Arkham Sampler Spring 1949, First Edition (4 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The Arkham Sampler Volume II, Number Two: Spring 1949 (First Ed) Tight copy. Minor chip to top right corners. Minor soiling. 3/4 inch chip to foot of spine. Previous owner's stamp to front pastedown. First edition. 100 pgs. Quarterly paperback released by Arkham Sampler. Writing by August Derleth, Clark Ashton Smith and others. Paper softcover. BOOK.

Sauk City: Arkham House:, 1949. First edition, TPBO, Trade paperback, Near Fine, 100 pp. Remarkably well-preserved. Just a touch of toning to extremities. First edition, TPBO, Trade paperback, Near Fine,

Condition: Very Good to Near Fine. First Edition(s). Authors include: Ashton Smith, Derleth, Bradbury, Verne, Wakefield, and numerous others. All in original wrappers with stapled binding - staples starting to rust and minor bleed-through just at the location of the staples. Spring: Near Fine, with minor toning, solid, and clean (Volume 2, Number 2 (Whole Number 6)). Summer: Very Good+ with minor toning, front cover slightly attached to first page (title and beginning of contents) close to lower spine with some transfer - otherwise, clean, clear, and crisp (Volume 2, Number 3 (Whole Number 7)). Autumn: Very Good with a 1.5 inch tear at head of spine and slightly darker staple marks; internally clean, clear, and crisp (Volume 2, Number 4 (Whole Number 8)). Winter: Very Good+ with a short tear at tail of spine, darker staple marks and some fraying at same; otherwise it is clean, clear, and crisp (Volume 2, Number 1 (Whole Number 5)). Pages:Spring, 100; Summer, 100; Autumn, 128; Winter, 100 Dimensions:9 x 6 x (5/16) [each].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1948. Complete run of The Arkham Sampler, eight issues total bound into two volumes with original covers bound in, and with the bookplates of noted science fiction collector and book dealer Stephen J. Takacs. Includes eight issues in each volume with an index at the end of the 1949 volume. A tour de force in horror and fantasy fiction, with one issue dedicated to science fiction. Each issue was limited to 1200 copies except the sci-fi issue which was limited to 2000. Blue buckram cloth with gilt spine lettering, original color covers (front and back) bound in and in about fine condition. The two volumes are in very good condition with light edge rubbing, a few very tiny light speckles to the spines, good hinges, firm text block, lightly age-toned and clean pages, Takacs' sci-fi themed bookplates inside each front cover, no other names or markings. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.