Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1945 Books from Arkham House catalog/booklet (20 pages)- Arkham House was entering its seventh year of existence. Some of the books listed include THE OPENER OF THE WAY by Robert Block, THE LURKER AT THE THRESHOLD by H.P.Lovecraft & August Derleth, LOST WORLDS by Clark Ashton Smith, and many others. Measures W4 x H5 3/4 inches. Light rubbing/scuffing on covers with tips creased. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-15Drw#15) rareviewbooks
Seller: rareviewbooks, Kensington, MD, U.S.A.
Bloch, Robert. THE OPENER OF THE WAY. Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1945.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. 2065 copies printed. The author's first book, preceded by a 40-page booklet printing four stories. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 4-19. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-29. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 209. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-30. Very faint damp mark to rear cover, a clean, bright, very good or better copy in very good or better jacket priced $3.00 on the front flap with matching faint stain on the inner surface of the rear panel (no show through), mild rubbing to spine ends and a bit of tanning to the spine panel. (#174007)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Bloch, Robert. The Opener of the Way. Arkham House, 1945.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first book published by Robert Bloch. Dust jacket shows minor wear, tanning, and rubbing to the extremities. Bookplate of former owner on the front free endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Robert Bloch. The Opener of the Way. Arkham House, 1945.
Price: US$429.81 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Hardcover. Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Tight copy. Small owners inscription just the name. Clear protective cover. Not price-clipped. First edition. 309 pp. Original $3.00 price. 2065 copies printed. First book of Robert Bloch,
Seller: Trinity Books, Boyle, ROSCO, Ireland
Bloch, Robert. The Opener of the Way. Arkham House, 1945.
Price: US$464.00 + shipping
Description: THE OPENER OF THE WAY, Arkham House, 1945, first edition, fine in like dust-wrapper. Quite nice! A collection of stories, mostly culled from WEIRD TALES. Save for a circa 1937/1938 4 page publication and a bit earlier 1945 40 page British pamphlet both issued before this Arkham House work, the authors first commercial trade book. 1/2,046 copies.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Robert Bloch. The Opener of the Way. Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1945.
Price: US$520.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1945. First Edition black cloth Hardcover with DJ, xi + 309 pp. Only 2065 copies printed. This copy is SIGNED on ffep by Bloch. Bloch's first book collection (preceded by a 1945 British pamphlet) and the 10th Arkham House book. Intro by author and 21 stories, including some of his most famous. The final story (One Way to Mars) was written hastily at August Derleth's request and was Bloch's first foray into "phychological horror," a trait he couldn't seem to break. As a result, he blamed Derleth for all his ensuing psychological tales (Psycho, et al). The book is fine, square, unmarked except for Bloch's ink signature. Note that the book's paper is inexpensive and brownish in keeping with the wartime format at that time. The DJ is near fine except for the spine which has some fading, a crease parallel to edges, and a bit of edgewear at bottom and top. DJ is Brodart-protected (mylar). Book is fine and square.
Seller: JAC Books, Cortland, NY, U.S.A.
Bloch, Robert. The Opener of the Way. Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1945.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This book has been bound in a black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Slight mark on the front board. There is no corner bumping, minor spine edge wear. Very lighty yellowed from age, binding tight, smudge on lower text block near spine. Author bio ix - xi, text 3-309. No dog earing or markings. The dust jacket is a light brown and dark brown, very little edge wear. Some rubbing on flap hinges. It is unclipped and we have placed it in a protective cover. This book was limited to a press of 2000. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Bloch, Robert.. THE OPENER OF THE WAY. Arkham House., Sauk City:, 1945.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: HC in dust jacket. 1st Printing. Bloch's first book, 2065 copies printed. Previous owner's initials in the upper left corner of the front free endpage. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.
Seller: Kathmandu Books, Winter Park, FL, U.S.A.
Bloch, Robert. THE OPENER OF THE WAY. Arkham House, Sauk City, 1945.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: xi,309,[1] pp. Publisher's black cloth, spine titled in gold, in pictorial dust jacket. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Jacket lightly rubbed, lightly worn at extremities, else near fine. Near fine in a near fine jacket. The full first book (preceded by a 40-page pamphlet) by H. P. Lovecraft protégé and author of PSYCHO, Robert Bloch, containing 21 short stories of fantasy and horror. With a dust jacket illustration and design by Ronald Clyne. One of 2065 copies printed. DERLETH 10.
Seller: W. C. Baker Rare Books & Ephemera, ABAA, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The Opener of the Way by Robert Bloch (First Edition) Tight copy. Bumping to top right corners. Minor foxing to top of textblock. Pencil inscription to title pages. Sharp with exception of minor wear. Clear protective cover. Not price-clipped. First edition. 309 pp. Original $3.00 price. 2065 copies printed. First book of Robert Bloch, it was included in Horror: Another Best 100 Books". Black cloth board cover. Gilt on spine
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.