Six Bags of Minty Arkham House Along with Nearly a Dozen Robert E. Howard Books
Saturday was a day that reminded me why I love this job and business, despite the concerted efforts of the Satanic Masters and a certain pustulent boil located directly behind us to eradicate book and record stores, along with their paid employees. In walked a very friendly gent with six bags of Arkham House books in mint condition, along with almost a dozen Robert E. Howard titles, most on the Grant Press. My eyes and heart were bugging and to make life even sweeter he just named a really gentle price for the batch and within moments I was fondling many great beauties. Below is about half of what came in.
Let’s start with all the Robert E. Howards! Creator of Conan and Kull! Lover of Mother!
Black Colossus. Fine Grant hardback first edition in near fine jacket, $25.
Devil In Iron. Fine Grant hardback first in near fine textured jacket, $25.
Shadows of Dreams: Poetry of Robert E. Howard. Illustrations by Richard Berry. Signed by Berry. Fine Grant hardback first edition in near fine jacket, $65.
Kull. 1985 Grant quarto hardback with many glossy full color illustrated pages. $40. (SOLD ALREADY! As did a LeFanu. Get your ass in here!)
Post Oaks and Sand Roughs. 1990 fine Grant hardback first in fine jacket, $140.
Tigers of the Sea. 1974 fine Grant hardback first in near fine jacket, $25.
Son of the White Wolf. 1977 fine FAX hardback, $25.
The incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan. Fine 1974 FAX hardback first in near fine jacket, $15.
The Sowers of the Thunder. Fine 1976 Grant hardback first in near fine jacket. Full color frontispiece and illustrated endpapers. Illustrated by Roy Krenkel, $30.
Always Comes Evening: Poems of Horror and the Supernatural by Robert E. Howard. As new Underwood/Miller hardback 1977 first. Illustrated by Keiko Nelson, $40.
Hawks of Outremer. Fine 1979 Grant hardback first with tipped-in full color frontispiece on page facing title page. Illustrated by Chris MacIntyre and Chris Pappas, $30. In near fine dustjacket.
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Memories of the Space Age - J.G. Ballard. This one definitely barely escaped my clutches. The master of 20th Century speculative fiction on Arkham House. But I already have the hardback of his complete short stories and couldn’t justify nabbing this one, even though it has some great illustrations. $20.
Wind From a Burning Woman - Greg Bear. Fine 1983 Arkham first in near fine jacket, $10.
Flowers From the Moon & Other Lunacies - Robert Bloch. The author of Psycho and many other delights on America’s #1 Horror and Supernatural Press, Arkham House. An unbeatable combination. This is a fine 1998 reprint in fine jacket, $25.
Kecksies and Other Twilight Tales - Marjorie Bowen. Fine Arkham House first, $15.
Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers: The Makers of Heroic Fantasy - L. Sprague de Camp. Near fine in fine jacket, $20.
The Third Grave - David Case. Fine Arkham House first edition, $12.
The House of the Wolf - Basil Copper. 1983 fine Arkham House first in near fine jacket, $20.
Necropolis - Basil Copper. Fine 1980 Arkham House first in fine jacket, $30.
The Breath of Suspension - Alexander Jablokov. As new Arkham first, $10.
Meeting in Infinity - John Kessel. As new Arkham first, $10.
Lovecraft’s Book - Richard Lupoff. Fine first edition of Lovecraft’s rather questionable social and politcal theories, $15.
Voyages by Starlight - Ian R. MacLeod. As new Arkham first, $15.
Black God’s Shadow - C.L. Moore. Near fine 1977 Grant hardback first in near fine jacket. With full color illustrations by Alicia Austin, $20.
Zanzibar Cat - Joanna Russ. Fine 1983 Arkham first in near fine jacket, $20.
Prince Zalaski and Cummings King Monk - M.P. Shiel. Fine Mycroft first edition, $12.
Crystal Express - Bruce Sterling. 1989 fine Arkham House stated first edition in near fine jacket, $20. “Cyberpunk and beyond….”
Cthulhu 2000: Lovecraftian Mythology - Edited by Jim Turner. Near fine Arkham first, $20.
