Roberts James August Derleth (4 results)

Madison: White Hawk Press:, 1993. First edition, Stapled Wraps, Near Fine, 74 pp. Cover artwork by: Eugene Gryniewicz Lightly toned at extremities. First edition, Stapled Wraps, Near Fine. Eugene Gryniewicz (illustrator).

Octavo, pp. [1-2] i-ii [iii-iv] 1-74, illustrations by Eugene Gryniewicz, pictorial wrappers, stapled. First edition. Collects eight essays by Mike Ashley, Norbert Blei, John Stark, Marion Fuller Archer, Steve Sneyd, Malcolm Ferguson, Colin Wilson and Edna Meudt, with introduction by Richard Fawcett. A fine copy. (#164265).…

Octavo, pp. [1-3] i-ii [iii] 1-96 [97-98: blank], illustrations by Eugene Gryniewicz, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Collects seven essays by Basil Copper, Donna Davin, T. V. Olsen, John Howard, Frank Belknap Long, Sam Moskowitz and Rodger Gerberding, with introduction by James P. Roberts. Trade paperback format. A fine copy. (#164266).…

First Edition. Paperbound. 74 pages, staplebound. With illustrations by Eugene Gryniewicz. Fine fresh copy in printed wrappers. From the introduction by Richard A. Fawcett: ÒThis collection of essays, then, is intended as a guide to the best of August Derleth, the essential Derleth as it were, a kind of Ôroad mapÕ for the reader so that he or she may be spared the frustration of digging up the entire mountain in search of its veins of gold.Ó August Derleth (1909 - 1971) was an author and co-founder, with Donald Wandrei, of Arkham House Publishers which did much to bring supernatural fiction into print in hardcover in the US that had only been readily available in the UK. Derleth is best remembered as the first book publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft, and for his own contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos genre of horror.…