Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$32.50 + shipping
Description: 64p., 6.25x9.25 inches, fiction, poetry, actor profiles, illustrations, mailing label of August Derleth and Arkham House Pub., his copy, very good booklet in stapled wraps.
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. Some Notes on H. P. Lovecraft. Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1959.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 17.5 x 12 cm. 16mo. xlii. Green stapled wrappers. Small bump to the lower right corner of the front cover, else fine.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Some Notes on H.P. Lovecraft by August Derleth (First Edition) Sharp copy. Minor edgewear. Slight fading. Previous owner's stamp to front pastedown. First Edition. 42 pages. Examination of Lovecraft's work as well as a journal of his activities and four letters written by him.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Derleth, August & Lovecraft, H. P.. SOME NOTES ON H. P. LOVECRAFT. Arkham House, 1959.
Price: US$74.24 + shipping
Description: SOME NOTES ON H. P. LOVECRAFT, Arkham House, 1959, first edition, just about fine in wraps. 1/1,044 copies.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
August Derleth. Some Notes on H.P. Lovecraft. Arkham House, 1959.
Price: US$74.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Near Fine. Tips of cover slightly bumped. Mild yellowing along spine.
Seller: Avol's Books LLC, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. Some Notes on H.P. Lovecraft. Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1959.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Wrappers (softcover). 1044 copies printed. 42 pages; cover design by Gary Gore. Provides an examination into several Lovecraft myths, his writing habits, and explanation of unfinished manuscripts. An exceptionally clean, tight and bright copy Size: 12mo
Seller: Books & Bidders Antiquarian Booksellers, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Small octavo, printed wrappers, stapled. Includes information on unfinished manuscripts, work habits as well as the text of four letters from Lovecraft to Derleth. Some age toning to spine, a nearly fine copy. (22754)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$76.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Arkham House's small 42-page chapbook collection of several biographic notes on Lovecraft produced in a run of 1,044 copies. The Gary Gore green illustrated wraps were issued a quarter inch larger than the text block resulting in easily softened edges. In this volume, Derleth dispels several myths related to Lovecraft that had cropped up after his death. Notably, that he died of starvation, committed suicide, and was a "violent anti-Semite." Other notes discuss Lovecraft's unfinished manuscripts and his writing habits. The chapbook concludes with the a printing of notes Robert Barlow made about Lovecraft's visit to see him in 1934 and with four letter's that Derleth received from Lovecraft between 1926-1936. A near fine copy of a delicate Arkham House title with the usual bumped edges and corners. II-b-7.
Seller: Memento Mori Fine and Rare Books, Stafford, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 16mo. Soft cover. Red & white striped wrappers. Stapled binding. 1st edition. 815 copies. 54pp. Very good.
Seller: Kevin T. Ransom- Bookseller, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. Arkham House The First 20 Years 1939-1959. Arkam House, Sauk City Wisc, 1959.
Price: US$89.50 + shipping
Condition: As New
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Seller: Robert S. Brooks, Bookseller, Bristol, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 18 x 12 cm. 12mo. liv. Staple bound pamphlet. Toning to the inside of the front cover, some foxing to the title page.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: History and checklist of Arkham and associated publications. Stapled pamphlet, one of only 815 printed. Some edgewear, dents and small creases, light tanning; more tanning & light crease to rear cover; green penciled checkmarks next to many of the listings in bibliography. [2], [54] pages. Size: 4¾" by 7"
Seller: Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.
August Derleth. Some Notes on H. P. Lovecraft. Arkham House, Sauk City, 1959.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition in wraps, saddle stapled, cover design by Gary Gore, with $1.25 cover price. 1044 copies. Chapbook with Lovecraft myths, unfinished manuscripts, his writing habits, the Barlow Journal of his trip to Florida, and four of his letters written to Derleth. Sauk City: Arkham House (1959), 42 pages. A Fine copy with modest overhang imperfections [wraps larger than interior], and a hint of sunning at spine.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Small octavo, printed wrappers, stapled. Includes information on unfinished manuscripts, work habits as well as the text of four letters from Lovecraft to Derleth. Tiny tear to left front edge, a fine copy. (21842)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Small octavo, pp. [1-4] i-xlii [xliii-xliv: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], printed wrappers, stapled. First edition. 1044 copies printed. Includes texts of four letters from Lovecraft to Derleth. Joshi III-C-7. Just a touch of tanning to wrappers, tiny 8 mm closed tear at top edge of rear cover, a nearly fine copy. (#173958)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Wrappers issue. Covers age darkened with several small brown spots, free of any ownership marks, no marks to text.
Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Some Notes on H. P. Lovecraft by August Derleth (First Edition) Very minor edge wear and a trace of sun to the covers, interior sharp, bright. Printed stapled wrappers. 42 pp. "The Myths", "The Unfinished Manuscripts", "The Writing Habits", "The Barlow Journal", "H. P. Lovecraft: Four Letters".
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, decorated wrappers. First edition. 815 copies printed of which this is one of 735 paperbound copies. Upper left corner a bit soft, tanning to spine, a nearly fine copy. (155043)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, one of 1,044 copies printed. xlii pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Joshi III-C-7 Oriignal green printed wrappers. A near fine copy with a trace of soiling to back wrapper First edition, one of 1,044 copies printed.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Derleth, August William. Arkham House: The first 20 years, 1939-1959. Arkham House, 1959.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Arkham House January 1959 Binding: Trade Paperback very good 1959 original $NRP
Seller: Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
August Derleth. Some Notes on H. P. Lovecraft SIGNED. Arkham House: Publishers, Wisconsin, 1959.
Price: US$148.79 + shipping
Description: Softback with printed covers. Signed in purple ink by the author to the title page. Light shelf wear and toning, spine a touch darkened. Overall very good condition. 42 pp. being an examination of certain myths, together with an explanation about unfinished manuscripts left by Lovecraft and some comments on the writing habits, as well as the Barlow journal of Lovecraft's visit to Florida in 1934, and four letters by Lovecraft.
Seller: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, United Kingdom
Derleth, August. SOME NOTES ON H. P. LOVECRAFT. Arkham House Publishers, 1959.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: (Arkham House Publishers). (1959). 1st edition. 42pp. Signed by Author in purple ink on title page. Softcover. Covers lightly soiled with yapped edges lightly worn. Internally a very good, clean copy, free of previous owners marks or signatures with just the Author's signature to title page. *"Being an examination of certain myths, together with an explanation about unfinished manuscripts left by Lovecraft and some comments on the writing habits, as well as the Barlow journal of Lovecraft's visit to Florida in 1934, with four letters by Lovecraft.".copyright page
Seller: Parnassus Book Service, Inc, YarmouthPort, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Small octavo, printed wrappers, stapled. Inscribed and signed on the title page by Derleth. Includes information on unfinished manuscripts, work habits as well as the text of four letters from Lovecraft to Derleth. Joshi III-C-7.
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, one of 2500 copies. xiv, 313 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Derleth 56 Black cloth. Lacking the dust jacket. Spine dull, writing on flyleaf. Very good
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. ARKHAM HOUSE: THE FIRST 20 YEARS 1939-1959. Arkham House, 1959.
Price: US$157.76 + shipping
Description: ARKHAM HOUSE: THE FIRST 20 YEARS 1939-1959, Arkham House, 1959, first edition, just about fine in wraps. 1/815 copies.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
August Derleth. Some Notes on H.P. Lovecraft. Arkham House, 1959.
Price: US$170.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Soft cover, stapled wraps. 42 pp. This is one of only1044 copies and is SIGNED "Sincerely, August Derleth" in ink on title page. An examination of certain myths, together with an explanation about unfinished manuscripts left by Lovecraft and some comments on the writing habits, as well as the Barlow journal of Lovecraft's visit to Florida in 1934, and four letters by Lovecraft. Slight rusting on staples, mild bending on corners (due to the green cover overlapping the booklet's interior pages by about 1/8"). In mylar protective sleeve. A near fine autographed copy.
Seller: JAC Books, Cortland, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed on the title page "Sincerely August Derleth looks unread with just a touch of shelf wear and tone, softcover small pamphlet in wrappers Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Sauk City: Arkham House: Publishers. Near Fine. 1959. First Edition; First Printing. 1 of 735 copies thus, of 815 total copies, with printed/decorated wrappers [about 4.75" x 7"], saddle-stapled, 54 pages. Near Fine copy.; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 54 pages . Whbx 6E
Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.
Price: US$177.01 + shipping
Description: Digest-sized (17.5cm x 11cm) 54-page booklet. 815 copies printed of which this is one of 735 paperbound copies (there was also an 80-copy hardcover edition). SIGNED BY DERLETH/''Sincerely, August Derleth''. VG+ copy.
