Derleth August 1909 1971 (27 results)

hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: VERY GOOD. 1st printing; 168 clean, unmarked, tight pages; cover is clean and sturdy; dust jacket nicely wrapped in clear Brodart cover.

, Derleth, August, 1909-1971. Emerson, our contemporary. New York : Crowell-Collier Press, 1970, stated First Printing, viii, 168pp., good dust-jacket with small tear at top of spine, very good light brown cloth. Dust-jacket design by Asterisk Associates.

First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 168 pages; Description: viii, 168 p. 24 cm. Bibliographical notes: p. 163-165. Subjects: Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. 1 Kg. …

8vo. 148 pp. Green gilt-stamped cloth; jacket a remnant. Very good. First edition. Derleth is best remembered as the first book publisher of H. P. Lovecraft, for his personal contributions to the Chthulu mythos, and as the founder of Arkham House. However, Derleth, a lifelong Midwesterner was also highly regarded in his own time as fiction writer and occasional poet.…

First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 168 pages; Description: viii, 168 p. 24 cm. Bibliographical notes: p. 163-165. Subjects: Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 424 pages. Octavo (8" x 5") in original black cloth with green lettering to spine and covers with gilt lines, and map to end papers and paste downs. Inscribed by Derleth. First edition. Detective fiction represented a substantial body of August Derleth's work. Most notable among this work was a series of 70 stories in affectionate pastiche of Sherlock Holmes, whose creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, he admired greatly. These included one published novel as well (Mr. Fairlie's Final Journey). The series features a (Sherlock Holmes-styled) British detective named Solar Pons, of Praed Street in London. The series was greatly admired by such notable writers and critics of mystery and detective fiction as Ellery Queen (Frederic Dannay), Anthony Boucher, Vincent Starrett and Howard Haycraft. In his 1944 volume The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes, Ellery Queen wrote of Derleth's The Norcross Riddle, an early Pons story: "How many budding authors, not even old enough to vote, could have captured the spirit and atmosphere with as much fidelity?" Queen adds, ".and his choice of the euphonic Solar Pons is an appealing addition to the fascinating lore of Sherlockian nomenclature." Vincent Starrett, in his foreword to the 1964 edition of The Casebook of Solar Pons, wrote that the series is ".as sparkling a galaxy of Sherlockian pastiches as we have had since the canonical entertainments came to an end." Despite close similarities to Doyle's creation, Pons lived in the post-World War I era, in the decade of the 1920s. Though Derleth never wrote a Pons novel to equal The Hound of the Baskervilles, editor Peter Ruber wrote: ".Derleth produced more than a few Solar Pons stories almost as good as Sir Arthur's, and many that had better plot construction." Although these stories were a form of diversion for Derleth, Ruber, who edited The Original Text Solar Pons Omnibus Edition (2000), argued: "Because the stories were generally of such high quality, they ought to be assessed on their own merits as a unique contribution in the annals of mystery fiction, rather than suffering comparison as one of the endless imitators of Sherlock Holmes." Some of the stories were self-published, through a new imprint called "Mycroft & Moran", an appellation of humorous significance to Holmesian scholars. For approximately a decade, an active supporting group was the Praed Street Irregulars, patterned after the Baker Street Irregulars. In 1946, Conan Doyle's two sons made some attempts to force Derleth to cease publishing the Solar Pons series, but the efforts were unsuccessful and eventually withdrawn. Derleth's mystery and detective fiction also included a series of works set in Sac Prairie and featuring Judge Peck as the central character. Condition: Corners bumped, former owner's book plate to front end paper else a very good copy lacking jacket. Signed by Author(s).…

Condition: FINE. First printing. A final collection of fantastic and macabre tales by Derleth, including 'The Passing of Eric Holm' a contribution to the Cthulhu Mythos originally published under the pseudonym of Will Garth, his last story Ghost Lake, and two of the macabre mystery stories featuring Judge Peck. Issued in an edition of only 4000 copies. 203 pp plus colophon. Dust jacket art by Frank Utpatel. Fine in fine dust jacket.…

Softcover. Condition: New. 2da.ed., 4ta reimp. en esta colección. 18x12 cm. Colección El libro de bolsillo, Bibliotecas de autor, 9. 208 p. Rústica. Sprache: Spanisch, NUEVO / NEU / NEW. Miembro destacado del círculo de escritores que se formó en torno a H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937), August Derleth sistematizó los "mitos de Cthulhu" hasta transformarlos en una cosmogonía y logró una notable compenetración estilística con su inventor. No es de extrañar, por esta razón, que los apuntes y argumentos dejados por Lovecraft en el momento de su muerte sirvieran para una original empresa de colaboración póstuma, en la que resulta casi imposible deslindar las contribuciones del maestro y las aportaciones del discípulo. "La habitación cerrada" reúne diez relatos fruto de esa singular asociación, en los que están presentes todas la obsesiones de ese universo literario de horrores arquetípicos, caos abismal y oscuridad primigenia.[Texto editorial] [Cuentos de miedo anglosajón+siglo XX+mundos imaginarios+colaboración póstuma]. ** 10% REBAJAS DE OTOÑO * AUTUMN SALE * HERBSTRABATT * excl. New German Books * * * * 13,05 (original price 14,50) **.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 306 pages; Description: 306 p. ill. 21 cm. "Illustrations by Frank Utpatel, endpaper map by Hjalmar Skuldt" --title page. Subjects: Derleth, August William, 1909-1971 -- Journal -- Diaries -- Sac Prairie, Wisconsin -- United States -- Life and culture -- Local history. 1 Kg.…

