THE OUTSIDER And Others
Published by Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1939
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Thompson Rare Books - ABAC / ILAB, Hornby Island, BC, CanadaThompson Rare Books - ABAC / ILAB
AbeBooks seller since July 2, 1996
Condition: Used
£ 4,954.31
Quantity:Â 1 available
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Large octavo, publisher's original black cloth stamped in gold.1,268 copies printed. A bright, near fine copy, in both the original 1939 Arkham House dust jacket and the Gerry de la Ree facsimile jacket produced in 1974. Older ownership stamp to rear paste-down endpaper. Corner tips very (very!) slightly soft; faint browning to the endleaves at the gutters (much less than usual as this is a common issue with this book); a near fine, bright copy, text block clean and on off-white paper, gilt spine lettering very bright. The original dust jacket is complete, unclipped ($5.00 price at top edges of front flap), shows light rubbing / wear at spine tips, one short closed tear and a small snag to lower edge of rear panel, internal tape repair at head & heel of spine and all 4 flap corners. A very nice copy. The de la Ree dust jacket is virtually fine. A pretty nice copy in the original jacket of an iconic title. The first collected works of the stories of H.P. Lovecraft, and the first book printed under the Arkham House imprint. In late 1937, the death of Howard Phillips Lovecraft prompted his two friends, August Derleth and Donald Wandrei, to gather a collection of Lovecraft's best weird fiction from the pulp magazines into a memorial volume. After some attempts to place the omnibus volume with major hardcover publishers without any success, the two men realized that no publisher would be willing to take a chance with the collection. Derleth and Wandrei decided to form their own company, Arkham House (its name based on a town featured in many of Lovecraft's stories) with the expressed purpose of publishing all of Lovecraft's writings in hardcover. The book collects two essays, "Howard Philips Lovecraft: Outsider", by August Derleth & Donald Wandrei and "Supernatural Horror in Literature" by Lovecraft, along with 36 short stories and novellas by HPL.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- THE OUTSIDER And Others
- Author
- LOVECRAFT, H.P. [Howard Phillips]
- Publisher
- Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin
- Publication year
- 1939
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- First Edition (& 1st printing).
- Seller catalogs
- Cat66, H.P. Lovecraft, This Dark Magic - Fall, 2026
Thompson Rare Books - ABAC / ILAB
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Thompson Rare Books specializes in fine, rare and interesting books in many fields. Our specialties include literary first editions, fantasy, mythology and folklore, detective fiction and mysteries, illustrated books, children's books, and fine printing and bindings. Established in 1983. Member of: The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of Canada The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
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