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At the request of several of our customers, we have started a page for the books of Arkham House and related publishers. It's in sort of three sections, New Books,   Used/OP Books,  and the Arkham "Short List". We have often been asked about which books are out of print at Arkham. A list is available at Arkham & Mycroft and Moran OP Books

We do not, at this time, carry all in print books by these publishers, but we do keep adding to the list and we can order any book you like carried by Arkham House. The number of used and out of print books will will flucuate as we sell what we have and buy other copies for inventory.

Repeat customers through our site receive a 10% discount including the in-print books. So, if there is a book you would like to order from these publishers we can order it for you. Just e-mail us at info@whiteunicornbooks.com.

Our latest arrivals (including those books back in stock) are Some of the books listed on this page are sold. The reason for leaving the listing is to offer the bibliographic information for those who may be interested (and it's sometimes easier for us to look up something in a hurry).

We try to keep this page up to date both for the addition of books and "deletion" of sold books, but are not always successful. PLEASE, if you find a mistake, notify us. We would also like to hear from you with comments or whatever even if you don't find mistakes. Thanks for looking -
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Ballard, J. G.     Memories Of The Space Age   (on the short list at Arkham)
WI Arkham House 1988 First Edition Hardcover; First Printing F/F Illustrated by Potter, Jeffrey K.
216 pages; Fine/Fine. NO flaws. Un-read tight and clean. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ has fantastic wrap-around art work. In protective sleeve. The Space Age has passed into history. In the shadow of the derelict gantries at Cape Canaveral repose the abandoned motels, the empty swimming pools, the desolate launching grounds, the crashed space capsules, all the rusting remnants of a vanished technological civilization .

Bear, Greg     The Wind from a burning Woman
270 pages; Fine/Near Fine. SECOND Printing. Only 1503 copies of the second printing were issued. New book. Un-read. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ has tiny bit of shelf rub top spine tip. Fantastic wrap around cover art work by Vincent Di Fate. In protective sleeve. Interior illustrations by Dennis Neal Smith. This first short story collection of the American writer Greg Bear contains six Science Fiction short stories by American writer Greg Bear:
  1. The Wind from a Burning Woman
  2. The White Horse Child
  3. Petra
  4. Scattershot
  5. Mandala
  6. Hardfought
An excellent gift and great reading!
As a historical note "Bear purchased 75 copies of the book and prepared his own 'limited edition' by printing a special plate (featuring an illustration by Dennis Neal Smith and signed by Bear, Smith, and Vincent Di Fate) laying it in each copy." [Sixty Years of Arkham House, p. 150]
Science Fiction & Fantasy

Bishop, Michael     Blooded On Arachne   (on the short list at Arkham)
WI Arkham House 1982 First Edition Hardcover; First Printing F/F Illustrated by Walotsky, Ron
338 pages; Fine/Fine. The author's first short story collection. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-49. NO flaws. Un-read tight and clean. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ has fantastic art work. In protective sleeve. Bishop customarily is categorized as a scrivener of sociological science fiction, and yet the stories in this collection will attest to the almost stupefying range of stylistic and thematic expression at his command.

Bloch, Robert     Flowers From The Moon and Other Lunacies
WI Arkham House 1998 0870541722 First Edition Hardcover; First Printing F/F Illustrated by Patrick, Tony
296 pages; Fine/Fine. Limited First Edition. Only 2500 copies printed. As New. Not a used book. Un-read. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square, pages are clean. Un-opened tight. DJ is fantastic with terrific wrap around art work! In protective sleeve. An excellent gift! This is the first posthumous collection since the author's death in 1994, and it brings together many of his early stories from the legendary pages of Weird Tales and Strange Stories, which have never been anthologized before.

Bond, Nelson     Other Worlds Than Ours
580 pages; Fine/Fine. As new. Only about 2000 copies of this book printed. This is not a used book. Un-read Tight. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square, and pages are clean. Fantastic wrap around art work on Fine DJ. In protective sleeve. An Excellent Gift! Nelson Bond, still going strong at age 95, as personally selected many of his favorite uncollected stories. Grouped under 5 sections: It's About Time; Odds Without End; Family Circle; In Ulfish Thought; Wild Tablets. Great Reading!
From the Publisher:
“Other Worlds Than Ours” is Nelson Bond's 3rd book for Arkham House. It follows 1968’s “Nightmares and Daydreams” and 2002’s “The Far Side of Nowhere.” Both rank among Arkham House’s fastest sellers, proving once again that Nelson Bond's reputation as a writer of fantasy fiction continues long after he ceased writing for publication. This collection draws upon previously uncollected SF tales from the 1940s. The majority are hard to find novelettes originally published in Blue Book, Astounding, Thrilling Wonder Stories, Planet Stories and Amazing Stories. There is also a complete novel, the exciting “Gods of the Jungle,” which appeared in the June and July 1942 issues of Amazing Stories. An American pilot during World War II is forced to land in the jungle where he discovers an ancient temple that leads him to an ancient civilization founded by visitors to Earth. The remaining 12 stories are grouped according to their subjects and cover travel to remote and distant planets in the universe, where travelers meet unusual adventures and sometimes terrifying creatures who inhabit remote planets and moons. “Martian Caravan” and “Wanderers of the Wolf Moon” are two rare and hard to find tales that will haunt you for a long time. Arkham House has already contracted for another Nelson Bond book, “Probability Zero*, It will appear in the next few years and will publish many of his previously forgotten fantasy tales, and another long-lost novel. Jacket Art by Alan Fore Cover Design by JenGraph - Jennifer A. Niles

Cannon, Peter     Lovecraft Remembered
486 pages; Fine/Fine. Approximately 3500 books printed. This is not a used book. New. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ is Fine. Fantastic art work by Hertzel. In protective sleeve. Lovecraft scholar Peter Cannon has gathered all the major shorter memoirs, together with some rare contemporary glimpses from the amateur press before the master fantasist made his mark in Weird Tales.
Biography, Brand New, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror
From the Publisher:
In the years following H.P. Lovecraft's premature death in 1937, many of his friends and admirers were moved to write down their personal impressions of the man. These reminiscences appeared mainly in obscure amateur journals or in such early Arkham House volumes as Marginalia and Something About Cats. Peter Cannon, author of the critical and biographical study of H.P. Lovecraft (1989), has now gathered in one large volume all the major shorter memoirs, as well as a selection of early criticism and some rare contemporary glimpses from the amateur press before Lovecraft made his mark in Weird Tales. Here are such classic tributes as Winfield Townley Scott's His Own Most Fantastic Creation and W. Paul Cook's complete In Memoriam, together with more recent accounts such as Kenneth Sterling's Caverns Measureless to Man and Mara Kirk Hart's fascinating portrait of the Kalem Club as revealed through the letters of her father. Divided into seven sections Neighbors, Amateurs, Kalems, Ladies, Professionals, Fans, Critics, and illustrated throughout with vintage photographs, Lovecraft Remembered brings the master fantasist alive in the words of those who knew him best, from his former wife, Sonia Davis, to his closest friend, Frank Belknap Long.

