Derleth, August. Something Near [*SIGNED*]. Arkham House, Sauk City WI, 1945.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: [good sound copy, minimal shelfwear, faint dampstaining along bottom edge of rear cover, one-time owner's name plus date & place of purchase written in ink along edge of rear pastedown (concealed beneath the rear jacket flap); supplied with a new FACSIMILE jacket, in Fine condition]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "To Keith Baker - / a book of / things that go bump / in the night. / Cordially / August Derleth." Twenty stories, including "four tales in the Cthulhu Mythos pattern of the late H.P. Lovecraft, two of them of novelette length; this was Derleth's second published collection of his own stories. The AD stories are: "A Thin Gentleman with Gloves"; "Mr. Ames' Devil"; "A Wig for Miss Devore"; "Mrs. Corter Makes Up Her Mind"; "Pacific 421"; "Headlines for Tod Shayne"; "No Light for Uncle Henry"; "Lansing's Luxury"; "Carousel"; "Lady Macbeth of Pimley Square"; "Here, Daemos!"; "McElwin's Glass"; "An Elegy for Mr. Danielson"; "The Satin Mask"; "Motive"; "The Metronome"; "The Inverness Cape." The Lovecraftian tales are: "The Thing That Walked on the Wind"; "Ithaqua"; "Beyond the Threshold"; "The Dweller in Darkness." ****NOTE again that the dust jacket on this book is a FACSIMILE, not an original.**** Signed by Author

Seller: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.

Derleth, August; Dust Jacket By Ronald Clyne. Something Near (Inscribed By Author). Arkham House, Sauk City, 1945.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 274 Pp. One Of A Stated Limitation Of 2000 Copies, 2054 Copies Printed Per Chalker. Book Is Near Fine, Just A Trace Of Wear At Bottom Corners, Gilt Brilliant, Light Bumping Along Top And Bottom Edges Of Spine. Dj Complete, Not Price-Clipped, Browning Along Edges And To Lettering On Spine, Slight Wear Just At Corners, Roughness Along Top Edge Of Rear Flap With A 3/16 Closed Tear. Inscribed By Derleth To A Fan. Pencil 6-9-45 Date On Top Of Front Endpaper; This May Be One Of Derleth's Personal Copies.

Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.

Derleth, August. SOMETHING NEAR. Arkham House, 1945.

Price: US$319.00 + shipping

Description: SOMETHING NEAR, Arkham House, 1945, first edition, vg in like pictorial dust-wrapper. 1/2,000 copies. INSCRIBED by the author to a well-known old time fan (now deceased).

Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.