Item Description
Lot of 17, all are first editions ©1943-1966, each with a low print run between 1,200 and 4,000. The key book is "Beyond The Wall Of Sleep" by H.P. Lovecraft ©1943. 1,200 printed. Complete w/dust jacket. DJ has edge wear and dust soil w/a few small pieces missing from corner tips. Good/VG. Book has lt. bumps at corner tips, trace of lt. dust soil on inside covers. Overall clean, tight, and Fine/VF. Other titles include: 1944 "Lost Worlds" by Clark Ashton Smith (no DJ), 1945 "Witch House" by Evangeline Walton w/DJ, 1946 "Skull Face And Others" by Robert E. Howard (no DJ, bookplate inside cover), 1949 "Something About Cats" by H.P Lovecraft (w/DJ, owners name on flyleaf page), 1952 "Night’s Yawning Peal" collected by August Derleth (w/DJ), 1953 "The Curse of Yig" by Zealia Bishop (w/DJ), 1944 "Jumbee And Other Uncanny Tales" by Henry S. Whitehead (w/DJ), 1945 "Green Tea And Other Ghost Stories" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, 1946 "The Doll And One Other" by Algernon Blackwood (w/DJ), 1946 "West India Lghts" by Henry S. Whitehead (w/DJ), 1946 "Fearful Pleasures" by A.E. Coppard (w/DJ), 1946 "The Clock Strikes Twelve" by H.R. Wakfield (w/DJ), 1948 "The Web Of Easter Island" by Donald Wandrei (w/DJ), 1948 "The Fourth Book Of Jorkens" by Lord Dunsany (w/DJ), 1964 "Portraits In Moonlight" by Carl Jacobi (w/DJ) and 1966 "Black Medicine" by Arthur J. Burrs (w/DJ). In total, 14 books have DJs. Most have lt. to moderate wear, but DJs VG/VF overall. Books themselves are Fine to VF+. An instant collection w/some scarce titles. A full list is available online.