LOT Old Heritage Auctions  /  2008 Feb Grand Format Book & Manuscript #682  / 

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Clark Ashton Smith, Five Arkham House Editions.

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Clark Ashton Smith, Five Arkham House Editions.
<B>Clark Ashton Smith</B></I>. <B>Five Arkham House Editions, One Signed by August Derleth</B></I>, including: <B><I>Genius Loci and Other Tales</B></I></B></I>; <B><I>Tales of Science and Sorcery</B></I></B></I>; <B><I>Poems in Prose</B></I></B></I>; <B><I>Other Dimensions</B></I></B></I>; <B><I>Selected Poems</B></I></B></I>. Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1948-1971. Hardcover editions. Five twelvemo volumes.<BR><BR>Black cloth with gold spine titles. Dust jackets. Overall, all are fine to very fine. All volumes were copyrighted by August Derleth, except <I>Selected Poems</B></I>, which was copyrighted by Smith's widow. <I>Poems in Prose</B></I> is inscribed and signed <I>"</B></I>Sincerely, August Derleth<I>" </B></I>on the front endpaper. This lot provides a fine assortment of literary works by Smith (1893-1961), a true renaissance man: poet, painter, sculptor, and horror and science-fiction author. Like his friends H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard, Smith first saw his stories published in the pages of <I>Weird Tales</B></I> magazine. <I>From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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