Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$199.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Black cloth gilt. Limited to 2500 copies. Inscribed to ffep "Sincerely, August Derleth." DJ front cover is glued to front pastedown. Slight corner/edge wear, very small tear mid spine. Few poems have some underlining/notes. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 418 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. Presentation copy with signed inscription by Derleth to Joe Wrzos on the front free endpaper. Errata slip laid in. 2634 copies printed. "The single most vital volume in any collection of supernatural verse. Lengthy, rich, and representative; 64 poets, 210 poems . A milestone volume . an influence upon the emerging Small Press poets (late 1960s-1980s)." - Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 6-15. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 8-48. Cloth lightly worn at upper spine end, a very good copy in good first state dust jacket (printed in green and black and priced "$3.00" on front flap) with wear along top and bottom edges, tanning to spine panel, and 70 mm closed tear along front spine fold. (#174000)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$315.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 418 Pp. 2634 Copies Printed. First Edition. Grey Dust Jacket Lettered In Green, Priced $3.00. Generically Inscribed By August Derleth. A Clean, Solid Copy, Trace Of Wear At Corners. Book Has Very Faint Traces Of Old Dampness Around Base Of Spine. Dj Is First Issue, Green Lettering On Grey-Blue Background, 22 Titles On Rear Panel Ending With 7 Titles "Coming In 1947", Not Price-Clipped, Slight Wear With Minuscule Losses At Corners, Slight Browning To Spine., Book And Dj Show Dampstaining On Reverse Around Base Of Spine, Also Surface Deterioration Of Paper Around Base Of Spine With A Loss Of About 1/2" X 1/8" Of Paper Of Dj; Most Or All Of These First Issue Jackets Were Dampstained, And Many Or Most Were Later Replaced With Second Issue Jackets.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. Signed inscription by Derleth to Robert Briney on the front free endpaper. 2634 copies printed. "The single most vital volume in any collection of supernatural verse. Lengthy, rich, and representative; 64 poets, 210 poems . A milestone volume . an influence upon the emerging Small Press poets (late 1960s-1980s)." - Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 6-15. Private owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down (hidden by front flap). Spine ends a little bumped, some darkening to text block, a very good copy in a very good first state dust jacket (printed in green and black and priced "$3.00" on front flap) with the corners and spine ends rubbed with mild shelf wear, slight loss to upper right front corner and base of spine panel, spine fold rubbed. Errata slip laid in at copyright page. (14652)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
DERLETH,AUGUST. DARK OF THE MOON. ARKHAM HOUSE, 1947.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: HARDBACK BOOK IN NEAR FINE CONDITION,UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET [$3.00] IS VERY GOOD TO NEAR FINE CONDITION,LIMITED 2500 COPIES,SIGNED-SINCERELY, AUGUST DERLETH
Seller: Bingo Books 2, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [i-vii] viii-xiii [xiv-xv] xvi [1-3] 4-418 [419: colophon] [420: blank], original black cloth, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. Signed inscription by Derleth to Robert Edward Briney on the front free endpaper. 2634 copies printed. "The single most vital volume in any collection of supernatural verse. Lengthy, rich, and representative; 64 poets, 210 poems . A milestone volume . an influence upon the emerging Small Press poets (late 1960s-1980s)." - Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 6-15. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 8-48. Briney's bookplate affixed to front paste-down (hidden under front flap). Spine ends a little bumped, some age-darkening to text block, a very good copy in very good first state dust jacket (printed in green and black and priced "$3.00" on front flap) with rubbing spine ends and corner tips, mild shelf wear with shallow loss at upper right front corner and lower spine end, and rubbing along front spine fold. (#138519)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
August Derleth (Editor). Dark of the Moon. Arkham House, 1947.
Price: US$575.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition/First Printing in a later state dust jacket with a $3.50 price to the front flap; A Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket with only mild rubbing to the folds and edges. SIGNED and inscribed by August Derleth (editor) to the front free paper. A pristine copy of this collection of macabre poetry from various authors including Lovecraft, Poe, Derleth, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, etc, It would be difficult to find a nicer copy of this title, particularly signed by August Derleth. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.
Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA, Tomball, TX, U.S.A.