Derleth August Selected By (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. Light/moderate wear to the binding. Spine cloth is soiled. Bump to the top fore-edge of the front board. No slope, no twist to the book from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. There is the tide line of a water stain to the fore-edge of the text block. This does not affect the reading surfaces of the pages. Previous owner's name in ink on the front flyleaf. No odor. The dust jacket is rough: quite edge worn, shabby. Next owner may wish to discard it. But in the meantime the dust jacket is in a protector to prevent further damage. Given the cosmetic issues discussed, best to regard this as a reading copy.…

Soft Cover. No Jacket. PAPERBACK, February 1967, GOOD/GOOD-, AS-IS, SOFTCVR, Binding is tight.Edges Cvr scuff rub wear, Back Cvr Scuff mark affectinng CH in Choose at Top, Interior pgs scuff rub, Soil Marks Fox, 148 PGS.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 8th Printing. Hardcover with dustjacket, "Corrected Eighth Printing - the definitive Lovecraft - the first in a three-volume set of the collected macabre fiction that embodies the author's own final thoughts and stylistic preferences. Based upon S. T. Joshi's extensive and painstaking collation of extant manucript materials, this new Lovecraft edition - is the only completely authoritative text and supercedes all previous editions," book is in excellent condition, a tiny corner crease at the top of the cloth is the only remarkable flaw, the jacket has an edge-tear on the top of the front panel and a few other small areas of surface wear, also the spine has been sunned to a slightly lighter shade of green, the jacket remains clean and presentable, the original price (17.95) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included; 433 pages. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Slightly cocked spine, wear on the board edges, and bumping thus very good in a good only price-clipped dust jacket with chips, tears, and toning. 20 masterpieces of science-fiction.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. xiv, 643, [1] pages. In the original orange paper covered boards with the blank cloth spine lettered and decorated in silver. With the dustwrapper, but this is worn and wrinkled. The spine is very faded. Ink owner's name to the rear free end paper - Donald A Wollheim. Staining to page 485. Light creasing to pages.…

Hardcover. dj. First Edition. Octavo, 518 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket spine blue and tan with white and black lettering, and protected in mylar cover, price uncut: "$3.75". Dust jacket has mild tearing on head and tail of spine and spotting on on dust jacket back. Table of contents and acknowledgements both have pencil and pen markings. Book plate and signature from former owner on inside of front cover and front free end-paper respectively. Inside of back cover has tag residue and tearing. Mild general shelf wear otherwise. Shelved under Front Counter. 1411934. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHERS CLOTH BINDING WITH THE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET WITH PUBLISHERS PRICE OF 30/ NET INTACT. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9 x 6 INCHES WITH 9 + 413 PAGES. STAIN & BROWNING TO SPINE OF JACKET WITH LIGHT BROWNING TO JACKET ON EDGES ON FRONT & REAR, CLOSED TEAR TO REAR OF JACKET, MINOR CHIPPING TO JACKET AT TOP & BOTTOM OF SPINE. OVERALL A VERY GOOD PLUS COPY IN A VERY GOOD JACKET. JACKET HAS A CLEAR REMOVABLE COVERING THAT MAY SHOW SOME REFLECTIONS IN IMAGES. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. No wear to the covers. No distortion from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No name of previous. No odor. No water damage. No soiling. No sun fading. Lacks the dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Bound in black cloth with gilt title on spione. Pages are yellowed but clean, unmarked, and undamaged. Dust jacket (now protected in Mylar cover) some very minor edgewear; rear panel is yellowed. A very nice copy. A delivery signature will be required on this item.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Very Good dj. 1st U.K. edition. (price-clipped) [nice clean book, minimal shelfwear, slight bumping to top front corner; jacket spine lightly sun-tanned, small chip at bottom rear hinge, a couple of tiny nicks and one small closed tear along top edge]. In addition to Derleth's introduction, "H.P. Lovecraft's Novels," and the title novel, this volume contains: "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward"; "The Shunned House"; "The Dreams in the Witch-house"; "The Statement of Randolph Carter"; "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath"; "The Silver Key"; and "Through the Gates of the Silver Key.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. Very good+ copy in Very good+ dust jacket. (Cheap grade of paper utilized in production has left the text age-toned and brittle. 1 1/4" tear at head of half-title and 1 1/2" tear at top edge of contents page mended. Tape mends on interior of jacket. Slim chip at crest of spine, otherwise presents well. Vintage book shop sticker at base of rear paste-down. ) (307pp. ) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 307 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First British edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket. (303pp. ) (Neat clear tape mends on inside of jacket. Tiny chip at crest of spine on jacket which is lightly sunned while remaining perfectly readable. ) A choice copy of Lovecraft's FIRST book published in the U. K. ; 5 1/4" X 7 1/2"; 303 pages.…