Case, David    THE THIRD GRAVE The Third Grave   (on the short list at Arkham)
WI Arkham House 1981 First Edition Hardcover; First Printing F/F Illustrated by Fabian, Stephen
184 pages; Fine/Fine. Only 4158 copies issued. NO flaws. Un-read tight and clean. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ has fantastic art work. In protective sleeve. Treading through the detritus of this vanished civilization, Ashley and his party uncover a New Kingdom sarcophagus containing a mummy that has lain sequestered, undisturbed over the aeons, within a rock-cut tomb.
Horror Fantasy, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Brand New
From the Publisher:
When Thomas Ashley is invited to accompany the archaeological expedition of Sir Harold Gregory, he travels beyond the Great Cataract to enter a realm of endless sand, windswept cliffs, and the Egypt of the pharaohs. The expedition is visited by a mysterious intruder, Lucian Mallory, who lures the young scholar to his residence in England, where Ashley learns that his host is seeking ancient Egyptian secrets of resurrection and immortality. With the beautiful Arabella Cunningham, Ashley strives to use this arcane knowledge to redeem the life of a present-day man but then encounters the ultimate horror in a curse that comes down the ages to haunt the modern world. Illustrated by Stephen E. Fabian. Well-crafted book...chilling climax...a horror story of the old school. --Publishers Weekly Zestful ghoulishness...far livelier than most horror best-sellers. --Washington Post Book World

Cooper, Basil     The Exploits of Solar Pons
Illustrated by Stefanie Kate Hawks; ISBN 1878252119. 239 pages; Fine/Fine. New. Not a used book. An excellent gift! Limited edition of 1900 copies issued. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ is also Fine. In protective sleeve. Fantastic wrap around art work.

The detective Solar Pons was originally created by August Derleth and based on Sherlock Holmes. On Derleth's death, Arkham House authorised British author Basil Copper to continue the series. This is the first of the books by Basil Cooper on Solar Pons and collects four previously unpublished stories. Great reading! Four new adventures of The Sherlock Holmes of Praed Street:

  1. The Adventure of the Verger's Thumb
  2. The Adventure of the Phantom Face
  3. Death at the Metropole
  4. The Adventure of the Callous Colonel

Brand New, Mystery, Detective, Solar Pons

Derleth, August (Ed); Wrzos, Joseph (Intro)     New Horizons, Yesterday's Portraits of Tomorrow
299 pages; Near Fine/Fine. As New condition - not a used book. One page has crease at fore edge. Black boards with bright gilt lettering. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ is Fine. Fantastic cover art work by Fabian. In protective sleeve. An excellent gift! Clearly reflects some of the editor's early preferences and taste in pulp Sci-Fi, even some of his favorite subjects and writers, selected primarily from the pages of now historic golden Age pulps like Hugo Gemsback's Amazing Stories and Astounding Stories. Before his untimely death in 1971, August Derleth, already acclaimed for editing numerous SF anthologies, selected the contents for a final ?retrospective? gathering of first rate, exemplary SF tales, but never completed the project. Now, with an Introduction and Authors? notes provided by Joseph Wrzos, NEW HORIZONS finally appears. Among the now celebrated pulp SF authors represented are Murray Leinster, Clark Ashton Smith, Donald Wandrei, and Frank Belknap Long. As a special feature, the contents include ?The Countries of the Sea,? a newly discovered SF novelet by August Derleth and Mark Schorer, published for the first time.
Science Fiction & Fantasy

Jablokov, Alexander     Breath of Suspension
318 pages; Fine/Fine. This is not a Used Book. As New book and dust jacket. Un-read tight. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ is Fine! Fantastic wrap around art work. In protective sleeve. An excellent gift! Fantasy readers of a certain age will recall the untrammeled delight that attended their initial discovery of this field. Rediscover that sense of wonder through the fiction of Alexander Jablokov. Includes: The Breath of Suspension; Living Will; Many Mansions; The Death Artist; At the Cross-Time Jaunters' Ball; Above Ancient Seas, and more.
Brand New Science Fiction & Fantasy

Jones, Stephen (Ed)     Shadows Over Innsmouth
MN Fedogan & Bremer 1994 1878252186 Hardcover; Second Printing F/F Illustrated by Carson, Dave; McKenna, Martin; Pitts, Jim
339 pages; Fine/Fine. As New. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ is great! In protective sleeve. Fantastic wrap around artwork. A Bright, Beautiful, un-read Tight, Clean copy. An Excellent Gift! In these stories, as the decades pass, Dagon's spawn spreads out from the American east coast to cast its shadow over the British Isles and European mainland, while Innsmouth itself undergoes a metamorphosis both startling and unexpected. Contributor s: Brian Lumley, Ramsey Campbell, Neil Gaiman, Kim Newman, Basil Cooper, Brian Stableford, Guy N. Smith, Peter Tremayne, Michael Marshall Smith and others.

Jones, Stephen (Ed)     Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth
MN Fedogan & Bremer 2005 1878252569 Hardcover; First Edition, First Printing F/F Illustrated by Bob Eggleton
297 pages; Fine/Fine. This is not a used book. New condition. Only 2000 copies issued of this trade edition. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ is Fine - in protective sleeve! Fantastic wrap around art work by Bob Eggleton. An excellent gift! Stephen Jones returns to Lovecraft's decaying Massachusetts seaport as such established writers as Ramsey Campbell, Hugh B. Cave, Basil Copper, John Glasby, Caitlin R. Kierman, Richard A. Lupoff, Kim Newman, Paul McAuley, Michael Marshall Smith and Steve Rasnic Tem once again relate a fictional history of Innsmouth and its batrachian inhabitants.
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror Fantasy


A special limited edition is also available directly from the publisher for $120.00. Contact fedbrem@usinternet.com for details.

Joshi, S. T. (Compiled by)     Sixty Years Of Arkham House, A History and Bibliography
WI Arkham House 1999 Limited 1st Edition Hardcover; First Printing VG Illustrated by Koszowski, Allen
281 pages; Fine/Fine. As New condition - no flaws. Only 3500 copies issued. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ has not flaws. Fantastic wrap around art work. In new protective sleeve. The volume opens with Derleth's own capsule history of Arkham House up to 1969, followed by Joshi's summary of the firm's publications over the last three decades. A must have for the Collector!

Kesterton, David     The Darkling
WI Arkham House 1982 First Edition Hardcover; First Printing F/F
259 pages; Only 3126 copies issued. Fine/Fine. This is not a used book. Un-read Tight. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square, and pages are clean. Fantastic art work on Fine DJ. In protective sleeve. An Excellent Gift! Armed only with a bow and guided by a psychic aptitude for scanning life forms, Maradek is joined by a curious bestial anomaly who can communicate solely through telepathic subspeech.
Brand New Horror Fantasy Science Fiction & Fantasy

Lovecraft, H. P.     At The Mountains Of Madness, And Other Novels
WI Arkham House 1964 0870540386 Hardcover; Ninth Printing F/F Illustrated by Patrick, Tony
458 pages; Fine/Fine. [1985] As New. Un-read tight. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ is Great! Fantastic wrap around art work by Tony Patrick. In protective sleeve. 5th printing of the fifth printing - the critical edition. Only 2500 copies issued. The only completely authoritative text and supersedes all previous editions. In the whole range of fantastic literature, Lovecraft created a new form that is neither pure fancy nor pure science fiction. An Excellent Gift!

