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Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Stated Limitation Of 3000 Copies, 3041 Printed Per Chalker. 196 Pp. Black Cloth. First Edition. A Fine Copy, No Wear At All, Slight Bumping At Ends Of Spine. Inscribed On Title Page To A Sf Fan " For ------- A Long [Indecipherable To Me] August Derleth." Dj Lightly Worn At Corners, Small And Narrow Rub At Center Of Spine, But Entire Top Half Of Rear Flap Has Been Neatly Excised.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
H. P. Lovecraft, August Derleth. The Lurker at the Threshold. Arkham House, 1945.
Price: US$270.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Inscribed by Derleth on ffep. First Edition. 3000 copies printed [3041 per Jaffery]. Navy cloth boards stamped gold on spine (little bit of rubbing to gold). Head of spine shows some pushing. Ex-libris bookplate on front pastedown (and handwritten number in upper corner). Dust jacket shows light wear at spine ends and corners; short closed tear to bottom edge of rear panel; not price clipped ($2.50). DJ in archival sleeve. 196 pp. 7.5 x 5.25 inches. Jacket illustration by Ronald Clyne. A clean copy.
Seller: Boyd Used & Rare Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. 3041 copies printed. Signed inscription by Derleth on the front free endpaper: For John Wasso / with the most eerie regards / Sincerely / August Derleth." A Cthulhu mythos novel written by Derleth based on Lovecraft notes and fragments. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with 14 mm closed tear at top edge of front panel. A lovely copy. (#162619)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.