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Wandrei, Donald. Poems for Midnight. Arkham House, Sauk City, 1964.

Price: US$120.00 + shipping

Description: Sauk City: Arkham House:, 1964. First edition, Hardcover, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, 68 pp. Cover artwork by: Frank Utpatel A clean, straight and tight copy with lightly dusted head in a complete and tidy jacket with modest toning to extremities. First edition, Hardcover, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket,

Seller: Ziesings, Shingletown, CA, U.S.A.

Donald Wandrei; Howard Wandrei [illus.]. Poems for Midnight. Arkham House, Sauk City, 1964.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Sauk City: Arkham House, 1964. First Edition. 742 copies printed (700 stated). Illustrated dust jacket with $3.75 price intact; bound in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket is clean and crisp with somewhat pronounced creasing along folds, but no chips, tears, or marks. Slight outward bow to front board at fore-edge. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. [Joshi 74].

Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.

Wandrei, Donald. Poems for Midnight. Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1964.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: G1-AS NEW regular size hardcover in a near fine, spine faded jacket. gray w/red lettering Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Aamstar Bookshop / Hooked On Books, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.

Donald Wandrei. Poems For Midnight. Arkham House, 1964.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: Publisher: Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1964. FINE hardcover book in FINE mylar-protected dust-jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Pristine. As new. Unread. Limited to just 700 copies.

Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.

Donald Wandrei. Poems for midnight. Arkham House, 1964.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: VERY GOOD Unmarked PAGES And Strong BINDING. Hardback, AS SHOWN. Yellowed spine on Dust Jacket. Published/printed by Arkham House, 1964. 700 copies printed. Approximately 5 X 7 ½. 68 pages.

Seller: Superbbooks, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Donald Wandrei. Poems for Midnight. Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1964.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Description: 19.5 x 13.5 cm. 12mo. 68pp. Black boards in dust jacket. With 4 drawings by Howard Wandrei. Limited to 700 copies. Jacket by Frank Utpatel. 36 poems. Jacket spine lightly faded.

Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.

Donald Wandrei. Poems for Midnight (Signed Copy). Arkham House, Sauk City, 1964.

Price: US$135.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: One of 742 copies printed and #11 Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide's list of scarcity. A fine book . A VG+ or better dust jacket, unclipped and some slight browing and fading of the spine. Jacket now in a clear removable archival cover. Collectable copy

Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia

Donald Wandrei. Poems for Midnight. Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1964.

Price: US$140.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1964. First Edition/Printing black cloth Hardcover with bright gold gilt print on spine and DJ by Frank Utpatel, 68 pp. Total of 742 copies printed. 4 glossy full-page pen-and-ink interior drawings by Howard Wandrei. 36 poems of the macabre including the complete "Sonnets of the Midnight Hours" (which preceded Lovecraft's "Fungi from Yuggoth"). Other than mild sunning to DJ spine and slight bumping at top of spine, this is a fine, unmarked copy.

Seller: JAC Books, Cortland, NY, U.S.A.

Wandrei, Donald. POEMS FOR MIDNIGHT. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1964.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Sauk City, WI:Arkham House. 1964. 1st edition, limited to 700 copies. 68pp.  Illustrated with 4 pen and ink drawings by Howard Wandrei. Hardcover with dust jacket.  Book in very good condition with edge points gently bumped. Internally, pages clean and bright, free of previous owners marks or signatures. The Frank Utpatel designed dust jacket is in very good condition, slightly sun-faded along edges and spine strip and with a crease along the middle of the spine strip. It is not price clipped.

Seller: Parnassus Book Service, Inc, YarmouthPort, MA, U.S.A.

Donald Wandrei. Poems for Midnight by Donald Wandrei (First Edition). Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1964.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Poems for Midnight by Donald Wandrei (First Edition) A firm square copy. A sharp bright dust jacket with a touch of sunning to spine. Original $3.75 price intact. Clear protective cover. First edition. Colophon states 700 printed. $3.75 price on jacket flap. Four full-page monochrome illustration plates. 68pp. Includes a poem (Sonnets of Midnight Hours) that inspired Lovecraft's "Fungi from Yuggoth".

Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.

Donald Wandrei. Poems for Midnight (From the Library of Richard Manney - Very Fine Copy). Arkham House, Sauk City, 1964.

Price: US$195.00 + shipping

Description: One of 742 copies printed and #11 Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide's list of scarcity. A very fine copy in a very fine DJ. Jacket is showing no fading or toning and in exceptional condition. Now with a brodart jacket for protection. Book is unmarked, except for the Richard Manney bookplate. Provenance: Richard Manney (book labels), one of the most famous book collectors of the 20th century who was known for the best examples on the market. A selection of his library was sold at Sotheby’s in 1991, amassing a total of over $3.9m which was the first multimillion–dollar library assembled in the 1980s to come up for auction.

Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia

Wandrei, Donald. POEMS FOR MIDNIGHT; WITH FOUR PEN-AND-INK DRAWINGS. Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1964.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Description: 742 copies published. Jaffery, The Arkham House Companion, #80. Four inked drawings by Howard Wandrei. Dust jacket art by Frank Utpatel. Fine in fine dust jacket with the usual sunning to the spine panel. A very handsome copy.

Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.

Wandrei, Donald. POEMS FOR MIDNIGHT. Arkham House: Publishers, Sauk City, WI, 1964.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, with illustrations by Howard Wandrei, cloth. 742 copies printed. Macabre poetry. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a mild crease to the upper right rear corner. (28584)

Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.

Donald Wandrei. Poems for Midnight. Arkham House, 1964.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Poetry collection. Illustrated by Howard Wandrei. Only 700 copies published. Fine, as new, in jacket.

Seller: DreamHaven Books, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.

Wandrei, Donald. POEMS FOR MIDNIGHT. Arkham House: Publishers, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1964.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, cloth. 742 copies printed. "A collection of all the poems Wandrei wished to preserve, taken largely from his earlier collections, ECSTASY AND OTHER POEMS and DARK ODYSSEY (1931). Each poem in the sonnet cycle 'Sonnets of the Midnight Hours' (composed around 1927) was inspired by a dream of Wandrei's. The influence of Clark Ashton Smith (with whom Wandrei had come in contact as early as 1924) is evident." - Joshi, Arkham 74. "Sonnets of the Midnight Hours" may have influenced Lovecraft's "Fungi from Yuggoth." Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 8-44. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 6-60. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with merest hint of tanning to spine panel and along flap folds. (#169037) (29754)

Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.

Wandrei, Donald. POEMS FOR MIDNIGHT. Arkham House: Publishers, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1964.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. 742 copies printed. "A collection of all the poems Wandrei wished to preserve, taken largely from his earlier collections, ECSTASY AND OTHER POEMS and DARK ODYSSEY (1931). Each poem in the sonnet cycle 'Sonnets of the Midnight Hours' (composed around 1927) was inspired by a dream of Wandrei's. The influence of Clark Ashton Smith (with whom Wandrei had come in contact as early as 1924) is evident." - Joshi, Arkham 74. "Sonnets of the Midnight Hours" may have influenced Lovecraft's "Fungi from Yuggoth." Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 8-44. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 6-60. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with merest hint of tanning to spine panel and along flap folds. (#169037)

Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.

Donald Wandrei. Poems for Midnight (Signed Copy). Arkham House, Sauk City, 1964.

Price: US$295.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: One of 742 copies printed and #11 Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide's list of scarcity. A fine book signed on front end-paper, "Best Wishes Donald Wandrei". A Fine dust jacket. Jacket now in a clear removable archival cover. Collectable copy; Signed by Author

Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia

Donald Wandrei. Poems for Midnight. Arkham House, 1964.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1964 - Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First Edition. Signed/ inscribed by author Donald Wandrei. Book is in Very Good condition with light wear to edges and corners. Glue residue (?) to bottoms of covers. Pages lay flat with light discoloration to edges due to age. Dust Jacket is in Fine condition with very light creasing to flap folds. Archival protection. AL SKU-220244 Rare

Seller: Clovis Book Barn, Clovis, CA, U.S.A.