Lovercraft, H. P.     Dagon And Other Macabre Tales
448 pages; Fine/Fine. New book - not a used book. Corrected 9th printing. Only 2500 copies printed. Book is Super - Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. Bright black cloth with bright gilt lettering. DJ is Fine, no flaws. Fantastic wrap around cover art work. In protective sleeve. The third in a three-volume set of the collected macabre fiction that embodies the author's own final thoughts and stylistic preferences. Includes al the remaining fiction by H.P. Lovecraft, here published in chronological order together with his long essay on macabre fiction: The Tomb, Dagon, Polaris, Beyond the Wall of Sleep, The White Ship, The Doom That Came to Sarnath, The Tree, The Cats of Ulthar, The Temple, Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family, Celephais, From Beyond, The Nameless City, The Quest of Iranon, The Moon-Bog, The Other Gods, Herbert West-Reanimator, Hypnos, The Hound, The Lurking Fear, The Unnamable, The Festival, Under the Pyramids, The Horror at Red Hook, He, The Strange High House in the Mist, The Evil Clergyman, In the Walls of Eryx, and Supernatural Horror in Literature. Also includes two appendices: Index to Supernatural Horror in Literature and Chronology of the Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft.
Horror Fantasy, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Lovecraft, H. P.; Derleth, August (Selected); Joshi, S. T. (Ed)     The Dunwich Horror And Others
433 pages; Fine/Fine. As New condition. Not a used book. Corrected 11th printing Limited Edition of 4000. Unread tight and bright. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ is bright and sharp with no flaws. Fantastic wrap around art work to cover. In protective sleeve. A Collector's Delight. An excellent Gift. The finest imaginative tales \ by the outstanding twentieth century American writer in the genre are to be found in this volume. Great Reading!
This book contains what the editors of Arkham House believe to be the best stories by Lovecraft. Contents:

  • A Note on the Texts, by S.T. Joshi
  • Heritage of Horror, by Robert Bloch - taken from The Best of H. P. Lovecraft (New York: Ballantine, 1982)
  • In the Vault
  • Pickman's Model
  • The Rats in the Walls
  • The Outsider
  • The Colour Out of Space
  • The Music of Erich Zann
  • The Haunter of the Dark
  • The Picture in the House
  • The Call of the Cthulhu
  • The Dunwich Horror
  • Cool Air
  • The Whisperer in Darkness
  • The Terrible Old Man
  • The Thing on the Doorstep
  • The Shadow Over Innsmouth
  • The Shadow Out of Time

This is the fifth printing of the sixth printing which was "The first of the revised editions of Lovecraft's tales edited by Joshi" and is the first of three volumes which brough Lovecraft's fiction back into print. "...thousands of textual and typographical errors that had crept into successive Arkham House editions of these works were eliminated. Although for copyright reasons the new editions were labled 'corrected prints,' they have been entirely reset." (Sixty Years of Arkham House).
Horror Fantasy

Lovecraft, H. P.     The Horror In The Museum And Other Revisions
WI Arkham House Hardcover; Fifth Printing F/F Illustrated by Patrick, Tony
450 pages; Fine/Fine. As New. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ is great! In protective sleeve. Fantastic wrap around artwork by Patrick. A Bright, Beautiful, un-read Tight, Clean copy. An Excellent Gift! Super stories, bearing the un-mistakable stamp of H. P. Lovecraft's hand. In the whole range of fantastic literature, Lovecraft created a new form that is neither pure fantasy nor pure science fiction.

Lovecraft, H. P. and Joshi, S. T. (Ed)     Miscellaneous Writings
568 pages; Fine/Fine. As New condition. No flaws. Not a USED book. Brand New. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ is also Fine. In protective sleeve. An excellent gift! Most moving is that final 1937 letter to Nils H. Frome in which Lovecraft, now aware that he is dying, strives nonetheless to disabuse his young correspondent of spurious supernatural and occult delusions. Even as a sojourner in Death's waiting room, listening for the knock on the door, H. P. Lovecraft remained faithful to his scientific beliefs, a seeker after truth, to the end.
Brand New Horror Fantasy Science Fiction & Fantasy
From the Publisher:
Years in preparation, this massive assemblage of Lovecraftiana is organized into nine sections, each preceded by editor S.T. Joshi s illuminating commentary; Dreams and Fancies, The Weird Fantasist, Mechanistic Materialist, Literary Critic, Political Theorist, Antiquarian Travels, Amateur Journalist, Epistolarian, and Personal. The individual works by Lovecraft--over eighty in number!-are too numerous to be listed here, but include such central statements as the Commonplace Book, History of the Necronomicon, Notes on Writing Weird Fiction, The Materialist Today, Observations on Several Parts of America, Some Notes on a Nonentity, Cats and Dogs, and much, much more. With twenty pages of documentary illustrations and photographs, and with the aggregate Joshi exegesis constituting a virtual minibiography, the Miscellaneous Writing is the most significant volume ever published by and about H.P. Lovecraft.

Lovecraft, H. P.; edited by August Derleth and Donald Waldrei     Selected Letters III [1929-1931]
WI Arkham House 1997, Second Printing; ISBN: 0870540327, Illustrated by Virgil Finlay and Ronald Rich
451 pages; Fine/Fine. New book. Only 2500 issues of this 2nd Printing. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ is also Fine. In protective sleeve. An excellent gift! The depth and variety of Lovecraft's insight have seldom been equalled by the letter writers of his time. A perfect book for the Collector.
Horror Fantasy, Horror, Reference, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Lovecraft, H. P. & divers hands     Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
WI Arkham House 1990, ISBN: 0870541595, Illustrated by Potter, J. K.
529 pages; Fine/Fine. New. A fantastic wrap around DJ by Jeffrey Potter. From Sixty Years of Arkham House: "7015 copies printed. This revised edition of Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos (see no. 102), prepared by James Turner for the fiftieth anniversary of Arkham House, contains most of the stories from the eariler edition (those by Shea, Wade, and the two by Lumley have been dropped) along with new stories written in more recent years. ...Turner's tart introduction properly condems the hacks who have caused the "Cthulhu Mythos" to fall into disrepute through their unimaginative and hackneyed productions." The new stories include a story by Fritz Leiber, by Steven King, by Joanna Russ, and others.
Brand New, Horror Fantasy, Arkham House, Lovecraft, Cthulhu

MacLeod, Ian R.     Voyages by Starlight
WI Arkham House 1996, ISBN: 0870541714, Illustrated by Jainschigg, Nickolas
269 pages; Fine/Fine. New Fantastic DJ by Nicholas Jainschigg. From Sixty Years of Arkham House: "2542 copies printed. MacLeod (b. 1956) is a English author; this is his first published volume, consisting of stories published in horror and science fiction magazines between 1990 and 1995." From Publishers Weekly:"In stride with MacLeod's haunting first novel (The Great Wheel; Forecasts, June 30) comes this first collection of his acclaimed short fiction. The 10 stories included here combine elements of horror, fantasy, SF and realistic fiction as expressed by an assured literary voice. Settings range from the future ("Starship Day"; "The Perfect Stranger"; "Papa") to a present-day world identical to ours except for the existence of dream telepathy ("Ellen O'Hara," a story of the Irish Troubles). "Grownups" presents a culture of three sexes (men, women and uncles), and "The Giving Mouth" takes place in a fantasy landscape of mining, coal and smoke, where knights in animated armor ride steamhorses made of "liveiron." In all the tales, the fantastic blends seamlessly with the realistic. Above all, the stories focus on people, relationships and the human condition, which MacLeod imagines as melancholy and fatalistic ("Marnie") or horrific ("1/72nd Scale"). MacLeod's originality enriches and enlivens the genre, and his fiction--though often grim--should be read by everyone looking for something that is truly out of the ordinary."
Brand New, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Arkham House

