO JACKET AT TOP & BOTTOM OF SPINE. OVERALL A VERY GOOD PLUS COPY IN A VERY GOOD JACKET. JACKET HAS A CLEAR REMOVABLE COVERING THAT MAY SHOW SOME REFLECTIONS IN IMAGES. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. No wear to the covers. No distortion from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No name of previous. No odor. No water damage. No soiling. No sun fading. Lacks the dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Bound in black cloth with gilt title on spione. Pages are yellowed but clean, unmarked, and undamaged. Dust jacket (now protected in Mylar cover) some very minor edgewear; rear panel is yellowed. A very nice copy. A delivery signature will be required on this item.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dj. 1st U.K. edition. (price-clipped) [nice clean book, minimal shelfwear, slight bumping to top front corner; jacket spine lightly sun-tanned, small chip at bottom rear hinge, a couple of tiny nicks and one small closed tear along top edge]. In addition to Derleth's introduction, "H.P. Lovecraft's Novels," and the title novel, this volume contains: "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward"; "The Shunned House"; "The Dreams in the Witch-house"; "The Statement of Randolph Carter"; "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath"; "The Silver Key"; and "Through the Gates of the Silver Key.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ , JAN 1932, 1ST EDITION , STATED Second printing, VG+/VG+ , Reproduction Dust Jacket is sharp with some internal tear to verso with small tape repair Octavo. Original THICK black cloth, spine and front cover lettered and decorated in green, The book is in verygood condition with solid binding. Boards are sturdy with general wear. Internally there is a bookseller label to front leaf and former owners pencil remnants to upper right of front leaf. No writings, remainders or library markings.5625 PGS, NO ADS IN BACK ,Gathered here are 20 short stories , including, H. P. Lovecraft ("The Music of Erich Zann", works by William Faulkner ("A Rose for Emily"), André Maurois ("The House"), L. A. G. Strong ("Breakdown"), Conrad Aiken ("Mr. Arcularis"), ), Stephen Vincent Benét ("The King of the Cats"), Donald Wandrei ("The Red Brain") and Frank Belknap Long ("A Visitor from Egypt") ETC.