Seller: COLD TONNAGE BOOKS, Colyton, DEVON, United Kingdom
Price: US$179.57 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The history of the American publishing house specialising in "weird fiction". A history of the Arkham House publishing house from 1939-1959. Includes a bibliography and addenda. Arkham House publishing house was founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to publish hardcover collections of H. P. Lovecraft's best works, which had previously been published only in pulp magazines. They specialise in "weird fiction" and interesting books. In the original striped paper binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and slight discolouration to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$192.40 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: f'cap8vo, one of 735 paper bound copies, pp, liv, printed card covers ALONG WITH STOCK LIST OF BOOKS FROM ARKHAM HOUSE - MYCROFT & MORAN 5 1/2" x 4", pp, 39, silver titled card covers, some ink markings, stamp of "G. Ken Chapman" on three pages [Chapman was the exclusive UK representative for Arkham House chain of publishers]
Seller: Haddington Rare Books, North Berwick, United Kingdom
LOVECRAFT, H.P.. The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces. Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1959.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Compiled by August Derleth. Illustrated with black and white plates. Half-title and first page loose and laid in, ink notation in the margin of one page, bookseller ticket and tiny ownership stamp on endpapers, very good in a very good dust jacket with moderate edgewear, and a lightly toned spine with tiny nicks and tears. One of 2500 copies. A collection of short stories.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, decorated wrappers. First edition. 815 copies printed of which this is one of 735 paperbound copies. Mild tanning to spine, else a fine copy. (#137513)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, decorated wrappers. First edition. 815 copies printed of which this is one of 735 paperbound copies. Touch of age-darkening to wrappers, mostly rear cover, else a fine copy. (#85533)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st Edition. Hardcover. Compiled by August Derleth. Dust jacket has some toning to it, the top of the spine of the dust jacket has some crinkling to it and a 1/4" closed tear, some wear to the extremities. The previous owner's stamp in red is on the front board. Not price-clipped with the $5.00 price intact. The book itself is fine. First Edition - Joshi 56.
Seller: Lyons Fine Books, Neenah, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$270.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Black cloth covers are mostly clean, with gilt title on spine. Boards show some edgewear. Corners are bumped. Spine has gilt text and is bright with softened ends. Binding is secure. Pale gray end papers/ pastedowns show little to no sign of age or wear. Frontispiece is present. Illustrations, photographs, are clear. Interior is gently age-toned. Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. Text block is bumped at lower back corner where cover corner is bumped. See photos. Illustrated DJ is nicely preserved behind Mylar and is backed with archival paper. DJ has some edgewear, chipped corners, closed tears along head edge, bumping along foot edge, some staining to back, wear at spine shoulder. See photos.** PS2024.0214** 313 pages. 5 x 7 3/8 inches** From Arkham House Publishers, on the twentieth anniversary of its foundation, comes this collection of Lovecraftiana. Compiled by August Derleth, who developed the title story from a piece left incomplete at Lovecraft's death, the volume "offers some illuminating footnotes to Lovecraft's story, and adds to the list of Cthulhu tales the memorable title story and the haunting Fisherman of Falcon Point." (jacket flap)** Jacket illustration by Richard Taylor, artist, illustrator and cartoonist.** 2500 copies printed from Linotype Garamond by the Collegiate Press, The George Banta Company in Menasha, Wisconsin. The paper is Winnebago Eggshell. Binding cloth is Holliston Black Novelex.** "Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. Seller Inventory #009900"**
Seller: Panoply Books, Lambertville, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Softcover with stiff paper wraps, black and red vertical stripes, with black lettering. Original price of $1 printed on the cover & Arkham House logo on the back. A bit faded but quite good condition. 54 pages. First (and only) edition. Signed on the title page "Sincerely August Derleth" in purple ink. A limited edition of 815 copies, not all of which were sold. Arkham House was founded for the sole purpose of preserving the writings of H.P. Lovecraft. They expanded to print other writers, though. Derleth was an accomplished and prolific writer himself. Please email to request photos.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. xiv, 313, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's cloth with gilt spine lettering. Fine, bookseller's ticket on paste down, in a very Near Fine dust jacket with a faint crease along corner of front panel.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Sauk City: Arkham House: Publishers. 1959. First Edition. Softcover. This copy has been inscribed and signed by August Derleth. 1 of 735 copies thus, of 815 total copies. Printed/decorated wrappers about 4.75" x 7", saddle-stapled, 54 pages. Very good + to Near Fine copy with light toning to spine, and minor rubbing to covers whbx 2E
Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.