Price, Robert M.     Tales of the Lovecraft Mythos
MN Fedogan & Bremer 1992, ISBN: 187825202X
327 pages; Fine/Fine. New. DJ has fantastic art work by Gahan Wilson - in protective sleeve. Stated First Edition, 1992. Only 3500 copies issued. As Chalker & Owings said, "If you like HPL you have to have this book." This book is considered by many to be the companion to August Derleth's Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos and a "must have". Inside front flap: "Few authors have been more pastiched than Howard Phillips Lovecraft. What started out as a private, literary game of eldritch name-dropping by a small circle of friends has grown into a subgenre in its own right. In this collection, editor Robert M. Price has assembled a vintage cross-section of Lovecraftian stories from the pulp era." Preface by Robert Bloch and Introduction by Robert M. Price.
Brand New, Cthulhu Mythos, Lovecraft, Arkham House

Ruber, Peter     Arkhams Masters of Horror
WI Arkham House 2000, ISBN: 0870541773, Illustrated by Tony Patrick
443 pages; Fine/Fine. New. DJ has fantastic wrap-around art work by Tony Patrick - in protective sleeve. Stated First Edition, 2000 [Listed as 1999 in 'Sixty Years of Arkham House']. Only 4000 copies issued. A 60th anniversity anthology retospective of the first 30 years of Arkham house with an "unusual amount of historical material" ['Sixty Years of Arkham House']
From the Publisher:
"Some of the writers August Derleth published during his 32-year reign at Arkham House have become legends among collectors and connoisseurs of weird fiction. Others have faded into unfortunate obscurity. Peter Ruber now brings 21 writers to life in detailed biographical essays that document little-known events through exhaustive research, and their long corresponde nce with August Derleth. These essays and an extensive introduction provide a rare and sometimes controversial insiders history of Arkham House, in which the editor also challenges some of the myths perpetuated by misinformed critics over the last three decades. With the addition of 21 rare stories and letters (most published here for the first time), the 445 pages of ARKHAMS MASTERS OF HORROR form a book within a book. This unique and important anthology is required reading for everyone who enjoys weird fiction, and is interested in learning more about Arkham House, its founder, and the writers who made the era from 1939 to 1971 one of the most exciting in the history of specialty press publishing. Featured writers include, H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert Bloch, Henry S. Whitehead, Robert E. Howard, H. Russell Wakefield, Seabury Quinn, Vincent Starrett, E. Hoffmann Price, Carl Jacobi, Donald Wandrei, Ramsey Campbell, and many others. Includes two rare photos by Harold Gauer and a colorful wrap-around jacket painting by Tony Patrick."
Brand New, Arkham House, Horror Fantasy, Lovecraft

Shepard, Lucius     The Ends Of The Earth
WI Arkham House 1991 First Edition Hardcover; First Printing F/F. Illustrated by Potter, Jeffrey K.
484 pages; Fine/Fine. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square, and pages are clean. Fantastic art work on Fine DJ. In protective sleeve. An Excellent Gift! From the creeper-clad jungles of Guatemala to the windswept peaks of Nepal, from the arid urban wasteland of Detroit to the haunted holocaust of Vietnam, Shepard's massive new retrospective explores the ends of the earth.... A little magic seeps into the world...
Horror Fantasy Science Fiction & Fantasy

Smith, Clark Ashton     A Rendezvous in Averoigne
WI Arkham House 2003 2nd Edition Hardcover; F/F
571 pages; Fine/Fine. New, not a used book. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ is Fine - in protective sleeve. Fantastic wrap around art work by Dariusz Jasiczak. An excellent gift! From the vampire-cursed realm of medieval Averoigne to the time ravaged spires of dying Zothique, the works of Clark Ashton Smith comprise a unique and imperishable legacy.
This is a reprint of one of the Arkham House classic books by Clark Ashton Smith with a new book jacket illustration. Visit Averoigne, Atlantis, Hyperborea, Lost Worlds, and Zothique all over again. The stories in this collection include: The Holiness of Azédarac, The Colossus of Ylourgne, The End of the Story, A Rendezvous in Averoigne, The Last Incantation, The Death of Malygris, A Voyage to Sfanomoë, The Weird of Avoosl Wuthoqquan, The Seven Geases, The Tale of Satampra Zeiros, the Coming of the White Worm, The City of the Singing Flame, The Dweller in the Gulf, The Chain of Aforgomon, Genius Loci, The Maze of Maal Dweb, The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis, The Uncharted Isle, The Planet of the Dead, Master of the Asteroid, The Empire of the Necromancers, The Charnel God, Xeethra, The Dark Eidolon, The Death of Ilalotha, The Last Hieroglyph, Necromancy in Naat, The Garden of Adompha, The Isle of the Torturers, Morthylla, and introduction by Ray Bradbury.
Horror Fantasy & Fantasy

Smith, Clark Ashton; Schultz, David E.; Connors, Scott (Eds)     Selected Letters of Clark Ashton Smith
WI Arkham House 2003 Limited 1st Edition Hardcover; First Printing F/F
417 pages; Fine/Fine. As New condition - no flaws. Only 3000 copies issued. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ has no flaws. Fantastic art work. In new protective sleeve. Contains a wealth of fascinating new biographical and literary information about a classic fantasy writer associated with Arkham House for more than 60 years.

Smith, James Robert [Ed.] and Rainey, Stephen Mark [Ed.].     Evermore
"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." - Edgar Allan Poe.
237 pages; Fine/Fine. New Book. Not a used book. Limited to 2000 issues. Fine book/ Fine dust jacket, in protective sleeve Fantastic wrap around cover art work. An excellent gift! In Evermore, fifteen writers examine Edgar Allan Poe from as many different perspectives. In each of EVERMORE’s tales, Poe and his legacy come to life in new and unprecedented ways, proving that the master himself remains just as intriguing, and just as vital, as when the unsuspecting readers first found themselves taunted by an avian horror who spoke to them nothing more than the simple word “Nevermore.”

TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • Introduction by Stephen Mark Rainey and James Robert Smith
  • "Of Persephone, Poe, and the Whisperer" by Tom Piccirilli
  • "All Beauty Sleeps" by Joel Lane
  • "Night Writing" by Charlee Jacob
  • "Cloud by Night" by Melanie Tem
  • "The Masque of Edgar Allan Poe" by Steve Rasnic Tem
  • "The White Cat" by Fred Chappell
  • "The Clockwork Horror" by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre
  • "Poe 103" by Ken Goldman
  • "The Impelled" by Gary Fry
  • "From the Wall, a Whisper" by Kealan Patrick Burke
  • "The Resurrections of Fortunato" by John Morressy
  • "In Articulo Mortis" by Trey Barker
  • "When It Was Moonlight" by Manly Wade Wellman
  • "They Call Me Eddie" by Tom Monteleone & Rick Hautala
  • "An Author and His Character" by Vincent Starrett
Brand New Horror Fantasy Science Fiction & Fantasy

Thomas, Milt     Cave of a Thousand Tales, The Life and Times of Hugh B. Cave
WI Arkham House 2004 First Edition Hardcover; First Printing F/F Illustrated by Minnion, Keith
287 pages; Fine/Fine. Only approximately 2500 copies issued. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ is Great! Fantastic wrap around artwork by Minnion. In protective sleeve. An Excellent Gift! Though Cave is well into his 8th decade of writing, he still turns out one or more books each year to a grateful reading public that can't get enough of his storytelling. Cave comes alive through many taped interviews with Milt Thomas, revealing a life almost as exciting as one of his fictional adventures. Includes a 42 page bibliography, an index and a 12 page photo album...