Softcover. Condition: New. 3ra.ed., 1ra reimp. en esta colección. 18x12 cm. Colección El libro de bolsillo, Bibliotecas de autor, 10. 336 p. Rústica. Sprache: Spanisch, NUEVO / NEU / NEW. La colaboración póstuma entre H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) y August Derleth (1909-1971), quien sobrevivió a su maestro y desarrolló los argumentos, personajes y esbozos encontrados entre sus papeles, dio como resultado una serie de relatos en los que resulta imposible determinar la autoría respectiva. El presente volumen reúne cuatro relatos resultantes de esa singular asociación. Si «El que acecha en el umbral» se encuadra, al igual que «Arcilla de Innsmouth» y «Los que vigilan desde el tiempo» en el ciclo de los Mitos de Cthulhu, «La sombra del desván» se halla más próximo, por su temática y estructura, al cuento de terror tradicional.[Texto editorial] [Literatura fantástica y de terror+siglo XX+mundos imaginarios+relatos de «horror cósmico»]. ** 10% REBAJAS DE OTOÑO * AUTUMN SALE * HERBSTRABATT * excl. New German Books * * * * 14,85 (original price 16,50) **.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 306 pages; Description: 306 p. ill. 21 cm. "Illustrations by Frank Utpatel, endpaper map by Hjalmar Skuldt" --title page. Subjects: Derleth, August William, 1909-1971 -- Journal -- Diaries -- Sac Prairie, Wisconsin -- United States -- Life and culture -- Local history. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Derleth's fourth collection of stories focusing on his imitation of Sherlock Holmes, who he names Solar Pons. A 12mo or small octavo of 7-3/4 inches, one of 2,079 copies printed for Mycroft & Moran, Sauk City, Wisconsin (Derleth's home town), by Collegiate Press, George Banta Company, Menasha, Wisconsin in 1958, though most of these stories appeared in pulp detective magazines a few years earlier. Jacket front flap NOT price clipped: original $4.00 price showing. There is a rectangular brownn stain to front endpapers where it appears a sulfurous paper clipping was once laid in, however. Did young Derleth write to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, circa 1928, "courteously" asking if the master intended to write any further Holmes stories, as noted Sherlockian scholar Vincent Starrett has reported, and did Sir Arthur "make no promises in his good-natured reply." Or did Derleth in fact (unsuccessfully) seek permission to continue the Holmes stories himself, just as he was later to expand and alter the work product of H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard after those pulp authors' untimely demise -- "posthumous collaborations" which Lovecraft biographer S.T.Joshi has branded "disreputable"? This collection includes The Adventures of the Devil's Footprints, of the Grice-Paterson Curse, of the Penny Magenta, of the Trained Cormorant, nine others. 261 pp. Jacket by Frank Utpatel (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Derleth's first collection of stories focusing on his imitation of Sherlock Holmes, who he names Solar Pons. A 12mo of 7-1/2 inches, not a "small octavo" as sometimes claimed. One of 3,604 copies printed for Mycroft & Moran, Sauk City, Wisconsin, (Derleth's home town) 1945, though several of the stories appeared in pulp detective magazines as early as 1929.) Jacket front flap has been price-clipped. PON "M.L. Finn" stamped to top outside corners of the pastedowns. A few lines of Starrett's introduction are underlined in red ink. (Starrett reports the young Derleth wrote Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, circa 1928, "courteously" asking if the master intended to write any further Holmes stories, and that Sir Arthur "made no promises in his good-natured reply." Is that true, though? Or did Derleth unsucessfully seek permission to continue the Holmes stories himself, just as he was later to expand and alter the work product of H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard after those pulp authors' untimely demise, "posthumous collaborations" which Lovecraft biographer S.T.Joshi has branded "disreputable"? The collection includes The Adventures of the Late Mr. Faversham, the Black Narcissus, the Norcross Riddle, the Retired Novelist, the Three Red Dwarfs, seven others. 238 pp. Jacket by Ronald Clyne (illustrator). …

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 64 pages; Description: 64 p. 20 cm. Subjects: Derleth, August William (1909-1971) --Poetry. Notes: A selection of The Book Club for Poetry. 1 Kg. …

