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Derleth, August. TWENTY YEARS OF WRITING 1926-1946. Arkham House, 1946.
Price: US$493.00 + shipping
Description: TWENTY YEARS OF WRITING 1926-1946, Arkham House, 1946, first edition, two short closed tears to the upper margin of the front cover, one short closed tear to the upper margin of the rear cover, else very good plus to near fine with fine contents in wraps as issued. Quite scarce. Illustrated. A commemorative piece issued by the publisher/author to mark the 20th anniversary of his first appearance in print, the May 1926 issue of Weird Tales.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Small octavo, pp. [1-2] 1-20 [21-22: blank] [note: final leaf is a blank], original tan wrappers printed in blue, stapled. First edition. Small promotional booklet providing biographical and bibliographical data on Derleth "prepared by the staff of Arkham House: Publishers [i.e. Derleth], to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of August Derleth's initial appearance in print, April 1, 1946." Jaffery 15. See Wilson 617. A fine copy. Very scarce. (#155537)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Small octavo, pp. [1-2] 1-20 [21-22: blank] [note: final leaf is a blank], original tan wrappers printed in blue, stapled. First edition. Small promotional booklet providing biographical and bibliographical data on Derleth "prepared by the staff of Arkham House: Publishers [i.e. Derleth], to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of August Derleth's initial appearance in print, April 1, 1946." Jaffery 15. See Wilson 617. A fine copy. Very scarce. (#164254)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.