Turner, Jim     Cthulhu 2000: A Lovecraftian Anthology
Hardcover, Fine in Fine dust jacket, First Edition; First Printing WI Arkham House 1995; ISBN 0870541692; Illustrated by Bob Eggleton 413 pages; Fine/Fine. New. Not a used book. An excellent gift for the Horror fan! Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ is also Fine - with fantastic wrap around art work. In protective sleeve. Featuring "The Barrens" by F. Paul Wilson; "Pickman's Modem" by Lawrence Watt-Evans; "Shaft Number 247" by Basil Copper; "His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood" by Poppy Z. Brite; "Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai" by Roger Zelazny. And many more. Jacket by the Hugo Award-winning artist from antient Providentium, Bob Eggleton. Great Reading!
Brand New, Horror Fantasy

Reviews:
"From F. Paul Wilson and Bruce Sterling to Kim Newman and Esther Friesner, a dazzling array of 18 superbly talented writers is represented in CTHULHU 2000. The range of Lovecraft-inspired stories is as impressive as is the storytelling talents of the contributing authors. From Fred Chappel's 'The Adder' to Gahan Wilson's 'H.P.L.,' to Ramsey Campbell's 'The Face at Pine Dunes'...is a 'must' for every fan of Lovecraftian-style horror fantasy!" -- The Bookwatch

Wandrei, Donald; Rahman, Philip J. (Ed); Weiler, Dennis (Ed) Tierney, Richard L. (Intro)     Colossus, The Collected Science Fiction of Donald Wandrei
MN Fedogan & Bremer 1999 Second Edition Hardcover; Fine in Fine dust jacket; Illustrated by Rodger Gerberding.
461 pages; Fine/Fine. New book. Black boards with bright gilt lettering. Only 1000 issues of this 2nd Edition issued. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ is Fine. In protective sleeve. Fantastic art work. An excellent gift for the Arkham collector and/or fan of Science Fiction. Donald Wandrei's science fiction is distinguished by a deft, poetic grasp of the language and a dark, cosmic outlook which has rarely been equaled. An extensive introduction has been provided by Richard L. Tierney on the author and his work.
Brand New, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Wandrei, Howard; Olson, D. H. (Ed)     The Eerie Mr. Murphy, The Collected Fantasy Tales of Howard Wandrei - Volume II
MN Fedogan & Bremer 2003 First Edition Hardcover; First Printing F/F Illustrated by Wandrei, Howard
424 pages; Fine/Fine. No flaws. Limited to only 1500 copies issued. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, Spine is square and pages are clean. DJ, with fantastic wrap-around art work is perfect - in new protective sleeve. Editor D.H. Olson has gathered together this massive new collection of Howard Wandrie's fiction as a companion to his previous Wandrei Collection, ''Time Burial''. This new volume includes both published and unpublished horror, fantasy, and science fiction, plus the largest selection of his artwork ever published. The cover and interior illustrations are by Howard Wandrei.

Wilkins-Freeman, Mary E.     Collected Ghost Stories - With An Introduction By Edward Wagenknecht
WI Arkham 1974 First Edition Hard Cover; First Printing F/NF Illustrated by Frank Utpatel. 189 pages; Fine/Fine. Only 4155 copies printed. New. Un-opened tight. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ is Fine. In protective sleeve. Fantastic cover art work by Utpatel. An excellent gift! In the genre of the uncanny, the haunting and the haunted, some of the best tales ever written came from the pen of Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman. Yet they have been hard to locate, scattered through her several books of general short stories. Now these superb examples of the unearthly have been brought together in one volume. The complete contents are: The Shadows on the Wall; The Hall Bedroom; Luella Miller; The Vacant Lot; A Far-Away Melody; A Symphony in Lavender; The Wind in the Rose-Bush; A Gentle Ghost; The Southwest Chamber; The Lost Ghost; and, The Jade Bracelet. The introduction is by Dr. Edward Wagenknecht, distinguished author and critic, and the jacket is by Wisconsin artist Frank Utpatel.
Brand New, Horror, Fantasy




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Asquith, Cynthia    This Mortal Coil (OP)
WI Arkham House 1947 Limited Edition Hard Cover; First Printing F/VG+ Illustrated by Ronald Clyne
245 pages; Fine/Very Good Plus. Only 2, 609 copies printed. Boards are Straight and Tips are Pointed. DJ's white back panel is age darkened. One tiny chip at each spine tip. Asquith's conventional English settings, her simple, direct style, combined with a vivid sense of the dramatic, and a strong story-sense all contribute to the effectiveness of these tales of the supernatural. This is the first collection of her stories to be published anywhere....
Price: 80.00 USDSOLD

Baker, Denys Val    The Face In The Mirror (OP)
WI Arkham 1971 Limited Edition Hard Cover; First Printing F/F Illustrated by Gary Gore   113 pages; Fine/Fine. Only 2,045 printed. Boards are straight and tips are pointed. DJ is Great. A Beautiful, Bright, Extra, Extra Tight copy. The perfect gift for the collector!
Horror Fantasy

Blackwood, Algernon    The Doll And One Other
WI Arkham House 1946 Limited Edition Hard Cover; First Printing VG+/NONE
Very Good Plus/NO JACKET. Page edges beginning to tan. Faint shelfwear at spine tips. Inside paste down glue bleed through - foxing on FFPs. Light bump at top/bottom spine tip. Only 3,490 copies printed. Algernon Blackwood's last book. He wrote but one later short story, Roman Remains, published in 1948.
Price: 30.00 USDSOLD

Bond, Nelson    Nightmares And Daydreams (OP)
WI Arkham House 1968 First Edition Hard Cover; First Printing NF/NF Illustrated by Ronald Clyne   269 pages; Near Fine/Near Fine. Limited edition - Only 2040 copies printed. Out of Print. Tee-niny super light specks to top and bottom outside page edges. Tiny bit of shelf rub at top and bottom edges. Boards are straight, Tips are Pointed, Spine is Square and Pages are Clean. Bright, bold gilt lettering. DJ has just a tiny bit of light rub to spine and front corner tip. Now in new protective sleeve. An Excellent Gift! Contents: To People a New World; A Rose Future for Roderick; The Song; Petersen's Eye; The Abduction of Abner Greer; Bird of Prey; The Spinsters; The Devel to Pay; Down Will Come the Sky; The Pet Shop; Al Haddon's Lamb; Last Inning; The Dark Door; Much Ado About Pending; Final Report.

Bowen, Marjorie    Kecksies And Other Twilight Tales
WI Arkham House 1976 First Edition Hard Cover; First Printing F/F Illustrated by Stephen E. Fabian
Fine/Fine. Only 4,000 copies printed. An Excellent copy still in shrinkwrap from Arkham. A Great Gift for the Arkham Collector.

Brennan, Joseph Payne; Grant, Donald M.    Stories Of Darkness And Dread (OP)
WI Arkham House 1973 Limited Edition Hard Cover; First Printing F/F Illustrated by Denis Tiani
173 pages; Fine/Fine. Only 4, 000 copies printed. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square, pages are un-read tight and clean. Fantastic DJ - in new protective sleeve. A fine selection of 18 titles. The Dump offers a nightmarish science-fiction view of the future calculated to make all readers content to be living today.... An Excellent Gift!

Burks, Arthur J.    Black Medicine (OP)
WI Arkham House 1966 Limited Edition Hard Cover; First Printing F/NF Illustrated by Lee Brown Coye
Fine/Near Fine. Only 1, 952 copies printed. Outside page edges Very Lightly foxed. Boards are Straight and Tips are Pointed. DJ has Tiny chip at front corner tip and Very Light rub on back panel, otherwise Fine. A Bright, Beautiful, Unread Tight, Clean copy.