Price: US$390.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1959. First Edition/Printing black Hardcover with gold printing on spine and original DJ, xiv + 313 pp. One of 2527 copies printed. Foreward by August Derleth. 5 glossy B&W illustrated pages. Large collection (over 30 pieces) of Lovecraftian fiction and nonfiction, including HPL's Commonplace Book, poems, memoirs/essays, early HPL tales and more. Authors include HPL, Derleth, Bloch, C.A. Smith, Lin Carter, J.P. Brennan, and others. Unclipped DJ has minimal wear & 1/8" closed tear at bottom right corner, very mild toning at very top of DJ flaps & top of white DJ back. Book is tight, square, unmarked, hint of beginning foxing on top textblock. Book was purchased new from Arkham in 1960s and partly read by me. A clean, fine/near fine, unmarked copy.
Seller: JAC Books, Cortland, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$395.06 + shipping
Description: Collection of works by and letters of Lovecraft. Includes The Shuttered Room; The Fisherman of Falcon Point; The Little Glass Bottle; The Secret Cave; The Mystery of the GraveYard; The Mysterious Ship; The Alchemist; Poetry and the Gods; The Street; Old Bugs; Idealism and Materialism: A Reflection; The Commonplace Book of H. P. Lovecraft; Lovecraft n Providence; Lovecraft as a Mentor; Out of the Ivory Tower; Three Hours with H. P. Lovecraft; Memories of a Friendship; Homage to H. P. Lovecraft; H. P. L.; Lines to H. P. Lovecraft; Revenants; The Barlow Tributes; H. P. Lovecraft: The Books; H. P. Lovecraft: The Gods; Addendum: Some Observations on the Carter Glossary; Notes on the Cthulhu Mythos; Lovecraft's First Book; Dagon; The Strange High House in the Mist; and The Outsider. First edition, one of 2500 copies, hardback bound in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Original pictorial dust jacket, unclipped. Photographic frontispiece printed on glossy paper with caption. Pictorial vignette to title page. A few photographs throughout. Light shelf wear to jacket edges, sunning to spine, spine edges worn with small loss to top edge of spine. Browning to rear panel and fly leaves, concentrated more around the edges. Rubbing and some scuffs to the fold and to corners. Cloth corners a little bumped. Small water stain to lower edge, which has affected the bottom edge of the text block faintly, and then slightly the front and rear pages. Text block edges a little toned. Otherwise clean internally, a lovely bright copy. Overall very good condition. 313 pp.
Seller: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, United Kingdom
Price: US$448.94 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Handsomely preserved copy of this great anthology of short horror stories, mostly by the genres master H. P. Lovecraft, presented alongside a number of interesting others selected by Lovecraft and the books editor, August Derleth. This is the first edition, published by Arkham House, Wisconsin, in 1959, in Fine condition.
Seller: CASSIUS&Co., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in very good+ dust jacket. (Shallow chips at spine ends on jacket. Couple short edge tears & traces of light shelfwear to jacket. ) (313pp. ) (5 1/2" X 7 3/4") 2500 copies printed. ; 5 1/2" x 7 3/4"; 313 pages
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Center-stapled 6x9 inches 16 pages clean and unmarked, with the very lightest of age darkening to the front cover; privately printed in an edition of 500 copies, this copy is personally inscribed and signed on the title page, to his friend and fellow writer, publisher of Arkham House, as follows: "To August Derleth with all best wishes and regards, Lin Carter May, 1960"
Seller: Stony Hill Books, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The seldom seen hardbound issue, reportedly only 80 copies thus bound, the stopper for most to achieving a complete Arkham House collection. Not issued in dust wrapper. Several small light marks, one tiny spot to front board, fixed endpapers with uneven darkening (an endemic flaw to many 1950's Arkham books) NEAR FINE copy of one of the very few Arkham House rarities.
Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1552.03 + shipping
Description: Digest-sized (17.5cm x 11cm) 54-page booklet: 815 copies printed of which 80 copies were bound between boards to make a very limited hardcover edition. This is one of the hardcover copies (with custom-made traycase). Both boards show some soiling/staining, more so the rear board where the last two pages are also affected: a VG+ copy as issued without dustjacket in a fine custom-made traycase with gilt lettering on the spine.
Seller: COLD TONNAGE BOOKS, Colyton, DEVON, United Kingdom
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, decorated boards. First edition. 815 copies printed of which this is one of 80 hardbound copies. Very mild tanning to spine, a fine copy. Rare in this condition. (#162655)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, decorated boards. 815 copies printed of which this is one of 80 hardbound copies. Inscribed and signed by Derleth on the title page. Darkening to paste downs from glue degradation, some spotting to covers, else a fine copy. (30904)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.