THE OUTSIDER AND OTHERS ... Collected by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1939. Large octavo, pp. [ivi] vii [viii-x] xii-xiv [1-2] 3-553 [554: blank] [555: colophon] [556-558: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original black cloth, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. 1268 copies printed. The first collection of Lovecraft's writings and the first Arkham House book. "...his works remain one of the most remarkable literary products of their day and an enormously influential contribution to the genre, their influence extending not only to Lovecraft's many correspondents but to such significant modern writers as Ramsey Campbell and Brian Lumley." - Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 3-132. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-680. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-132. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1040. Jones and Newman (eds), Horror: 100 Best Books 43. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-162. See Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-61. See Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 97-101 and III, pp. 1284-88. Joshi I-A-15]. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front paste down, two small stains to fore edge, some light discoloration marks to covers, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with wear and rubbing to edges, shallow losses at corners and spine ends with splits at lower left edge and upper right rear edge, some external clear tape at upper rear along to upper spine, two pieces at rear flap which is split at upper edge, scrape with creases to mid front cover. (32983). Item #32983
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