Campbell, Ramsey    Demons By Daylight (OP)
WI Arkham House 1973 First Edition Hard Cover; First Printing NF/NF Illustrated by Eddie Jones
153 pages; Very Good Plus/Near Fine. Only 3472 books printed. Scar from a nameplate (?) inexpertly removed from front free endpaper. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ has original price and just a bit of shelf rub, to white back panel, at edges. Tee-niny bit of shelf rub at corner tips and spine tips. Now in protective sleeve. An excellent gift! Ramsey Campbell has been called Britain's most respected living horror writer by the Oxford Companion to English Literature. In this, his second book from Arkham House (the first was The Inhabitant Of The Lake And Less Welcome Tenants), he broke away from his early H. P. Lovecraft influence and produced one of the most important volumes Arkham House ever published. [Sixty Years of Arkham House]. Fantastic art work by Eddie Jones. Contents: Potential, The End of a Summer's Day, At First Sight, The Franklyn Paragraphs, The Inteloper [as by Errol Undercliffe], The Sentinels, The Guy, The Old Horns, The Lost, The Stocking, The Second Staircase, Conclusion, The Enchanted Fruit, Made in Goatswood.
Horror Fantasy Horror Fantasy

Campbell, Ramsey    The Height Of The Scream (OP)
WI Arkham House Publishers 1976 Limited Edition Hard Cover; First Printing F/F Illustrated by Ron Fendel
Fine/Fine. Limited Edition - Only 4, 000 copies printed. An Excellent copy for the Collector. Still in shrinkwrap from Arkham. No flaws!

Carter, Lin    Dreams From R'lyeh (OP)
WI Arkham House Publishers 1975 First Edition Hard Cover; First Printing F/F Illustrated by Kirk, Tim
72 pages; Fine/Fine. One of only 3, 000 printed. DJ has a tiny, light rub at front flap fold. A Fine, un-read tight and clean book. An Excellent Gift for the Collector!

Copper, Basil    And Afterward, The Dark (OP)
WI Arkham House 1977 Limited Edition Hard Cover; First Printing F/F Illustrated by Stephen E. Fabian
Fine/Fine. Only 4, 000 copies printed. An EXCELLENT copy - still in shrinkwrap from Arkham. Flawless.
Price: 25.00 USD  SOLD

Copper, Basil    From Evil's Pillow (OP)
WI Arkham House 1973 First Edition Hard Cover; First Printing Illustrated by Frank Utpatel
177 pages; Fine/Near Fine. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. Un-read tight. Fantastic DJ by Utpatel. Very light shelf rub on white back panel edge. Tiny bit of very light rub at spine edge. There is a casual and natural ease in Copper's authorship that underplays the extraordinary events in which his characters become entrapped. He beguiles the mind as he lures the imagination beyond the outpost of reality. A Great Gift.

Counselman, Mary E.    Half In Shadow
WI Arkham 1978 Limited Edition Hard Cover; First Printing F/F Illustrated by Tim Kirk
Fine/Fine. Only 4, 000 copies printed. A Super Copy. Still in shrinkwrap from Arkham. Great stories, a classic collection of Supernatural Stories

De Camp, L. Sprague    Demons And Dinosaurs (OP)
WI Arkham House 1970 Limited Edition Hard Cover; First Printing F/NF Illustrated by Frank Utpatel
72 pages; Fine/Near Fine. "500 copies printed by Villiers Press (London), although this fact is not cited in the volume. ... Reprints: None" (Sixty Years of Arkham House compiled by S.T. Joshi).
AUTOGRAPHED BY L. SPRAGUE DE CAMP. (and very nice handwritting, I might add).
Boards are Straight and Tips are Pointed. Black boards and Bright Gilt Stamping. White on DJ has very slight rubbing at edges. In protective sleeve. Un-read tight and clean.; Signed by Author

De Camp, L. Sprague    Literary Swordsmen And Sorcerers: The Makers Of Heroic Fantasy (OP)
WI Arkham House 1976 Limited 1st Edition Hard Cover; First Printing F/F Illustrated by Tim Kirk
Fine/Fine. Still in shrink wrap from Arkham House. Only 5431 copies printed. The perfect Gift for the Collector.
Price: 25.00 USD   SOLD

De La Mare, Walter    Eight Tales (OP)
WI Arkham House 1971 Limited Edition Original Cloth; First Printing F/F Illustrated by Gary Gore
Fine/Fine. Originally planned by the late author before his death, this collection brings to book form for the first time eight stories first published under the byline of Walter Ramal. The introduction is by Dr. Edward Wagenknecht, the distinguished author and critic. A Perfect Gift for the Collector.

Derleth, August    The Adventure Of The Unique Dickensians (OP)
WI Mycroft & Moran 1968. Wraps; First Edition. Fine condition. Illustrated by Frank Utpatel. 38 pages. No creases. Only 2012 copies printed [Sixty Years of Arkham]. A single Solar Pons tale, published in softcover. "Solar Pons is a product of the so-called Golden Age of detective fiction, a contemporary of Hercule Poirot, Lord Peter Wimsey, Albert Campion, Gideon Fell and the Saint. He is worthy of their company." [ A Study in Solar: The Sherlock Holmes of Praed Street by Roger Johnson]
Great Reading!
Science Fiction Mystery Detective

Derleth, August    The Chronicles Of Solar Pons (OP)
WI Mycroft & Moran 1973. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good Plus condition. Illustrated by Frank Utpatel. ix, 237 pp. "4176 copies printed. The sixth collection of Solar Pons tales. Basil Copper has gone on to write futher Solar Pons adventures." [Sixty Years of Arkham]. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Just a hint of age to outside page edges. DJ spine lightly sunned. Brodart protected. A beautiful, Extra, Extra Tight copy.
Table of Contents:

  • Introduction, by Allen J. Hubin
  • The Adventure of the Red Leech
  • The Adventure of the Orient Express
  • The Adventure of the Golden Bracelet
  • The Adventure of the Shaplow Millions
  • The Adventure of the Benin Bronze
  • The Adventure of the Missing Tenants
  • The Adventure of the Aluminium Crutch
  • The Adventure of the Seven Sisters
  • The Adventure of the Bishop's Companion
  • The Adventure of the Unique Dickensians

Mystery, Detective

Derleth, August (ed.)    Dark Things (OP)
WI Arkham House 1971 Limited Edition Hard Cover; First Printing VG/VG DJ by Herb Arnold and Gary Gore.
"3051 copies printed. The fourth and final anthology of original weird tales edited by Derleth, and a substantial volume." [Sixty years of Arkham House]
Very Good/Very Good. Book spine may have been bumped at middle of spine as front gutter is irregular. It also appears it could have been done while putting the cover together because the spine connection to the book is solid and tight. DJ has yellowing at folds and top edge of white, two very small rubbing spots at bottom of spine and back fold. Brodart protected.
Price: 45.00 USDSOLD

Derleth, August    Dwellers In Darkness (OP)
WI Arkham 1976 First Edition Hard Cover F/F Illustrated by Frank Utpatel
Fine/Fine. A Bright, Beautiful, Tight copy. Excellent Condition.

