Derleth, August. Lonesome Places. Arkham House [1962], Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1962.

Price: US$165.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 8vo. [9], 4-198, [4] pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Grey endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $3.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Joshi 63. Wilson 261. Inscribed without personalization by August Derleth on the free front endpaper. A collection of Derleth's macabre short stories from the post-war period to the early 1960's, many of which first appeared in Weird Tales. Jacket has a few traces of wear and a small crease to each panel, a minor dampspot on its reverse.

Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.

Derleth, August. Lonesome Places. Arkham House, Sauk City, 1962.

Price: US$169.50 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: A square solid tight very carefully read copy. Age toning to the edges of the text block, light board edge wear. The 3.50 priced jacket has some light rubbing wear, light edge wear, some soil. 2200 copies. Inscribed Sincerely and signed August Derleth. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL NORMALLY SHIP NEXT DAY. Previous owner's bookplate tipped to the reverse of the front board.

Seller: Pat Cramer, Bookseller, Lewisville, TX, U.S.A.

Derleth, August. Lonesome Places. Arkham House, Sauk City WI [1962], 1962.

Price: US$195.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Limited to 2200 copies, hardcover in black cloth Fine condition save for small smudge on edge of front cover; dust jacket with light edge rubs, especially at top of spine, now protected in plastic cover; inscribed and signed by Derleth on front free endpaper: "for Ted Olsen, Perhaps my best macabre tale, August Derleth"

Seller: Stony Hill Books, Madison, WI, U.S.A.

Derleth, August. LONESOME PLACES. Arkham House: Publishers, Sauk City, WI, 1962.

Price: US$195.00 + shipping

Description: Signed by Derleth on the front free endpaper. 2201 copies printed. Jaffrey, The Arkham House Companion, #67. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. An attractive copy.

Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.

Derleth, August. Lonesome Places (Signed First Edition). Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1962.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 8vo., 198pp. Beautiful First Edition, First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear or toning. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($3.50), is fresh bright example with no chipping, tears, toning or creases. Unfaded white rear panel. One of 2,201 copies printed. Collects 18 stories by published previously in the pulps. Inscribed and signed by Derleth on the front end-paper, "For ___, ____, One of my better collections. Sincerely, August Derleth". A simply gorgeous collectable copy and fairly uncommon in such high-grade condition and signed. (Jaffery, Horrors & Unpleasantries, pg. 69-70).

Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.