Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company. [1931]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. 319 pp. Blue cloth lettered in black. Dust wrapper blurb affixed to front paste-down, spine panel a bit faded, covers mildly rubbed and soiled; a very good copy. From the collection of John Ruyle. ¶ Lost Race novel. The... More about THE HOUSE OF DARKNESS
New York & London: D. Appleton-Century Company Incorporated. 1935. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original black cloth titled in silver on spine and front panel. 281 pp. Small bookseller's catalogue description tipped to front free endpaper. A nice clean copy, very good. From the collection of John... More about THE HOUSE OF DAWN
Philadelphia & London: J. B. Lippincott Company. [1914]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original dark green cloth lettered in gilt. 351 pp. Color frontispiece. Ink inscription on front fly, covers slightly spotted, a very good bright copy. From the collection of John Ruyle. ¶ Lost Race Novel... More about THE DUKE OF OBLIVION. With a Frontispiece in Color by H. Weston Taylor
London: Rich & Cowan, Ltd., [1936]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original orange cloth titled in black on spine panel. 272 pp + [4] pp publisher's ads at rear. Covers faded and with wear at the edges, faint cup ring on front panel, a good, sound copy... More about THE MAN WHO WAS SEVEN TIMES GOD. Being the Confessions of Thaddeus Michael Shea, as Recorded by...
London: William Heinemann Ltd., [1933]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. 492 pp + [6] pp ads at rear. Covers somewhat scuffed, corners lightly bumped, a very good sound copy. ¶ Three short fantasies stories by this Australian author... More about THE WOMAN ON THE BEAST. Viewed from Three Angles
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 about THE STAR TREADER AND OTHER POEMS. The Author's Own Copy of His First Book
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[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 about ?DONDE DUERMES, ELDORADO? Y OTROS POEMAS por Clerigo Herrero [pseudonym
Undated. Typed on one side of one leaf of plain 8 1/2 x 11-inch paper. Titled CARVINGS FOR SALE, the typed portion lists Ten of Smith's Carvings, with descriptions, priced between $15.00 and $25.00. Of note are the sculptures DAGON: "Head, half fish half human, Globular eyes, catfish whiskers, ears... More about CARVINGS FOR SALE. ONE-PAGE TYPED MANUSCRIPT, WITH A LONG MANUSCRIPT NOTE, SIGNED
Undated, but circa 1925-1929. Typed on three sheets of plain 8 1/2 x 11-inch paper. Unsigned, but perhaps this is because the piece is a translation of FEMMES DAMNEÉS: DELPHINE ET HIPPOLYTE from Charles Baudelaire's FLEURS DU MAL [1857]. Three Pages, approximately 900 words, 5 corrections by hand. Paper browned... More about FEMMES DAMNEÉS. THREE-PAGE TYPED MANUSCRIPT, WITH CORRECTIONS BY HAND
[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 about FROM THE CRYPTS OF MEMORY. A Poem in Prose. Illustrated by the Author
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 about PLANETS AND DIMENSIONS. Collected Essays of Clark Ashton Smith. Edited by Charles K. Wolfe
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Toronto: The American News Company, 1947. The first appearance in print of this story, albeit the Canadian issue of the magazine, which, while dated November 1947 is actually a reprinting of the September, 1947 American issue (Vol 39, No 12). Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. 111 pp. Also included are stories... More about THE QUEST OF THE GAZOLBA [in] WEIRD TALES magazine, Vol 38, No 4, November, 1947 issue. CANADIAN...