Derleth, August    Harrigan's Files
WI Arkham House 1975 Limited Edition Hard Cover; First Printing F/F Illustrated by Frank Utpatel
Fine/Fine. Limited to 4102 copies printed. Arkham has offered seventeen accounts from the files of newspaper reporter Tex Harrigan, where we see the versatile hand of August Derleth in a refreshingly new genre. A Super copy of this book - still in shrinkwrap from Arkham.

Derleth, August    Mr. Fairlie's Final Journey (OP)
WI Mycroft & Moran 1968 Limited Edition Hard Cover; First Printing F/NF Illustrated by Frank Utpatel
131 pages; Fine/Near Fine. Only 3, 493 copies printed. Boards are Straight and Tips are Pointed. Bright, White, Tight, Clean, Unread pages. DJ is very lightly tanned at spine and folds. (original jacket price) An Excellent Gift for the Arkham/Mycroft collector. First Solor Pons story featuring the Sherlock Holmes of Praed Street.

Derleth, August    A Praed Street Dossier (OP)
WI Mycroft & Moran 1968. First Edition. Fine/Fine condition. Illustrated by by Frank Utpatel. 108 pages. "2904 copies printed. An interesting volume of miscellany abut Solar Pons, with a few additional adventures." [Sixty Years of Arkham]. Fine/Fine. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are extra tight and clean. DJ has very nice with illustration by Frank Utpatel. In protective sleeve. An Excellent Gift for the Collector. Solar Pons has not been called The Sherlock Holmes of Praed Street without good reason. Great Reading!
Table of Contents:

  • The Beginnings of Solar Pons
  • The Sources of the Tales
  • Concerning Dr. Parker's Background
  • The Favorite Pastiches
  • From the Notebooks of Dr. Lyndon Parker
        The Adventure of the Bookseller's Clerk
  • Solar Pons, Off-Trail
  • The Adventure of the Snitch in Time (with Mack Reynolds)
  • The Adventure of the Ball of Nostradamus (with Mack Reynolds)
Mystery, Detective

Derleth, August    The Reminiscences Of Solar Pons (OP)
WI Mycroft & Moran 1961. First Edition. Fine condition. Illustrated by by Frank Utpatel. 199 pages. "2052 copies printed. The fourth volume of Solar Pons tales. The title is derived from the subtitle of the fourth Sherlock Holmes collection, His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes (1917)." [Sixty Years of Arkham]. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Limit First Edition. Only 2052 copies printed. Soft bump top back corner tip. Boards are straight, tips appear pointed through Mylar cover, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ back cover has a bit of "shelf dust" on white back ground. Tee-niny chip at front corner tips. Light rubbing at spine tips. A Bright, Beautiful, Tight, Clean copy.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction, by Anthony Boucher
  • The Adventure of the Mazarine Blue
  • The Adventure of the Hats of M. Dulac
  • The Adventure of the Mosiac Cylinders
  • The Adventure of the Praed Street Irregulars
  • The Adventure of the Cloverdale Kennels
  • The Adventure of the Black Cardinal
  • The Adventure of the Troubled Magistrate
  • The Adventure of the Blind Clairaudient
  • A Chronology of Solar Pons, by Robert Pattrick
Mystery, Detective

Derleth, August    Someone In The Dark (OP)
WI Arkham House 1941 Limited Edition Hard Cover; First Printing NF/VG Illustrated by Frank Utpatel
Near Fine/Very Good. INSCRIBED BY AUGUST DERLETH. An Original 1941 issue, only 1,415 copies issued (Thirty Year of Arkham House). Second book issued by Arkham House. Very light age tanning outside page edges. Boards are straight, tips are pointed and spine is square. DJ's front fold is rubbed through, with small chips at corner tips - spine TIPS are chipped (1/8 inch - does not effect text) - spine edges lightly rubbed. Lightly age tanned along top outer edge. Great Spine Illustration as well as Cover Artwork. In Mylar protective sleeve. Signed by Author.

Derleth, August    The Trail Of Cthulhu (OP)
WI Arkham House 1962 Limited Edition Hard Cover; First Printing NF/NF Illustrated by Richard Taylor
Near Fine/Near Fine. Only 2,470 copies printed. 248 pages, Original price $4.00. Outside page edges very lightly foxed. Boards are Straight and Tips are Pointed. DJ has tiny rub front corner tip - white back panel is faintly tanned at edges, otherwise Fine. A Bright, Beautiful, Tight, Clean Copy.

Derleth, August    Thirty Years Of Arkham House 1939-1969 (OP)
WI Arkham House 1970 Limited Edition Hard Cover; First Printing F/NF
Fine/Near Fine. A History and Bibliography. A GREAT research tool for Arkham House, Mycroft & Moran and Stanton & Lee publications. Lists Title, Author, Illustrator & Designer, Publisher, Year, Number of pages, Original price and Contents (names of stories) . Only 2, 000 copies issued. Boards are Straight and Tips are Pointed. DJ spine is lightly sunned, otherwise Fine. NO dings or pings.
Price: 45.00 USDSOLD

Derleth, August    Travellers By Night (OP)
WI Arkham House 1967 Limited Edition Hard Cover; First Printing F/F Illustrated by Dietrich, James
261 pages; Fine/Fine. Only 2, 486 copies printed. Perfect book for the Arkham / Derleth Collector. The stories in this anthology of new work in the domain of the uncanny range from fantasy to horror. Includes The Horror From The Middle Span, by H. P. Lovecraft.

Derleth, August    Wisconsin Murders (OP)
WI Mycroft & Moran 1968. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine condition. Illustrated by by Ronald Clyne. 222 pages. "1958 copies printed. Derleth's one excursion into true crime, recounting curious murders and other crimes in his native state." [Sixty Years of Arkham]. Fine/Near Fine. Only 1, 958 issues printed. Book is excellent - un-read tight. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ has is very, very lightly toned on white back panel. Tee-niny rub top front corner tip. Now in protective sleeve. An enquiry into Mayhem and Homicide in the Midwest... An Excellent Gift!
Table of Contents:

  • Foward
  • Caffee Was a Gallowsbird
  • An Affair in Council
  • A Jury of His Peers
  • A Way with the Ladies [orig. in Saint Mystery Magazine, April 1964]
  • Coincidence and Dr. Garner
  • The Tribulations of Sarah Ingersoll
  • A Rival to Xantippe
  • A Slight Case of Perjury
  • "Hell Hath No Fury . . ."
  • A Village Borgia [orig. in American Weekly, July 19, 1953]
  • La Follette for the Proecution
  • The Dog in the Night-Time
  • Dear Grace [orig. in Saint Mystery Magazine, June 1963]
  • Hart Gets His Man
  • Christmas Package
  • The Wold at the Church Social

Mystery, Detective

Derleth, August    Wisconsin Murders (OP)
WI Mycroft & Moran 1968. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good Plus condition. Illustrated by by Ronald Clyne. 222 pages. "1958 copies printed. Derleth's one excursion into true crime, recounting curious murders and other crimes in his native state." [Sixty Years of Arkham]. 222 pages; Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Only 1,958 issues printed. Very soft bump top front corner tip. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ is lightly age toned on white back panel. Tiny bit of rub to front panel. Light rub to back panel edge. Tiny bit of rub at bottom spine tip an front corner tips. Now in protective sleeve. An enquiry into Mayhem and Homicide in the Midwest... An Excellent Gift!
Table of Contents:

