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Smith, Clark Ashton. Tales of Science and Sorcery. Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1964.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good or better, no markings, no bookplate. Slight toning to paper. In very good minus dust jacket with some fading along spine. Slight edge wear including a few tiny tears. Some toning to jacket around edges. NO jacket chips, NOT price-clipped. One of 2500 copies printed.
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.
SMITH, Clark Ashton. Tales of Science and Sorcery. Arkham House Publishers, Sauk City, WI, 1964.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 236 pages. Posthumously released collection of fourteen stories by Smith. Also includes a memoir by E. Hoffmann Price. A tight very good plus copy in black cloth boards with some light bumping to the top right corners and in a very good plus dust jacket with the same bumping to the top corners, some minor edge wear and some slight sunning to and along the spine. Still, a very solid copy.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Clark Ashton Smith. Tales of Science and Sorcery. Arkham House: Sauk City, Wi. 1964, 1964.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, black cloth over boards with bright gilt lettering on spine. Text clean, bright, unmarked. Previous owner's name at top of front free endpaper. Dust jacket protected in new archival wrap.
Seller: Tsunami Books, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
Smith, Clark Ashton. Tales of Science and Sorcery. Arkham House, 1964.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Arkham House January 1964 Binding: Hardcover VG+
Seller: Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Smith, Clark Ashton.. TALES OF SCIENCE AND SORCERY. Arkham House., Sauk City:, 1964.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Description: HC in dust jacket. 1st Printing. Two short closed tears at the head of the spine with a piece of tape reinforcement on the back of the jacket. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.
Seller: Kathmandu Books, Winter Park, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardcover. Black cloth "Novelex" binding with gold lettering to spine. With original, un-clipped dust jacket. Octavo (5" x 7 ?"). 256pp. *** Publisher Arkham House was established in 1939 in Sauk City, Wisconsin, by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei specifically to publish stories by H.P. Lovecraft and others whose works had mostly been printed in the "Weird Tales" magazine and remained unavailable in book form. *** Clark Ashton Smith was a poet and a sculptor, before gaining popularity as a short-story writer for "Weird Tales". This collection contains stories which are more science-fiction than fantasy. The story "Master of the Asteroid" is reminiscent of Jules Verne's "From the Earth to the Moon" (1865), with its explanation of space travel (and space junk), although perhaps with some Lovecraftian horror creeping in at the edges. *** The dust jacket design is by Wisconsin artist, Frank Utpatel. *** Condition: A Fine, fresh copy with no ownership marks or underlining, in a Fine dust jacket, now protected in mylar. Binding tight. Bookplate of renowned bibliophile Richard Manney to front pastedown. Richard Manney was famous for buying the best copies he could, from Shakespeare folios to Arkham House collectibles. A portion of his library was sold at Sotheby's in 1991. *** Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction, 1488; L.W. Currey: Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors, page 454. Nielsen 84.
Seller: Dark and Stormy Night Books, Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Smith, Clark Asthon. Tales of Science and Sorcery. Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1964.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 256 p. Clean copy, free of ownership or other marks. Dust jacket is chipped at the ends of the spine, but is now protected in Mylar.
Seller: Steven Edwards, Coalmont, TN, U.S.A.
Clark Ashton Smith. Tales of Science and Sorcery. Arkham House, 1964.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Collection of Fantasy/Horror stories. 2500 copies published. Fine in jacket.
Seller: DreamHaven Books, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Clark Ashton Smith. Tales of Science and Sorcery Association Copy. Arkham House, 1964.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Collection of Fantasy/Horror. 2500 copies published. This was Arkham House author Richard Tierney's copy with his address plate on the front endpaper. Near fine in jacket.
Seller: DreamHaven Books, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Smith, Clark Ashton. Tales of Science and Sorcery. Arkham House: Publishers, Sauk City, WI, 1964.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 256pp. Black cloth stamped in gold on the spine. Collects fourteen stories originally published in various pulp magazines. Introduction by E. Hoffmann Price. Mild rubbing to bottom edges else a fine copy in near fine dustjacket with a short closed tear to the upper edge of the front panel. Dustjacket by Frank Uptatel. ; Octavo.
