DARK OF THE MOON: POEMS OF FANTASY AND THE MACABRE by Derleth, August - Editor - 1947

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1947. Hard Cover. Good binding/Good dust jacket. Octavo. xvi, 418, [1] pp. First edition; ex-library copy. As issued, in publisher's cloth with dust jacket. Board edges are rubbed; all the expected library markings are present; dust jacket is in fairly good condition with limited edgewear, but there is a spine label; price intact. Not an ideal copy, but still, a relatively early Arkham House title.

Sauk City, Wisc.: Arkham House. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth gilt. Limited to 2500 copies. Inscribed to ffep "Sincerely, August Derleth." DJ front cover is glued to front pastedown. Slight corner/edge wear, very small tear mid spine. Few poems have some underlining/notes. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 418 pages; Signed by Author .

Sauk City: Arkham House, 1947. First Edition 1st Printing. Black Cloth. Near Fine Book/Very Good Dustjacket. 418 Pp. 2634 Copies Printed. First Edition. Grey Dust Jacket Lettered In Green, Priced $3.00. Generically Inscribed By August Derleth. A Clean, Solid Copy, Trace Of Wear At Corners. Book Has Very Faint Traces Of Old Dampness Around Base Of Spine. Dj Is First Issue, Green Lettering On Grey-Blue Background, 22 Titles On Rear Panel Ending With 7 Titles "Coming In 1947", Not Price-Clipped, Slight Wear With Minuscule Losses At Corners, Slight Browning To Spine., Book And Dj Show Dampstaining On Reverse Around Base Of Spine, Also Surface Deterioration Of Paper Around Base Of Spine With A Loss Of About 1/2" X 1/8" Of Paper Of Dj; Most Or All Of These First Issue Jackets Were Dampstained, And Many Or Most Were Later Replaced With Second Issue Jackets.

Sauk City: Arkham House, 1947. First edition. Private owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down (hidden by front flap). Spine ends a little bumped, some darkening to text block, a very good copy in a very good first state dust jacket (printed in green and black and priced "$3.00" on front flap) with the corners and spine ends rubbed with mild shelf wear, slight loss to upper right front corner and base of spine panel, spine fold rubbed. Errata slip laid in at copyright page. (14652). Octavo, cloth. Signed inscription by Derleth to Robert Briney on the front free endpaper. 2634 copies printed. "The single most vital volume in any collection of supernatural verse. Lengthy, rich, and representative; 64 poets, 210 poems ... A milestone volume ... an influence upon the emerging Small Press poets (late 1960s-1980s)." - Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 6-15.