  • Foward
  • Caffee Was a Gallowsbird
  • An Affair in Council
  • A Jury of His Peers
  • A Way with the Ladies [orig. in Saint Mystery Magazine, April 1964]
  • Coincidence and Dr. Garner
  • The Tribulations of Sarah Ingersoll
  • A Rival to Xantippe
  • A Slight Case of Perjury
  • "Hell Hath No Fury . . ."
  • A Village Borgia [orig. in American Weekly, July 19, 1953]
  • La Follette for the Proecution
  • The Dog in the Night-Time
  • Dear Grace [orig. in Saint Mystery Magazine, June 1963]
  • Hart Gets His Man
  • Christmas Package
  • The Wold at the Church Social

Mystery, Detective

Derleth, August & Schorer, Mark    Colonel Markesan And Less Pleasant People (OP)
WI Arkham House 1966 Limited Edition Hard Cover; First Printing NF/VG+ Illustrated by Frank Utpatel   285 pages; Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Only 2, 405 copies printed. Tee-niny spot, which appears to be an accidental touch with pen head, on top text block. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. Un-read tight. DJ with Original price 5.00 is very, very lightly age tanned at back flap fold, top outside edge and spine. Now in protective sleeve. An Excellent Gift! Written in the summer of 1931 when two fledgling authors shared a cottage along the Wisconsin River in Sauk City. They were written specifically for Weird Tales, where a majority of them were published...

Eisenstein, Phyllis    Born To Exile (OP)
WI Arkham House 1978 Limited Edition Hard Cover; First Printing F/F Illustrated by Stephen E. Fabian
Fine/Fine. An Excellent Copy. Only 4, 000 issues printed. A Collector's Quality Copy.

Fryer, Donald S.    Songs & Sonnets Atlantean (OP)
WI Arkham 1971 First Edition Hard Cover; First Printing F/F Illustrated by Gordon R. Barnett
134 pages; Fine/Fine. Only 2, 000 printed. Boards are Straight and Tips are Pointed. DJ is Great - only Very Lightly sunned at spine. A Beautiful, Bright, Extra, Extra Tight copy. An Excellent Gift!

Grendon, Stephen (Derleth, August)    Mr. George And Other Odd Persons (OP)
WI Arkham House 1963 Limited Edition Hard Cover; First Printing F/F Illustrated by Robert E. Hubbell
Fine/Fine. Only 2, 546 copies printed (pp. Viii. , 239) - $4.00 Original price. Outside page edges Very Lightly foxed, otherwise Fine. Boards are Straight and Tips are Pointed. DJ is Great! ! A Bright, Unread Tight, Clean copy. Stories written by August Derleth under the Stephen Grendon pseudonym. A Super copy for the Collector.
Price: 35.00 USD SOLD

Harrison, Michael    Exploits Of The Chevalier Dupin (OP)
WI Mycroft & Moran 1968. First Edition. Fine condition. Illustrated by Ronald Clyne. 138 pages. No creases. "1917 copies printed. A series of tales utilizing Edgar Allan Poe's detective C. Auguste Dupin, first published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine during the 1960s." [Sixty Years of Arkham]. Un-read tight and clean. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. Fantastic DJ in protective sleeve. With Introduction by Ellery Queen. Seven brilliant cases solved by Dupin. An Excellent Gift!
Table of Contents:

  • Introduction, by Ellery Queen
  • Dupin: The Reality Behind the Fiction
  • The Vanished Treasure
  • The Mystery of the FulDocuments
  • The Man in the Blue Spectles
  • The Mystery of the Gilded Cheval-Glass
  • The Fires in the Rue St. Honore
  • The Murder in the Rue Royale
  • The Facts in the Case of the Missing Diplomat

Science Fiction, Mystery, Detective

Howard, Robert E.    Skull-face And Others (OP)
WI Arkham 1946 First Edition Hard Cover G/P Illustrated by Hannes Bok
Condition: Good/Poor. Only 3,000 copies. Outside page edges brown with age.. Inside pages Clean and Clear. FFPs have taping residue (appears that the DJ was once taped to book. ) Boards are Straight and Tips appear Pointed through Mylar cover. Spine lettering clear and sharp. DJ is Used and Abused. 1 inch chip missing at bottom of spine. Other chips missing at extraminities. Clear scotch tape front and back. Back panel age tanned but All Text is readable and Artwork is intact. A Real Nice copy for the age.

Jacobi, Carl    Disclosures In Scarlet (OP)
WI Arkham House 1972 Limited Edition Hard Cover; First Printing F/NF Illustrated by Frank Utpatel
181 pages; Fine/Near Fine. Limited First Edition. Only 3127 issues printed. Book is Excellent. DJ has sticker over price, which Arkham placed there when they raised the price of the book, also has very mild tanning of spine and top edge of front cover. Now in protective sleeve. Un-read tight and clean. An Excellent Gift! Disclosures In Scarlet displays the full power and range of one of America's foremost authors of imaginative fiction. No reader is likely to forget the occupant of The Aquarium, or the supernatural horror of The Unpleasantness. Great Reading!

Jacobi, Carl    Portraits In Moonlight (OP)
WI Arkham 1964 Limited Edition Hard Cover; First Printing F/F Illustrated by Frank Utpatel
213 pages; Fine/Fine. Boards are Straight and Tips are Pointed. Only 1, 897 ocpies printed. Fantastic DJ with protective sleeve. An Excellent copy for the Collector.

Keller, David H.    The Folsom Flint And Other Curious Tales (OP)
WI Arkham 1969 First Edition Hard Cover; First Printing F/NF Illustrated by Ronald Clyne 213 pages; Fine/Near Fine. Only 2031 issues printed. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. Un-read Tight. An Excellent Gift! A Beautiful, Bright, Tight, Clean, Unread copy. DJ back flap fold very, very faintly age tanned. Now in protective sleeve. A memorial volume bringing into print some hitherto uncollected stories by the late David H. Keller - and quite possibly the final volume of his shorter work. It contains Keller's three best known short stories: The Thing in the Cellar; A Piece of Linoleum; The Dead Woman; and many more. Great Reading!

Kirk, Russell    The Princess Of All Lands (OP)
WI Arkham House Publishers 1979 First Edition Hard Cover; First Printing F/NF Illustrated by Joe Wehrle, Jr.
238 pages; Fine/Near Fine. 4120 mcopies (Sixty Years of Arkham House). DJ has little rub at front fold. White on back flap fold just a little tanned. Now in new protective sleeve. A Beautiful, Extra Tight copy. An Excellent gift for the Collector.

Table of Contents (from Sixty Years of Arkham):

  • Prologue
  • Sorworth Place
  • Behind the Stumps
  • The Princess of All Lands
  • The Last God's Dream
  • The Cellar of Little Egypt
  • Ex Tenebris
  • Balgrummo's Hell
  • There's a Long, Long Trail A-Winding (won the World Fantasy Award in 1977)
  • Saviourgate
Price: 32.00 USD  SOLD

Le Fanu, J. Sheridan    The Purcell Papers
WI Arkham 1975 Limited Edition Hard Cover; First Arkham House Printing (Original published in 1880) F/NF Illustrated by Frank Utpatel
Near Fine/Near Fine. Only approximately 4000 copies issued. Boards are Straight and Tips are Pointed. DJ has light rubbing to back panel (one book against another) and just a bit of rubbing to the spine. A Bright, Beautiful, Un-read Extra Tight copy. With an introduction by the late August Derleth.

Leiber, Fritz, Jr.    Night's Black Agents (OP)
WI Arkham House 1947 Limited Edition Hard Cover; First Printing NF/VG Illustrated by Ronald Clyne
Near Fin