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
Smith, Clark Ashton. Tales of Science and Sorcery. Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1964.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. 256 pp. Cloth in dustwrapper, npc, very good. (15924). Limited to 2500 copies.
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Tales of Science and Sorcery by Clark Ashton Smith (First Edition) A firm square copy with very slight bumping to the front bottom corner tip. A slight wrinkle to the front bottom corner tip otherwise fine. Not price-clipped. Clear cover. First printing, 1964 (2500 copies). Black cloth, gilt lettering. 256 pp. Collects fourteen stories and a memoir by E. Hoffmann Price.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Smith, Clark Ashton. Tales of Science and Sorcery.. Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1964.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited Edition, 2500 copies. A Fine copy on black cloth, grey endpapers, in a Near Fine red and grey jacket, price-clipped, with trivial wear to points. 256pp. Q05039
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Smith, Clark Ashton. Tales of Science and Sorcery. Arkham House, Sauk City, 1964.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo., 256 pp. 2482 copies of this printed. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1488. Tymn (ed.) Horror Literature 4-205. See Barron (ed.) Horror Literature 3-182. A fine copy in publishers black boards with gold lettering to spine. Dust jacket is fine in brodart cover, with perhaps the merest hint of sunning to spine with $4.00 price intact. A posthumous collection of an author highly praised by Lovecraft. Shipped in a box, not a padded envelope.
Seller: Dubliners Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Smith, Clark Ashton (1893-1961). Tales of science and sorcery. Sauk City, Wis., Arkham House, 1964.
Price: US$160.21 + shipping
Description: Previous owner's inscription. Near fine cloth copy in a fine (NOT price-clipped) dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Limited edition; 1 of 2500 copies. Genre; Macabre Fantasy. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Smith, Clark Ashton (1893-1961). Tales of science and sorcery. Sauk City, Wis., Arkham House, 1964.
Price: US$184.00 + shipping
Description: Previous owner's inscription. Near fine cloth copy in a fine (NOT price-clipped) dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Limited edition; 1 of 2500 copies. Genre; Macabre Fantasy. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Smith, Clark Ashton. Poems In Prose. Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1964.
Price: US$185.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Limited to 1000 copies (actually 1016 copies printed). This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Smith was one of "the big three of Weird Tales, with Robert E. Howard and H. P. Lovecraft", but some readers objected to his morbidness and violation of pulp traditions. The fantasy critic L. Sprague de Camp said of him that "nobody since Poe has so loved a well-rotted corpse." Smith was a member of the Lovecraft circle and his literary friendship with Lovecraft lasted from 1922 until Lovecraft's death in 1937. His work is marked by an extraordinarily rich and ornate vocabulary, a cosmic perspective and a vein of sardonic and sometimes ribald humor. " (from Wikipedia)
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
Clark Ashton Smith. Tales of Science and Sorcery. Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1964.
Price: US$199.68 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A smart first edition of Ashton Smith's collection of science fiction short stories. This was Clark Ashton Smith's fifth collection of stories to be published by Arkham House, with twenty-five hundred copies released.Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961) was an American writer and poet. His works were highly regarded by H. P. Lovecraft and Ray Bradbury. He was renowned for his weird fiction and Cthulhu Mythos tales, publishing his work in Weird Tales magazine.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.A first edition In the publisher's original full cloth binding, with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart, with slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine only. Dust wrapper is a little sunned to the spine, but otherwise in excellent condition with minor wear only. Internally firmly bound, pages are bright and clean. Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Smith, Clark Ashton. TALES OF SCIENCE AND SORCERY. Arkham House: Publishers, Sauk City, 1964.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. 2482 copies printed. Collection of fourteen stories and a memoir by E. Hoffmann Price. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1488. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-205. See Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-182. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with slight shelf wear to the head of the spine panel. (22868)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Smith, Clark Ashton; Utpatel, Frank (Illustrations). Poems in Prose. Arkham House, Sauk City, 1964.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First printing, duodecimo size, 81 pp. Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961) was a prolific writer, best known for his contributions to the fantasy and horror story magazine "Weird Tales", alongside such writers as H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard, and his contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos; in addition to fantasy and science fiction, Smith produced several volumes of poetry, and this collection features most of his prose poems. Artist Frank Utpatel not only illustrates the dust jacket of this volume, but also provides full-page illustrations throughout the book, in his signature haunting and enigmatic style. ___DESCRIPTION: Full black cloth, gilt lettering on the spine, grey endpapers, frontispiece a black-and-white illustration by Frank Utpatel, title page with publisher's device, full-page black-and-white illustrations by Utpatel throughout; Linotype Garamond, Winnebago Eggshell paper, duodecimo size (7.5" by 5.25"), pagination: [i-v] vi-xxiv [1-3] 4-54 [55-57], 1016 copies printed per Derleth and 1000 copies per Sidney-Fryer, 1000 copies per the colophon. In a paper dust jacket with wraparound illustration by Utpatel, blue lettering on the front panel and spine, author and illustrator bios on the rear panel, a description of the book on the front flap, and a list of other books from the publisher on the rear flap; the dust jacket is unclipped with the original price of $4.00 on the front flap. ___CONDITION: A fine copy; the covers clean, the corners straight, the binding tight with solid hinges, the interior clean and bright, and free of prior owner markings; a hint of rubbing to the tail of the spine and bottom corners, and the corner of one illustration was turned down prior to cutting, ff. p. 34. The dust jacket is near fine, unclipped, clean but for a few stray marks, overall without wear, light creasing to the top edge of the rear flap, toning along the top edge. ___CITATIONS: Currey p. 453, Derleth no. 81, Sidney-Fryer pp. 159 and 160. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
Seller: Swan's Fine Books, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Walnut Creek, CA, U.S.A.
SMITH, Clark Ashton. TALES OF SCIENCE & SORCERY. Arkham House, 1964.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Fourteen tales selected by the author just a few months before his death in 1961. Additionally is a heartfelt and self-revelatory memoir by E. Hoffmann Price of his visits to Smith, and later to Carol Smith, after Clark's death. An as new, unread copy in d.j., with a tiny scuff. You, be the first to open this book!
Seller: Terence McVicker, Rare Books, Glendale, CA, U.S.A.
Smith, Clark Ashton. Tales of Science and Sorcery. Arkham House, Sauk City, 1964.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Tales of Science And Sorcery by Clark Ashton Smith. 1964 First edition. Collects fourteen stories and a memoir by E. Hoffmann Price. Fine in fine dust wrapper with just a hint of rubbing to spine. 2500 copies printed so stated though some sources indicate the run was 2482. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall
Seller: Fantasy Illustrated, Silvana, WA, U.S.A.
Smith, Clark Ashton. Tales of Science and Sorcery. Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1964.
Price: US$228.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: F/F dj; now in archival Brodart. Slightest of rubbing to bottom edge. Collects fourteen tales along with a Memoir by E. Hoffman Price.
Seller: Dark Hollow Books®, Member NHABA, IOBA, Wolfeboro Falls, NH, U.S.A.
Smith, Clark Ashton. TALES OF SCIENCE AND SORCERY. Arkham House: Publishers, Sauk City, 1964.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. 2482 copies printed. Collection of fourteen stories and a memoir by E. Hoffmann Price. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1488. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-205. See Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-182. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A sharp copy. (18766)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. 2482 copies printed. Collection of fourteen stories and a memoir by E. Hoffmann Price. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1488. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-205. See Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-182. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (25677)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. 2482 copies printed. Collects fourteen stories and a memoir by E. Hoffmann Price. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1488. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-205. See Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-182. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169305) (29963)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. 2482 copies printed. Collects fourteen stories and a memoir by E. Hoffmann Price. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1488. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-205. See Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-182. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#111948)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. 2482 copies printed. Collects fourteen stories and a memoir by E. Hoffmann Price. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1488. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-205. See Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-182. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#141406)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. 2482 copies printed. Collects fourteen stories and a memoir by E. Hoffmann Price. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1488. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-205. See Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-182. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#155122)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. 2482 copies printed. Collects fourteen stories and a memoir by E. Hoffmann Price. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1488. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-205. See Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-182. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#155640)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. 2482 copies printed. Collects fourteen stories and a memoir by E. Hoffmann Price. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1488. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-205. See Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-182. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#162626)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. 2482 copies printed. Collects fourteen stories and a memoir by E. Hoffmann Price. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1488. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-205. See Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-182. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169305)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.