{"id":15555,"date":"2016-09-06T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T13:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/?p=15555"},"modified":"2016-09-05T20:59:43","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T01:59:43","slug":"library-additions-three-august-derleth-arkham-house-firsts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/?p=15555","title":{"rendered":"Library Additions: Three August Derleth Arkham House Firsts"},"content":{"rendered":"

So the very same day<\/i> that I bought books from the Fred Duarte estate and<\/i> from the Cold Tonnage sale also saw the close of a National Book Auctions featuring multiple lots from a serious werewolf and vampire collector. I missed out on two of the rarer items I bid on (Jane Gaskell’s The Shiny Narrow Grin<\/b>, a mod vampire novel that’s the only Gaskell first edition I don’t own, and a better copy than mine of Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend<\/b>), but I ended up getting four mixed lots at bargain prices, the first three containing books from that werewolf\/vampire collection, and the fourth…<\/p>\n

Well, I’ll get to that eventually.<\/p>\n

I’ll be listing the books incorporated into my own library here, while the rest will be offered up (most at bargain prices) in the next Lame Excuse Books<\/a> catalog. <\/p>\n

The first set of books I’m listing are three August Derleth firsts from Arkham House, which he, of course, co-founded and ran until his death in 1971. I collect Arkham House much more than I collect Derleth per se, but all I’ve read of him are his dreadful posthumous Lovecraft “collaborations,” which I’m given to understand are not representative of his work as a whole. <\/p>\n

  • Derleth, August and Mark Schorer. Colonel Markesan and Less Pleasant People<\/b>. Arkham House, 1966. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket with just a trace of wear at points and a trace of dust soiling on white portions of dust jacket at rear. Collaborative short story collection. Joshi, Sixty Years of Arkham House<\/b> 87. Jaffery, Horrors and Unpleasantries<\/b> 93. Nielsen, Arkham House Books: A Collector’s Guide<\/b>, 93. Derleth, Thirty Years of Arkham House<\/b> 87. Currey, page 146.\n

    \"Colonel<\/a><\/p>\n

  • Derleth, August, editor. Dark Mind, Dark Heart<\/b>. Arkham House, 1962. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket with slight dust soiling to white rear cover. Anthology. Joshi, Sixty Years of Arkham House<\/b> 64. Jaffery, Horrors and Unpleasantries<\/b> 66. Nielsen, Arkham House Books: A Collector’s Guide<\/b>, 68. Derleth, Thirty Years of Arkham House<\/b> 64. Currey, page 151.\n

    \"Dark<\/a><\/p>\n

  • Derleth, August, editor. Over the Edge<\/b>. Arkham House, 1964. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket with slight rubbing along rear cover fold. Anthology. Joshi, Sixty Years of Arkham House<\/b> 75. Jaffery, Horrors and Unpleasantries<\/b> 79. Nielsen, Arkham House Books: A Collector’s Guide<\/b>, 81. Derleth, Thirty Years of Arkham House<\/b> 79. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy<\/b>, page 6. Currey, page 153.\n

    \"Over<\/a><\/li>\n

    All three books bought for $55 as part of an eleven book lot. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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