Monterey, CA: Wynn Bullock Studios, 1958. Original. PORTRAIT OF CLARK ASHTON SMITH, 1958. Gelatin silver print. 7-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches. Unsigned but Studio Stamp on Verso "Wynn Bullock 155 Mar Vista Dr. Monterey, Calif." A crisp image of Smith in his latter days, sitting outside in his corduroy jacket with... More about PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF CLARK ASHTON SMITH, Gelatin Silver Print, by Wynn Bullock, circa 1958
New York: Abelard Press, [1953]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original red cloth titled in black on spine. 264 pp. Very good copy in dust wrapper, frayed along the top edge, slightly rubbed. More about HELLFLOWER. A Science Fiction Novel
Chicago: Better Publications, Inc., 1944. First Printing. Original Wraps. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Paper off-white. Ink name on first leaf. Small edge-tears and faint creases, slight spine fade, a very good bright copy. Fabulous front-cover artwork by Earle Bergey for SHADOW OVER MARS by Leigh Brackett. More about STARTLING STORIES magazine, Vol II, No 2, Fall, 1944 issue
London: Macmillan. 1928. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, original green cloth titled and blocked in black. Contemporary bookplate on front paste-down, faint faded spot at spine headotherwise a fresh clean near fine copy in the original pictorial dust wrapper which has a couple of tiny chips to top edge... More about ETCHED IN MOONLIGHT
Chicago: Fictioneers, Inc., 1942. First Printing. Original Wraps. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Off-white paper. Small edge-tears, one with a nice internal repair, cover edges mildly trimmed, ink name "Floyd Peill" on first leaf, small snag to top edge of first couple of leaves, a very good attractive copy. Excellent front... More about SUPER SCIENCE STORIES magazine, Vol 3, No 4, May, 1942 issue
London: Eric Partridge, 1930. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original yellow cloth titled in black on spine panel, top edge stained yellow. 260 pp + [2] pp ads at rear. 500 copies printed. A very good clean copy in the original printed dust jacket, somewhat worn at... More about THE NARRATIVE OF JASPER WEEPLE. Being an Account of his Strange Journey to the Land of Midanglia,...
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company. [1927]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original purple cloth titled in orange on spine and front panel, top edge stained orange. 436 pp. A very good, bright copy. ¶ Lost race adventure novel, the discovery of an ancient race in the... More about THE GOLD TOOTH
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., [1929]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original green cloth titled in gold on spine, small decorative device in gold on front panel. 258 pp. Small ownership label of collector John Ruyle on inner front cover, a nearly fine copy, very... More about THE GREATEST ADVENTURE
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London: The Amalgamated Press. 1933. First Edition, First Printing. Original Wraps. Quarto, original colour pictorial wrappers. 28 pp, newsprint, self-covers, stapled at spine. Illustrated. Staples rusted, staining the edges of the paper and making it a fragile in two spots, a very good copy. ¶ A Boy's Story Paper with... More about THE CAGED MONSTER [THE ADVENTURES OF NICK STARR, THE FIRE KING] [in] THE SURPRISE. No. 79, Vol....
New York: Standard Magazines, 1947. First Printing. Original Wraps. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Paper off-white. Small tears and tiny chips to edges, a very good, sound copy. Fabulous front-cover artwork by Earle Bergey for WAY OF THE GODS by Henry Kuttner. More about THRILLING WONDER STORIES magazine, Vol XXX, No 1, April, 1947 issue
Gardenvale, Quebec: Street & Smith Publications. 1934. First Printing. Original Wraps. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Canadian issue, printed in Canada. Paper off-white. Front cover with bookstore stamp, edgetears, etc. Spine complete. Lacks rear cover, and perhaps the last page or two (ends on p. 142, seemingly in the midst of... More about TOP-NOTCH Magazine, Vol XCIV, No 4, April, 1934 issue. CANADIAN ISSUE
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New York: Street and Smith. 1940. First Printing. Original Wraps. Original pictorial wrappers (magazine format). 162 pp. Front cover artwork by Ed Cartier illustrating THE REIGN OF WIZARDRY by Jack Williamson. Also contains ON THE KNEES OF THE GODS by J. Allen Dunn [last of three parts]; THE BLACK FARM... More about UNKNOWN magazine [a.k.a. UNKNOWN WORLDS], Vol 3, No 1, March, 1940 issue. Contains THE REIGN OF...
New York: The Smart Set Publishing Co., 1903. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original pictorial brown clothtitled in gilt on spine, titled in gilt and black and designed in white and red on front panel. 377 + [3] pp ads at rear. Frontispiece with tissue guard and... More about PERKINS THE FAKEER. A Travesty on Reincarnation. His Wonderful Workings in the Cases of...