[Auburn, California]: [Clark Ashton Smith], 1922. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original red cloth, front panel titled in gold. 152 pp. Printed in a limited edition of 500 numbered copies, this being copy #432. Although most copies were signed by Smith on the limitation leaf, this copy is numbered..... More
Seattle: Darkside Press, 2005. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original dark purple cloth lettered in gold on spine & front panel. 234 pp., frontispiece portrait of the author and dust jacket artwork by Allen Kosowski. Issued in an edition limited to 525 copies of which 500 were offered for..... More
No Place: The Viatorium Press, No Date (2009?). First Separate Edition. Small (postcard-sized) broadside, hand-printed in red and black on fine card stock. Designed, typeset and printed by Joseph Uccello at the Viatorium Press in a small edition of 150 copies. Fine condition. A beautifully printed item, rarely encountered. ¶..... More
![Item #313017 THE MAZE OF MAAL DWEB [in] WEIRD TALES magazine, Vol 32, No 4., October, 1938 issue....](https://thompsonrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/313017.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1764468371)
New York: Weird Tales, 1938. The First Appearance in Print of this Short Story. Tall octavo, original colour pictorial wrappers. Single issue of this legendary pulp magazine. Full colour cover illustration by Margaret Brundage. Off-white paper, some mild extra gluing along the inner spine hinges (principally at rear). Small tear..... More
![Item #313018 THE MONSTER OF THE PROPHECY [in] WEIRD TALES magazine, Vol 19, No 1., January, 1932...](https://thompsonrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/313018.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1764468371)
Indianapolis: The Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1932. The First Appearance in Print of this Short Story. Tall octavo, original colour pictorial wrappers. Single issue of this legendary pulp magazine. Full colour cover by C.C. Senf illustrating the Smith story. Paper quite browned, chipping at the upper fore-edge corner; front &..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1918. First Edition (& 1st printing). Quarto, original blue-gray boards with quarter linen shelf back, printed paper label affixed to spine panel, untrimmed. Interior decorations by Florence Lundborg, printed throughout in black and light green, title page printed in red, black and light..... More
Baltimore, MD: The Mirage Press. 1973. First Edition. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. One of 500 numbered copies bound in full cloth, this being copy No. 38. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper, as new. More
![Item #314531 THE PLUTONIAN DRUG [in] AMAZING STORIES Magazine, Vol 9, No 5, September, 1934...](https://thompsonrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/314531.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1774510299)
Toronto, ON: Teck Publications, 1934. First Canadian Edition. Octavo, original colour pictorial wrappers. Single issue of this pulp magazine. Canadian Issue, with "Printed in Canada on Canadian Paper" on front wrapper. Small chips and short tears to edges, not trimmed but likely there is some glue to the inner margins..... More
Sauk Ciy, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 2003. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original black cloth lettered in gilt on spine panel, gold decorated endpapers. 417 pp., Frontispiece portrait of Smith by Wynn Bullock, 12 pp of black & white plates printed on glossy paper stock inserted at Pp 196-197, Selected..... More
New York, Westport, Connecticut, London: Greenwood Press, [1989]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original green cloth lettered in white. 281 pp., frontispiece portrait of Smith in his cabin. Issued as #36 in The Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy Series. Loosely laid into this copy is..... More
Melrose Highlands, MA: Odyssey Publications. 1976. First Edition Thus (& 1st printing). 1st printing thus; a reprint anthology. Octavo, original colour pictorial wrappers. A near fine copy. ¶ Anthology of stories reproduced with original illustrations from STRANGE TALES magazine in the 1930's. Stories included are WOLVES OF DARKNESS by Jack..... More