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(Arkham House) Derleth, August. Something Near. Arkham House, Sauk City, 1945.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Bleiler 519; Currey p. 150; Derleth "Thirty Years of Arkham House" 9; Smith p. 190 Original black cloth, some light soiling, light browning of text, else a very good copy
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
DERLETH, August.. Something Near. FIRST EDITION.. , 1945.
Price: US$159.00 + shipping
Description: Arkham House. Sauk City. Wisconsin. 1945. First edition. No DW. Original black cloth gilt, very slightly marked, pages browned otherwise clean and sound.
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Derleth, August. Something Near [*SIGNED*]. Arkham House, Sauk City WI, 1945.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [good sound copy, minimal shelfwear, faint dampstaining along bottom edge of rear cover, one-time owner's name plus date & place of purchase written in ink along edge of rear pastedown (concealed beneath the rear jacket flap); supplied with a new FACSIMILE jacket, in Fine condition]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "To Keith Baker - / a book of / things that go bump / in the night. / Cordially / August Derleth." Twenty stories, including "four tales in the Cthulhu Mythos pattern of the late H.P. Lovecraft, two of them of novelette length; this was Derleth's second published collection of his own stories. The AD stories are: "A Thin Gentleman with Gloves"; "Mr. Ames' Devil"; "A Wig for Miss Devore"; "Mrs. Corter Makes Up Her Mind"; "Pacific 421"; "Headlines for Tod Shayne"; "No Light for Uncle Henry"; "Lansing's Luxury"; "Carousel"; "Lady Macbeth of Pimley Square"; "Here, Daemos!"; "McElwin's Glass"; "An Elegy for Mr. Danielson"; "The Satin Mask"; "Motive"; "The Metronome"; "The Inverness Cape." The Lovecraftian tales are: "The Thing That Walked on the Wind"; "Ithaqua"; "Beyond the Threshold"; "The Dweller in Darkness." ****NOTE again that the dust jacket on this book is a FACSIMILE, not an original.**** Signed by Author
Seller: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: Illustrated by Clare Victor Dwiggins. First edition. [2002 copies]. Pale green cloth. Inscribed by "To Captain Foster Flegeal, something which is no doubt as fundamental a part of his America as it is of mine. Cordially, August Derleth". 12mo. pp. xx, 288. Near Fine/Very Good/Unclipped price ($2.00) in mylar. Touch of toning to eps, edgewear and old rear tape repairs to bright jacket with touch up to white areas. First title published from one of Arkham House's two imprint companies. Introduction and five poems (Night-Haunt, Spring Rain, Woods Music, Leaf Burning Time, Snow) on American boy life by August Derleth intertwined with the illustrated b/w cartoon adventures of Bill. (Poetry).
Seller: OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994), West Brookfield, MA, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. Something Near. Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1945.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Black cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dust-jacket. Limited 1/2000 copies. 274 pages; jacket by Ronald Clyne. Derleth's second collection of his own stories. Bookplate of Frank Cooper Associates Agency Inc., 9145 Sunset Bouldevard, Hollywood Calfif. on front fly, internally clean and tight in unclipped ($3.00) showing light chipping at head and tail. Size: Octavo
Seller: Books & Bidders Antiquarian Booksellers, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
August Derleth. Something Near. Arkham House, 1945.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing of 2000cc. Dust jacket edgeworn and mildly creased.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. SOMETHING NEAR. ARKHAM HOUSE, Sauk City, 1945.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Hardcover. 7 3/4'' x 5 1/2''. 274pp. Edition limited to two thousand copies. A bumped corner to book and dustjacket. A clean bright copy.
Seller: Lost Horizon Bookstore, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 274 Pp. One Of A Stated Limitation Of 2000 Copies, 2054 Copies Printed Per Chalker. Book Is Near Fine, Just A Trace Of Wear At Bottom Corners, Gilt Brilliant, Light Bumping Along Top And Bottom Edges Of Spine. Dj Complete, Not Price-Clipped, Browning Along Edges And To Lettering On Spine, Slight Wear Just At Corners, Roughness Along Top Edge Of Rear Flap With A 3/16 Closed Tear. Inscribed By Derleth To A Fan. Pencil 6-9-45 Date On Top Of Front Endpaper; This May Be One Of Derleth's Personal Copies.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
August Derleth. Something Near. Arkham House, WI, Sauk City, WI, 1945.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1945. First Edition black cloth Hardcover with DJ, 274 pp. 2054 copies printed. This copy is SIGNED, Sincerely, August Derleth with fountain pen on the ffep. 21 dark tales, including 3 Cthulhu mythos stories are present in this, Derleth's second collection. The book is square and solid. Interior is fine (no markings, stains) except for the signature and my name-stamp on the front end paper. Unclipped DJ has the usual browning along spine and near edges, mild edgewear and a 5/16" closed tear at bottom edge of back.
Seller: JAC Books, Cortland, NY, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. SOMETHING NEAR. Arkham House, 1945.
Price: US$319.00 + shipping
Description: SOMETHING NEAR, Arkham House, 1945, first edition, vg in like pictorial dust-wrapper. 1/2,000 copies. INSCRIBED by the author to a well-known old time fan (now deceased).
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
DERLETH, August.. Something near.. Arkham House,, Sauk City, WI:, 1945.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. [4], 274, [2] pp. Black cloth, gilt lettering on spine, w/ d.j. cover art by Ronald Clyne (very slight nicks at head & foot of spine, slight edgewear), still F/NF copy, inscribed by author on ffep. First edition, 1 of 2000 copies (2054) printed, & inscribed, of this excellent anthology of original stories by Derleth, including four Cthulhu Mythos tales first published in Weird Tales magazine.
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. SOMETHING NEAR. Arkham House, Sauk City, 1945.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. The second collection of Derleth's fiction published by Arkham House, twenty-one stories first published in the pulps, eleven of which appeared in WEIRD TALES. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-62. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 519. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-98. Mild age tanning to text block, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with mild shelf wear to spine ends and tanning to flap edges and rear panel edges (fairly common). (27090)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
August Derleth. Something Near. Arkham House, 1945.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Horror/Supernatural collection. 2000 copies published. VG in slightly browned jacket; toning at spine.
Seller: DreamHaven Books, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Derleth, August.. SOMETHING NEAR. Arkham House., Sauk City, WI:, 1945.
Price: US$360.00 + shipping
Description: HC in dust jacket. 1st Printing. 2054 copies printed. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.
Seller: Kathmandu Books, Winter Park, FL, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. SOMETHING NEAR. Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1945.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-3] 4-274 [275: colophon] [276: blank], original black cloth, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. 2054 copies printed. The second collection of Derleth's fiction published by Arkham House. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 519. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-98. Neat early owner's signature on front free endpaper. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. A lovely copy. (#162692)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.