Condition: Usado - bueno.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 64 pages; Description: 64 p. 20 cm. Subjects: Derleth, August William (1909-1971) --Poetry. Notes: A selection of The Book Club for Poetry. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. [Strange Tales] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.x; 405 [1]. One of 5000 copies thus, in publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and grey endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Herb Arnold, re-priced by the publisher with a sticker at $12.95. Offsetting from the sticker, otherwise internally crisp and clean. Moderate general wear to cloth. Bright jacket shows light wear to edges. Very good. A collection of sixteen short stories published a couple of years after Derleth's death, it contains as his memorial the title story, one of his creations left unfinished at the time of his death in 1971. A must for everyone who is fond of the word 'ye' being repeated four times in a sentence. …

First Edition. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.x; 237; [5]. Publishers black cloth, pictorial dust-wrapper by Frank Utpatel priced $6.00. Contents clean, no inscriptions, jacket is fresh and bright. A fine copy, virtually as new. 4000 copies printed. The final collection of cases for the highly acclaimed sleuth Solar Pons, a pastiche of Arthur Conan Doyle's great detective Sherlock Holmes. This volume includes "The Adventure of the Orient Express", which features thinly disguised versions of Ashenden, Hercule Poirot, and the Saint.…

First Edition. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.xviii; 281; [1]. Publishers black cloth, pictorial dust-wrapper by Frank Utpatel priced $5.00. A crisp, clean copy of the book in a near fine wrapper with some gentle toning to spine panel and minor wear to spine tips. 3 000 copies printed. The sixth collection of cases for the highly acclaimed sleuth Solar Pons, a pastiche of Arthur Conan Doyle's great detective Sherlock Holmes.…

First Edition. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.xii; 199; [1]. Publishers black cloth, pictorial dust-wrapper by Frank Utpatel priced $3.50. Fine, in a near fine wrapper with some toning/browning to spine panel. 2000 copies printed. The fifth collection of cases for the highly acclaimed sleuth Solar Pons, a pastiche of Arthur Conan Doyle's great detective Sherlock Holmes.…

First Edition. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.xii; 199; [1]. Publishers black cloth, pictorial dust-wrapper by Frank Utpatel priced $3.50. Small splash to fore-edge else fine in similar wrapper. 2000 copies printed. The fifth collection of cases for the highly acclaimed sleuth Solar Pons, a pastiche of Arthur Conan Doyle's great detective Sherlock Holmes.…

First Edition. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.xii; 108; [4]. Publishers black cloth, pictorial dust-wrapper by Frank Utpatel priced $3.00. Owner name else fine in like wrapper. 3000 copies printed. A Solar Pons companion volume, being the marginal writings concerning the beginnings of the highly acclaimed sleuth Solar Pons, a pastiche of Arthur Conan Doyle's great detective Sherlock Holmes.…

First Edition. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.xiv; 261; [1]. Publishers black cloth, pictorial dust-wrapper by Frank Utpatel priced $4.00. A crisp, clean copy of the book in a fine wrapper with some gentle toning to spine panel. 2000 copies printed. The fourth collection of cases for the highly acclaimed sleuth Solar Pons, a pastiche of Arthur Conan Doyle's great detective Sherlock Holmes.…

First Edition. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.xxii; 245; [5]. Publishers black cloth, pictorial dust-wrapper by Frank Utpatel priced $3.00. Contents clean, no inscriptions, jacket lightly worn to spine tips. Near fine. 2000 copies printed. The second collection of cases for the highly acclaimed sleuth Solar Pons, a pastiche of Arthur Conan Doyle's great detective Sherlock Holmes. According to Robert Bloch, amid a sea of imitators, Derleth's Pons successfully captured the essential charm of Doyle's original concept like no other.…

First Edition. [Thriller] FIRST U.K. EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.251; [1]. Publisher's orange cloth lettered in black to spine. Small area of foxing to for-edge else a clean, fine copy lacking the scarce jacket. Author's debut novel, a Judge Peck mystery originally published in the U.S as Murder Stalks The Wakely Family (1934). This UK first is credited to A.W. Derleth.…

Hardcover. Octavo, Five volumes. In Very Good condition with Very Good dust jackets. Spines are white and grey with variously colored print. Dust jackets in mylar. Prices unclipped. Boards in black cloth. Illustrated: b&w plates. CONTENTS: Vol. 1. 1911-1924 (1965) xxix, 362 pages Vol. 2. 1925-1929 (1968) xxiv, 359 pages Vol. 3. 1929-1931 (1971; small stain to fore edge of text block) xxiii, 451 pages Vol. 4. 1932-1934 (1976; ISBN 0870540351) xxxii, 424 pages Vol. 5. 1934-1937 (1976; ISBN 087054036X) xxxvii, 436 pages. Shelved above Case 6. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. 1396607. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Strange Ports of Call is an anthology of science fiction stories that originally appeared in the magazines Blue Book, Amazing Stories, Weird Tales, Science and Invention, Astounding Stories, Coronet The New Review, The Black Cat, Thrilling Wonder Stories, Wonder Stories, Comet, The Saturday Evening Post, Collier's Weekly and Planet Stories. This copy is the original 1948 hardback first edition -- NOT PRINT ON DEMAND. It is in excellent condition with a tight, straight binding showing slight wear at the cover points, and a bright,very good cover with no dustjacket. The book measuring 8.25" x 5.5" will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping.…