POEMS FOR MIDNIGHT.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House: Publishers, 1964. Octavo, jacket illustration by Utpatel, interior illustrations by Howard Wandrei, cloth. First edition. Signed by Wandrei on the front free end paper. "A collection of all the poems Wandrei wished to preserve, taken largely from his earlier collections, ECSTASY AND OTHER POEMS and DARK ODYSSEY (1931). Each poem in the sonnet cycle 'Sonnets of the Midnight Hours' (composed around 1927) was inspired by a dream of Wandrei's. The influence of Clark Ashton Smith (with whom Wandrei had come in contact as early as 1924) is evident." - Joshi, Arkham 74. "Sonnets of the Midnight Hours" may have influenced Lovecraft's "Fungi from Yuggoth." [Reference: Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 8-44. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 6-60]. Former owner's bookplate affixed to front paste down, a fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with slight fade to the spine panel. (33146). Item #33146
Price: $250.00