A Hornbook For Witches

Sauk City,: Arkham House, 1950. [First Edition]. A collection of forty-seven macabre themed poems, originally published in various journals and magazines, including Weird Tales, Wings, The Arkham Sampler, and others. One of the included poems, 'The Ballad of the Jabberwock' won the Stephen Vincent Benet award in 1946. Werewolves, Dragons, Witches, Kelpies, Fauns, Centaurs, are only a smattering… Read more about this item

Sauk City: Arkham House, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/fine. 1st edition. Signed. Some rubbing to the corners, toning from acidic binder's glue along the gutters, else near fine in fine (actually fine) dust jacket. One of the smallest publications of any Arkham House book at 553 copies, Drake self-financed the printing and took 300 copies for her… Read more about this item

Sauk City: Arkham House, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Browning to endsheets, gutters of prelims, and to spots on the top edge of page block. Black cloth is sharp and clean. The dust jacket shows light rubbing at extremities, and toning to the spine panel and to… Read more about this item

Sauk City: Arkham House. Sauk City, Arkham House, 1950. First Edition. First Impression. Hardback. A lovely copy. One of the smaller print runs from Arkham consisting of 533 copies of which 300 were for Drake and the remainder sold via Arkham. Limited scuffing to the forecorners and spine tips. Plate of M J Miller to front pastedown. Some glue offsetting… Read more about this item

Sauk City: Arkham House, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 1st edition. Fine in a very good dust jacket with toning to the spine rubbing and wear to the extremities. One of the smallest publications of any Arkham House book at 553 copies, Drake self-financed the printing and took 300 copies for her own distribution. This is Drakes… Read more about this item

A HORNBOOK FOR WITCHES, Arkham House, 1950, first edition, some light browning to the gutter between the title page and the page adjacent (no doubt due to the publishers choice of glue and paper), else just about fine in a vg+ or better dust-wrapper with light wear to the top edges. 1/553 copies of which the author paid… Read more about this item