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The Mask of Cthulhu
by Derleth, August
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/near fine
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1958. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. First edition of The Mask of Cthulhu by August Derleth.. Small octavo, [8], 201pp. Black cloth, title in gilt on spine. No additional printings listed. Solid text block, faint toning to endpapers, small bump along fore edge of text block, a touch of wear to spine, a near fine example. In publisher's dust jacket, $3.50 retail price on front flap, faint toning to edges, small chips to spine and rear cover, a near fine example. One of 2,000 copies. (Currey, page 148). August Derleth (1909-1971) wrote in a variety of genres, including mystery, horror, science fiction, historical fiction, biography, and poetry. Derleth is best known as one of the founders of Arkham House publishing, which was the first publisher of the writings of H.P. Lovecraft.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12666
- Title
- The Mask of Cthulhu
- Author
- Derleth, August
- Illustrator
- First edition of The Mask of Cthulhu by August Derleth.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Arkham House
- Place of Publication
- Sauk City, Wisconsin
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- Beyond the Wall of Sleep, Someone In The Dark, Solar Pons, Three problems for Solar Pons, Arkham House Publisher, The Landscape of the Heart, The Memoirs of Solar Pons, The Man on all Fours, Skull-Face and Others, Essential Solitude
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- Text Block
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fore Edge
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- Fine
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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