Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publishers black cloth with spine titles in gilt. Titles dim at head of spine and effaced at base of spine, tiny faint name of a former owner to corner of front free endpaper, lower tips lightly bumped, VERY GOOD lacking the dust wrapper. The second omnibus volume of Lovecraft's work issued by Arkham House in a small 1219 copy edition. Photos on request.
Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.
Lovecraft, H. P.. BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP. Arkham House, 1943.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First ed. Good/Good condition, front hinge slightly loose, bookstore label to inside front cover, dustjacket has edgewear and a crease the length of the spine. dustjacket spine is darkened.
Seller: Rob & June Edwards, Salem, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$1975.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Arkham House, Sauk City, WI. 1943. 458 pages. First edition, first printing. One of 1200 copies printed. An omnibus of Lovecraft's tales; and the fourth book published by August Derleth's legendary Arkham House. Sewn binding and hinges are sound. Shelf-rubbing to along panel edges, mostly along bottom tips. Black cloth shows rubbing. Original DJ with $5.00 price intact on flap. DJ shows a couple of open chips along with closed tears backed by vintage tape reinforcement. A solid copy with sound binding and hinges in the uncommon DJ. VG-/G
Seller: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.
Lovecraft, H. P.. Beyond the Wall of Sleep. Arkham House, 1943.
Price: US$2422.75 + shipping
Description: BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP, Arkham House, 1943, first edition, some foxing to the t.p.e.'s, else a tight, bright vg+ or better copy in like dust-wrapper save for some light wear and tear to the head of the spine and some dust-soil to the rear dust-wrapper panel. Still a very nice copy! 1/1,200 copies.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Lovecraft, H. P.. Beyond the Wall of Sleep. Arkham House, 1943.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first printing of this remarkable collection of Lovecraft tales, one of 1,200 copies published in 1943 by Arkham House. Collected by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei. A near fine copy of the book with a tiny bump to the upper fore corner. Dust jacket near fine with some wear to the edges of the black panel and spine and a bit of toning to the rear cream colored panel. Small chip to upper edge of rear jacket panl abutting the upper spine. An extremely attractive copy of one of the foundational volumes to any collection of supernatural or horror fiction.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Description: Large octavo, cloth. First edition. The second omnibus collection of Lovecraft's tales and other material. The fourth book issued by Arkham House. 1217 copies printed (the earlier companion volume, THE OUTSIDER AND OTHERS [1939], had a larger print run). Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1041. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-158. See Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-132. Joshi I-A-17. Early owners' name (N. & G. Syring) ink-stamped on the front free endpaper. A fine, bright copy in fine dust jacket with touch of rubbing to edges, mostly corners, and two tiny closed tears, 13 mm at lower front flap fold and 10 mm at upper edge of rear flap fold. A sharp, attractive white paper copy in superior condition. (#155598)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First printing of the first edition. Publisher's black cloth with gilt spine titles, octavo, 458 pages. The second omnibus collection of Lovecraft's tales and other material. The fourth book issued by Arkham House. 1217 copies printed (the earlier companion volume, THE OUTSIDER AND OTHERS [1939], had a larger print run). Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1041. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-158. See Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-132. Joshi I-A-17. Accompanied by three letters from August Derleth to Clark Ashton Smith, discussing dust jacket art. Also includes a prepublication announcement card and a subsequent information card, as well as a letter from Derleth verifying an order for copies of Beyond the Wall of Sleep. Light rubbing at head and tail of spine and at corners of boards, text block is faintly age toned, but clean, unmarked, and tight in binding. Scarce dust jacket is slightly rubbed at spine head and tail and at corner tips. Overall near fine to fine condition.
Seller: Idler Fine Books, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.