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The Abominations of Yondo
by Smith, Clark Ashton
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
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About This Item
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1960 Hardcover. Black "Novelex" cloth binding with gold lettering to spine. With original, un-clipped dust jacket. Octavo (5 ⅛" x 7 ¼"). 227pp. *** Publisher Arkham House was established in 1939 in Sauk City, Wisconsin, by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei specifically to publish stories by H.P. Lovecraft and others whose works had mostly been printed in the "Weird Tales" magazine and remained unavailable in book form. *** Clark Ashton Smith was a poet and a sculptor, before gaining popularity as a short-story writer for "Weird Tales". This collection contains stories of adventurers seeking their fortune only to be confounded by harsh reality, and ends with some Kafka-esque tales of wistful regret. Includes the story "The Third Episode of Vathek", which completes a fragment by the author William Beckford, author of the early Gothic novel with Arabian setting, Vathek (1786). *** The dust jacket design is by Ronald Clyne and Wynn Bullock. *** Condition: A Fine, fresh copy with no ownership marks or underlining, in a Fine dust jacket, now protected in mylar. Binding tight. Bookplate of renowned bibliophile Richard Manney to front pastedown. Richard Manney was famous for buying the best copies he could, from Shakespeare folios to Arkham House collectibles. A portion of his library was sold at Sotheby's in 1991. *** Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction, 1487; L.W. Currey: Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors, page 453. Nielsen 60.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Ronald Clyne; Wynn Bullock.
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- Bookseller
- Dark and Stormy Night Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8834
- Title
- The Abominations of Yondo
- Author
- Smith, Clark Ashton
- Illustrator
- Ronald Clyne; Wynn Bullock
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Arkham House
- Place of Publication
- Sauk City, Wisconsin
- Date Published
- 1960
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selling Rare, Antiquarian and "other interesting finds" to individuals and institutions around the world. Some of our books are now housed among the world's leading libraries and collections.
We work to promote the significance of a wide variety of ideas, from whatever era they might originate. We celebrate, and work to preserve, the artistry of the printed page, the handwritten word, and the craftsmanship of the hand-made object in today's virtual, digital world.
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- Octavo
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