San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1918. First Edition. First Edition. THE AUTHOR'S PERSONAL COPY, Signed by him on the front free endpaper "Clark Ashton Smith, Auburn, California, June 27th, 1918", with a further inscription underneath this presenting the book to the author's friend (and literary executor) Roy Squires... More
San Francisco: A.M. Robertson, 1912. First Edition, First Printing. The First Edition of the Author's First Book. THE AUTHOR'S PERSONAL COPY, with numerous corrections and additions by him throughout the text. Bound for the author in full brown morocco, heavily gilt, the spine with raised bands, inner doublures. The binding... More
![?DONDE DUERMES, ELDORADO? Y OTROS POEMAS por Clerigo Herrero [pseudonym]. Clark Ashton SMITH, Clerigo Herrero.](/pictures/thumb/310800.jpg?v=1539364998)
[Glendale, California]: La Imprenta de Rojo Escuderos [Roy A. Squires], 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Original Wraps. First Edition. Small octavo, title page printed in red and black, brown printed wrappers, sewn along spine. 176 unnumbered copies printed (although the colophon states 160). A fine copy (lacks printed envelope). ¶... More
[Glendale, California]: Roy A. Squires, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Original Wraps. First Separate Edition. Quarto. 198 copies printed. Hand-printed with hand-set type on Nideggen paper, in a cover of Grandee Cordoba Brown paper enclosed in a Kinwashi wrapper. Tipped in is a colour photographic print of a painting by... More
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1948. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. 256 pp. 3,047 copies printed. A very fine copy in a stunning very fine dust wrapper with artwork by Frank Wakefield. A sharp, crisp copy, the nicest we... More
![THE MASTER OF THE CRABS [in] WEIRD TALES Magazine. March, 1948 issue. CANADIAN EDITION. Clark Ashton SMITH.](/pictures/thumb/310964.jpg?v=1539365011)
Toronto: The American News Company, 1948. First Canadian Edition. The First Appearance in Print of this Short Story. This issue corresponds to the same monthly issue as the US edition (Vol 40, No. 3), but with Canadian ads. Paper off-white and creamy, small edgetears, small marks on rear covers; an... More
Baltimore, MD: The Mirage Press. 1973. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. One of 500 numbered copies bound in full cloth, this being copy No. 15. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper, as new. More
![A PROPHECY OF MONSTERS [in] THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION, Vol. 7 No. 4, October, 1954 issue. Clark Ashton SMITH.](/pictures/thumb/5035.jpg?v=1539364900)
New York: Fantasy House, Inc., 1954. Reprint appearance of this short story, which first appeared in WEIRD TALES in January 1932. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers; a digest-sized magazine. Cover artwork by Chesley Bonestall. Also included are stories by Lord Dunsany, Nigel Kneale, Ward Moore and others, plus a poem by... More
San Francisco & Portland: Night Shade Books. [2003]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original black cloth titled in silver on spine. Issued in a limited edition of 500 copies, signed by Ronald S. Hilger & Donald Sydney-Fryer (Scott Conners was supposed to sign by did not due... More
[Auburn, California]: [The Author]. [1925]. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY From Smith to Fellow 'Lovecraft Circle' author Donald Wandrei, quoting several lines from Baudelaire's LES FLEURS DU MAL: " For D.A. Wandrei, from the author. Il est des parfums frais comme des chairs d'enfants... — Et d'autres, corrompus... More
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. 2,482 copies printed. 228 pp. Fritz Leiber's copy of Smith's first posthumous Arkham house book, inscribed to him as a gift from Donald Syndey-Fryer on the front free... More
Everett, PA. Fantasy Publications, n.d. [1934]. First Edition. First Edition. Small octavo, publisher's original white wrappers titled in black on upper cover. [39] pp + [1] pp [ad for Marvel Tales]. CLARK ASHTON SMITH'S PERSONAL COPY, with about 14 corrections and 2 revisions in pencil and his signature in ink... More
(Baltimore, MD): "Anthem" / Jack L. Chalker & Associates (i.e., The Mirage Press). 1963. First Edition, First Printing, Deluxe Hardbound Issue. Hardcover. First edition. Quarto, 8.5 x 11 inches. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles on spine panel. 98 pp, Illustrated. COPY NO. 9 OF 10 HARDCOVER COPIES, so designated... More
![THE AMAZING PLANET by Clark Ashton Smith [in] FANTASTIC STORY QUARTERLY magazine, Winter 1951 issue, Vol 2, No 1. Canadian Issue. Clark Ashton. FANTASTIC STORY QUARTERLY magazine SMITH, No 1. Canadian issue, Vol 2, Winter 1951 issue.](/pictures/thumb/5079.jpg?v=1539364900)
Toronto: Better Publications of Canada. 1951. Reprint appearance, the story first appeared in Wonder Stories Quarterly, Summer, 1931. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Canadian issue with Canadian ads. Cover artwork by Earle Bergey. Ink marks on itle page, old tape stains from removed tape near spine, covers a bit fragile &... More
Typed Letter Signed, on Mrs. Clark Ashton Smith's Letterhead, Dated Five Days Before the Author's Death and Detailing His Medical Condition. 117 - 9th Street, Pacific Grove, California. Dated Aug 9?/61. Addressed to "My very Dear Harry, Sophia" [Harry Rosenberry, Manager of the Auburn branch of the Bank of California]... More