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,...](/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
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
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
[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, 1944. First Edition. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. 2,043 copies printed. 419 pp. Bookplate on front free endpaper, corners a bit bumped, a few stray marks to the cloth; a very good clean copy in a slightly worn dust jacket, lightly... More
Sauk City: Arkham House. 1942. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. 1,054 copies printed. 370 pp. Ink name on front free endpaper(Sgt. Paul W. Smith). Upper corners minutely knocked. A very good to near fine copy, with bright spine lettering in... 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
![THE QUEST OF THE GAZOLBA [in] WEIRD TALES magazine, Vol 38, No 4, November, 1947 issue. CANADIAN...](/pictures/thumb/311018.jpg?v=1547430822)
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
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
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
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