Paul Ashton Editor (13 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good to Very Good+. First Edition. ----------science fiction pulp magazine, digest size. Faint front cover creases, chip to spine bottom, a VG to VG+ copy. Frank R. Paul (front cover) (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Very good. Paperback. 130pp. Lightly rubbed and edgeworn, else very good.

Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. Book condition is Very Good in wraps. Toning, foxing and edge wear to exterior. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 8vo. 9"h x 6"w.

Paperback. Condition: Clean & Unmarked. Disc in rear pocket. A very clean and straight copy. Clean text and an uncreased spine. Nearly new. 304 pp.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Contains 'The Death Crystal' by Smith (illustrated by Paul Callé); 'By the Stars Forgot' by MacDonald (illustrated by Callé); The Long Way' by Ashton; 'The Call from Beyond' by Simak (illustrated by Finlay); 'The Gift of Darkness' by Reed (John MacDonald with illustrations by Van Dongen); 'Slave of Eternity' by Dee (illustrated by Callé); 'Hop o' my Thumb' by Morrison; and 'The Vanishers' by Burks. Also includes an essay and reviews by Pohl and contributions from Chad Oliver and Bill Venable. One inch tear to the left side of the front cover also affecting the first few pages. Light edge chipping but otherwise the covers are bright and unmarked. Pages browned with a little chipping to the corners a but otherwise clean and unmarked. Cover illustration by Lawrence. Lawrence (Stevens, Lawrence Sterne); Callé, Paul; Finlay, Virgil; Van Dongen,H.R.; Leydenfrost (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 365 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 304 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 368 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 250 pages. 9.21x7.50x9.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Editions. 432, 432, 432 pp. Limited Editions, number 39 of 50. Yellow boards lettered in black on the spine. These are unread copies with only the lightest rubbing on the corners; no interior markings. There are far too many stories and poems in these volumes to list them all but some of the highlights are: VOLUME 1, issues 1, 2 and 3: The Voice of El-Lil - a novelette by Robert E. Howard; Red Blades of Black Cathay - a novelette by Robert E. Howard and Tevis Clyde Smith; The Rajah's Grandmother by Frank Belknap Long; The Slave of Justice by E. Hoffman Price; The White Queen - a novelette by Farnsworth Wright writing as Francis Hard; The Vengeance of Sa'ik by Otis Adelbert Kline; The Man Who Limped by Otis Adelbert Kline; and The Scourge of Mektoub by Paul Ernst. VOLUME 2, issues 4, 5 and 6: The Blood of Belshazzar - a novelette by Robert E. Howard; The Justice of the Elephant by Clark Ashton Smith; The Pearl Robber by Frank Belknap Long; The Dragoman's Slave Girl by Otis Adelbert Kline; Thirty Pieces of Silver - a novelette by G. G. Pendarves; Four Doomed Men by Hugh B.Cave writing as Geoffrey Vace; and Shaykh Ahmad and the Pious Companions by E. Hoffman Price. VOLUME 3, issues 7, 8, and 9: The Sowers of the Thunder - a novelette by Robert E. Howard; Lord of Samarcand - a novelette by Robert E. Howard; The Dragoman's Jest - a novelette by Otis Adelbert Kline; On a Chinese Vase - a poem by Clark Ashton Smith; Jungle Twilight - a poem by Clark Ashton Smith; Scented Gardens by Dorothy Quick; The Hidden Monster by David H. Keller; and A Battle Over the Tea-Cups by August Derleth. Size: 8vo. Neil Mechem; (illustrator). Book.…

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. An association copy of the first and only issue of the legendary amateur periodical published by W. Paul Cook. Provenance: Vincent Starrett's copy with his name written on the first page. Starrett, who corresponded with Lovecraft, had short stories published in the earliest issues of Weird Tales and poems in Arkham House anthologies. A journalist, writer and literary scholar, he is best know for his pioneering works of Sherlock Holmes scholarship. 78 pp. Stapled sheets in publisher's original pictorial wraps illustrated by Vermont Country Store co-founder and friend of Lovecraft Vrest Orton. Very Good. Textblock completely detached from wraps, old tape reinforcement to spine, small faint tidemark to front cover at top edge, light chipping to spine ends and corners. The New England writer and publisher William Paul Cook was a friend and supporter of H. P. Lovecraft and encouraged the literary research that Lovecraft synthesized into his famous essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature." The essay occupied pages 23 through 59 of The Recluse, a periodical Cook began for his own amusement. The contributors, who included Clark Ashton Smith, Donald Wandrei,and Vrest Orton, were not paid, and Cook never got around to publishing a second issue. Joshi I-B.ii.335a.…

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. H. P. Lovecraft's own copy of the first and only issue of the legendary amateur periodical published by W. Paul Cook. Lovecraft has penned the title of his contribution, "Supernatural Horror in Literature" and the page number, and signed his name on the upper edge of the front cover. This marks the first appearance of Lovecraft's essay, now considered a classic of literary criticism. 78 pp. Bound in serviceable black cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, original olive green wraps preserved within. Near Fine with light soiling and foxing to wraps, old repaired tear to left edge of front wrap, offsetting from repair tape to following page, and toning and thumbing to contents. Front board lightly scuffed; tight and sturdy binding commissioned by small press publisher and collector Gerry de la Ree. Housed in a custom clamshell case, green cloth over quarter green morocco, blue morocco title label lettered in gilt to spine. The New England writer and publisher William Paul Cook was a friend and supporter of H. P. Lovecraft and encouraged the literary research that Lovecraft synthesized into his famous essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature." The essay occupied pages 23 through 59 of The Recluse, a periodical Cook began for his own amusement. The contributors, who included Clark Ashton Smith, Donald Wandrei,and Vrest Orton, were not paid, and Cook never got around to publishing a second issue. A loss to the world, no doubt, but the first issue alone -- printed in a run of just 100 copies -- made an outsized impact. The ultimate copy of this rare and influential publication. Joshi I-B.ii.335. Signed.…