first edition Hardcover
1968 · Sauk City, WI
by Lovecraft, H.P.; August Derleth (ed. and introduction)
Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1968. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. vg+ to near fine. Octavo. xi, 432, [1]pp. Orange illustrated dust jacket dust jacket with black lettering on the front cover and spine. Black buckram boards with gilt lettering on the spine. A first edition, second printing, in an edition of 3000 copies, as stated on the colophon at rear. This collection contains two of H.P. Lovecraft's acclaimed longer works, "At the Mountains of Madness" and "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward", as well as 6 other shorter works. Introductory remarks from editor and publisher August Derleth. Jacket illustration by pulp fiction artist Lee Brown Coye. Jacket unclipped with a price of "$6.50". Dust jacket with a very minor small stain to the top right corner of the front cover. Interior with minor foxing to the very top corners of the introductory pages, but otherwise completely clean. Dust jacket in very good+, binding in near fine, interior in very good+ condition overall. A very nice copy.
(Inventory #: 54034)