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Price: US$1440.00 + shipping
Description: Thin Octavo, 86 pages. In Very Good condition, with Very Good dust jacket. Black spine with white illustration and white lettering. Dust jacket shows light rubbing to corners. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering. Price uncut: "$3.00" at top right-hand corner of front flap. Boards show light wear to covers (particularly to back cover) with light rubbing and foxing to edges and corners bumping/rubbing to head and tail of spine with gold lettering to spine faded. Text block is clean and shows light age toning and foxing to interior and aged paste staining to endpapers. Inscription by Lord to front free end page. Text to spine reads from head to tail of spine as done in Europe, indicating a First State. LP Consignment. Shelved in Case 8. Howard's second book published by Arkham House as a limiting printing of 536, with 436 First State copies and 100 Second State copies. 1283603. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, illustration by Frank Utpatel, cloth. Signed inscription by Glenn Lord on the title page: "For Paul-one of the 100 / copies that Derleth / had printed up / Glenn Lord." A collection of Howard's poetry compiled by Glenn Lord. Published by Arkham House, subsidized by Lord. 636 copies printed. This is one of the more uncommon second state bindings. The first 536 copies were imprinted on the spine with the lettering running bottom to top, European style, the final 100 copies were imprinted top to bottom, American style. See Jaffery: The Arkham House Companion, p. 46-47. Vertical line of binding glue stain to front paste-down with offset to front free endpaper, a fine copy in a nearly fine price clipped dust jacket with some mild rubbing, mainly to folds. This binding in uncommon. (21747)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.