Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Smith, Clark Ashton. Spells and Philtres. Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1958.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: 19.5 x 12.5 cm. Small octavo. 54pp. Black cloth in dust jacket. Jacket designed by Frank Utpatel based on a sculpture by Clark Ashton Smith. Original price of $3.00 present on front flap. Limited to 519 copies. Poetry collection. Some very light edgwear to jacket. Light spotting to top foredge. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Smith, Clark Ashton. SPELLS AND PHILTRES. Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1958.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, jacket art by Frank Utpatel, cloth. 519 copies printed. Poetry. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to the extremities and a small rub mark to upper front panel, slight age darkening to white lettering of spine panel. (25768)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Smith, Clark Ashton. Spells and Philtres. Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1958.
Price: US$695.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Black cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dust-jacket. 519 copies printed. 54 pages; jacket by Frank Utpatel. Among the smallest of Arkham House print runs with only 519 copies, makes this title a scarce and desirable item for Smith enthusiasts and Arkham collectors alike. Provenance: pictorial bookplate of Paul John Willis, a science fiction and fantasy writer who wrote and published the short-lived fanzine Anubis in the late 1960's. A clean, tight copy in an unclipped ($3.00), lightly toned jacket. Size: Octavo
Seller: Books & Bidders Antiquarian Booksellers, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Smith, Clark Ashton. SPELLS AND PHILTRES. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1958.
Price: US$695.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Sauk City, WI:Arkham House. 1958. 1st edition, one of 519 copies. 54pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. Boards clean with gilt on spine just slightly dulled. Internally, inside of boards age-toned with some light offset to free end-pages, otherwise a very good, clean copy. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket.
Seller: Parnassus Book Service, Inc, YarmouthPort, MA, U.S.A.
Smith, Clark Ashton. Spells and Philtres. Arkham House, Sauk City, 1958.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth with titles lettered in gilt on the spine. Fine, with faint rubbing to top and bottom edges of boards, endsheets offset from binder's glue, and thin stain to top edge and tiny stain to edge of textblock. In a Fine, unclipped dust jacket with slight toning to the spine panel. A fantastic copy.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Smith, Clark Ashton. SPELLS AND PHILTRES. Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1958.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, jacket art by Frank Utpatel, cloth. Poetry. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with mild age tanning to spine lettering. (15588)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Smith, Clark Ashton. Spells and Philtres. Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1958.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo., 54pp. Beautiful Unread First Printing of this collection of Smith's poetry. One of only 519 copies printed, (Jaffery, p.55-56). Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear safe some minor surface rubbing. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper, ($3.00), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, or tears. A touch of toning to interior jacket flaps but no fading to the black front and spine panels. Remarkably well-preserved. A simply gorgeous collectable copy.
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.
Clark Ashton Smith.. Spells and Philtres.. Arkham House, Sauk City, 1958.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Clark Ashton Smith. Spells and Philtres. Sauk City: 1958. First edition. First edition. 519 copies printed. Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1958. First edition. Octavo, jacket art by Frank Utpatel, cloth. Poetry. A fine copy with just a hint of rubbing to book spine and very mild rubbing to foot of spine in a fine gorgeous looking dust jacket. Not priced-clipped. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall
Seller: Fantasy Illustrated, Silvana, WA, U.S.A.
Clark Ashton Smith. Spells and Philtres (Exceptional Copy). Arkham House, Sauk City, 1958.
Price: US$895.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Smith's seventh collection of poetry and the 2nd to be published by Arkham House. One of 519 copies and one of the more sought after books from Arkham House. Listed as the 12th most valuable book from publisher according to The Arkham House Collector Guide 2004. A fine - very fine copy, with Richard Manney bookplate in a fine DJ now with a brodart cover. 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. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia
Smith, Clark Ashton. SPELLS AND PHILTRES. Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1958.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, jacket art by Frank Utpatel, cloth. 519 copies printed. Poetry. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to the base of the spine panel and the corner tips. Spine lettering is bright. (23605)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Clark Ashton Smith. Spells and Philtres. Arkham House, WI, 1958.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 519 copies printed. A highlight of the Arkham poetry program a high point for Arkham collectors. From the Estate of Sam Moskowitz the legendary Science Fiction Historian.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Clark Ashton Smith. Spells and Philtres. Arkham House, Sauk City, 1958.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition in black cloth, gilt stamped spine, jacket art by Frank Utpatel. 519 copies printed. Collection of poems. Sauk City: Arkham House (1958), 54 pages. A superior unmarked Fine copy. Mylar protected Fine unclipped ($3.00) jacket. A superb Hi-grade copy.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
Smith, Clark Ashton. SPELLS AND PHILTRES. Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1958.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, jacket art by Frank Utpatel, cloth. 519 copies printed. Poetry. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with no age tanning to spine lettering (which is quite common). A sharp copy. (22865)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Smith, Clark Ashton. SPELLS AND PHILTRES. Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1958.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. 519 copies printed. Smith's seventh collection of poems, the second published by Arkham House. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. A sharp copy. (#162627)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.