Derleth, August. The Trail of Cthulhu. Arkham House: Publishers, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1962.

Price: US$330.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8vo. [11], 6-248, [2] pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $4.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Inscribed without personalization by the author on the free front endpaper. Joshi 66. Wilson 267. A collection of five short stories, first published in Weird Tales magazine, all of which are based on H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. A dampstain affecting the bottom edge of the book and a tape ghost on the rear pastedown; jacket has a few hints of edge wear and toning.

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

Derleth, August. THE TRAIL OF CTHULHU. Arkham House, 1962.

Price: US$435.00 + shipping

Description: THE TRAIL OF CTHULHU, Arkham House, 1962, first edition, upper rear fore edge corner tip gently bumped, else near fine in like color pictorial dust-wrapper. 1/2,500 copies, this one INSCRIBED by Derleth to Robert E. Howard scholar, Glenn Lord, noting that this is 101st book.

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

August Derleth. The Trail of Cthulhu + TLS on Arkham Letterhead. Arkham House: Publishers, 1962.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition, first printing, flat signed to ffep and including, laid in, a signed typed letter to a fan that reveals Derleth's somewhat temperamental nature. Book is fine while jacket is near fine with some toning to spine and light rubbing to corners. 248 page octavo, black cloth boards, pictorial jacket, letter laid in. Satisfaction guaranteed. Additional photos always available on request. Shipped in a fitted, padded box.

Seller: The Great Catsby's Rare Books, Edmonton, AB, Canada