Wandrei donald editor (7 Ergebnisse)

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Good.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good +. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. First Edition. A Bright Copy, Short Tears On Top Edge Overhang Of Covers, 1/4" Chip At Bottom Of Spine Removing The Last Numeral Of The Year.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine Minus. 1st Edition. Digest. 128pp. Wraps. February, 1949. $.35 Cover Price. Sharp early anthology of fantasy stories by both contemporary and classic authors of the genre. Beautiful cover art by Ann Cantor. Square, tight, and clean throughout save some fairly mild page toning and a faint stain on the fore-edge. Some age spotting on the rear panel. Just a touch of edge wear. Feels unread. Fresh and bright with no creases, chipping or tears. A very pretty collectable copy. (ISFDB). Ann Cantor (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, 1968. Limited to 1/2482 copies printed. Clean and tightly bound in black cloth. Slight bumping to the covers otherwise close to Fine. Contents are crisp and unmarked. The unclipped ($7.50) dust jacket has minor edge wear and very light fading to the red lettering on the spine.…

Hardcover. Limited Edition 1/2,500. Small octavo, 451 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Good plus condition dust jacket. Spine is white with black scrawl pattern, green and black lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "$10.00" on front flap, and has mild shelving wear along extremities, mild chipping to fore corners, moderate general soiling, and a 0.5 in tear along spine head. Boards have mild bumping to fore corners, mild mildew staining along covers, and moderate shelving wear along spine head and tail. Text block has mild age toning, mild scuffing and a small brown stain along head edge pp. 143-318. Shelved in Scifi Criticism. 1389990. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.…

Zustand: 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.…

Zustand: 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.…