SMITH, Clark Ashton. GENIUS LOCI. Arkham House, 1948.

Price: US$2500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A twice-signed, copy, the year of the book's publication inscribed, and corrected copy throughout, with nine corrections in the author's hand. The inscription reads "For Don, the night after moving into the new home, sans Katzenjammer, Dec. 4th, 1948. Madam Mad No Whiskey, Dog Gone Madam Mad. Dry Shift." By explanation, CAS had met and been romancing Carolyn Jones Dorman, and moved into her home in Pacific Grove, California. Carolyn had three children from a previous marriage. CAS enjoyed the pleasures of alcohol sometimes overdoing it, but Carolyn here, was wasn't allowing it. There are nine-handwritten corrections to this copy, in addition to the author's full-signature on the half-title page. Signed copies of this title are scarce, but corrected copies are rare. Some dullness to the cloth, moderately soiled, d.j., with signs of aging, and some darkening to the spine-panel of d.j. Still a very good copy in very good d.j.

Seller: Terence McVicker, Rare Books, Glendale, CA, U.S.A.