STRANGE GATEWAYS.
Sauk City: Arkham House: Publishers, 1967. Octavo, jacket illustration by Lee Brown Coye, cloth. First edition. 2007 copies printed. Signed inscription on the title page by Price: "For / John D Squires / My first hardcover / collection - / Guard carefully - it now / commands an absurd / premium! / E Hoffman Price / May 25, 1984." The author's 'chop' is also present. It is additionally signed on the lower corner of the front jacket flap by the artist Lee Brown Coye. The author's first collection of short fiction, twelve Oriental fantasies first published in WEIRD TALES and other pulps between 1925 and 1953. Barron (ed): Horror Literature 3-159. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1344. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 923. Former owner's name and date to front free endpaper, a fine copy in a very good dust jacket which has light rubbing to front and spine panels and light shelf wear to spine ends and corner tips. (15211). Item #15211
Price: $550.00