MARGINALIA. by LOVECRAFT, H.P

arkham, 1944, first edition ,, . very good , darker spine and folds, $3.00 price, bumping jacket only, NO BOOK

arkham, 1944, first edition ,, . very good +, $3.00 price, chipped spine ends, fold rubbing, jacket only, NO BOOK

The first of the Arkham House volumes by/about HPL with "collections of lesser pieces," Fragments written by HPL, essays, revisions, a few very early tales; and personal anecdotes, poems and articles by contributors dealing with the author's writings and personality. Numerous good but small photos of HPL and pother Weird Tales writers, Robert E. Howard-looking older than his thirty years with his infamous mustache, Clark Ashton Smith, Henry S. Whitehead, Donald Wandrei, Frank Belknap Long, Henry Kuttner, E. Hoffman Price and too many others to note; in addition to the outstanding dust-jacket illustration by Virgil Finlay. [2035 copies printed]. Very, very light dusting to page top-edges, barely noticible moisture dulling to lower-edge of front panelsee scan few finger-prints to cloth; d.j. has some very light chips and a 1/4 closed split at spine, some toning to d.j., spine, all evidenced in scan. A very good copy in v.g., d.j. Nice spring in the hinge.

Arkham House, 1944 very good in mylar protected dj. edited by August Derleth, Donald Wandrei Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Sauk City: Arkham House, 1944. First edition, Hardcover, Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket,. Virgil Finlay. Sauk City: Arkham House:, 1944. First edition, Hardcover, Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, 377 pp.<br/> Cover artwork by: Virgil Finlay A clean, straight and tight copy with a lightly dusted head and overall moderate toning. Jacket complete and very tidy with overall toning, a bit more pronounced on the spine panel.

MARGINALIA, Arkham House, 1944, first edition, a tight, bright vg+/near fine copy in a vg+ Virgil Finlay dust-wrapper with some tanning to dust-wrapper spine. 1/2,035 copies. Illustrated with photos of his peers.

Sauk City: Arkham House, 1944. First Edition. Near Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing in original unclipped ($3.00) jacket in protective sheet. A selection of ghost-writing (as Houdini), revisions, essays, juvenilla, fragments, and illustrations by H.P. Lovecraft; and including letters and memories of H.P. Lovecraft from others. The jacket is in Fine condition. Bound in black over boards with yellow lettering on the spine. Some rubbing to the covers and edges with gently bumped corners. Small bookplate in upper left corner of front pastedown. Long edge has some small spots with very minor marginal coloring, otherwise the interior is clean and clear.  Pages: (10) 377 (1)     Dimensions: 7¾ x 5½ x 1.

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Collected by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei. Shelf wear. Chips to top spine of dust jacket. Light water stain top front dust jacket.

1/1/1944. Hardcover w/DJ. Arkham House, 1944. 1st edition; dust jacket protected; spine edge lightly worn; edges lightly toned; black cloth; corners bumped; binding good; text clean. G/G