Search Results: Cthulhu Mythos from Lame Excuse Books

First edition chapbook original, one of 100 numbered copies, a Fine copy in white envelope and numbered brown cardboard mailer, as issued. Somewhat elaborate production, with tipped-in linocut frontispiece and tissue guard and duplicated pages from the "original" manuscript for Heart of Darkness featuring a deleted scene. A very sly literary endeavor.

First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, with promotional postcard for the book laid in. The first of the Geek/Cthulhu Mythos Laundry Files books. Recommended.

First edition hardback, #169 of 300 numbered copies signed by all the contributors (including the recently deceased W. H. Pugmire), a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, new and unread. The fifth in this popular series of "New Tales of Lovecraftian Horror." Had one in the last catalog, sold it, and I've since found another copy. Only have one.

First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, new and unread. The fifth in this popular series of "New Tales of Lovecraftian Horror." Trade edition.

First edition trade paperback original, a Fine copy. Much-needed comprehensive bibliography for Smith's works, especially since Donald Sidney-Fryer's Emperor of Dreams is not only out of date, but so poorly organized as to be nearly useless.

First edition paperback original, a Fine- copy with slight wear at head, heel and points. Lovecraftian pastiche. Jarocha-Ernst, A Cthulhu Mythos Bibliography and Concordance 2126. Harms, The Cthulhu Mythos Encyclopedia, page 379. Nice copies are getting hard to find.

First edition hardback, a Near Fine copy with slight bumping at
head, heel and points, and a stamp at the bottom of the title page for "WEHMAN BROS./Publishers" of Hackensack, NJ, in a Near Fine dust jacket with bumping at head and heel, moderate dust soiling to rear cover, a very thin line of slight darkening to the very top of the
rear flap, a few pinprick points of light spotting to bottom flaps near edges, and a trace of foxing to blindside spine and gutters; otherwise a nice tight, attractive copy. Anthology featuring a who's who of Arkham authors (Lovecraft, Howard, Hodgson, Bloch, etc.).
Joshi, Sixty Years of Arkham House 64. Derleth, 100 Books by August Derleth 99. Derleth, Thirty Years of Arkham House 65. Jaffrey, Horrors and Unpleasantries 66. Nielsen, Arkham House Books 68. Currey, page 162. Wehman Bros. was known for publishing magic trick books, joke books, etc., so stamping a horror anthology may seem odd, but in the 1960s they had a sideline of gray-market imports of Michael Moorcock… Read More

First edition trade paperback original, a Fine copy. Derleth, of course, published many of Smith's collections at Arkham House, and both men were appearing in the pages of Weird Tales in the 1920s, but they didn't correspond until Lovecraft introduced them to each other in 1930.

First edition hardback, a Near Fine copy with some faint blotches of very light brown discoloration to boards; no signs of water damage, so maybe it was just moisture from being read once by someone with sweaty hands, and a trace of bend at heel, in a Fine, Mylar-protected dust jacket. Signed twice by Zelazny, with a signature on the title page and an inscription "To Lysander" on the half title page. Short story collection, including the Hugo-winning "24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai," the rare cyberpunk-Cthulhu Mythos crossover. Recommended.
Kovacs, V.12.b.

First edition chapbook original, one of 250 numbered copies, a Fine copy in numbered brown cardboard mailer, as
issued. Another elaborate production, with tipped-in frontispiece illustration. "F. Scott Fitzgerald's forgotten tale of a Lovecraftian witch cult, not in any edition of his collected works." Now sold out from the publisher.

First edition trade paperback original, a Fine copy, new and unread. The latest Hippocampus collection of Lovecraft letters, and it should be quite interesting, as I think Lovecraft heavily influenced Moore's early work.

First edition trade paperback original (POD), a Fine copy. Includes some supernatural stories not in The King in Yellow.

First edition trade paperback originals, both Fine copies. Over 1,000 pages of letters, with page numbers across both volumes, plus a Glossary, an Index, etc.

First edition trade paperback original thus, a Fine copy. "A new edition, augmented here with over 200 new pages of material." Primarily letters Lovecraft wrote to his amateur press association correspondents.

First edition trade paperback original, a Fine copy. "A new edition, augmented here with nearly 250 new pages of material." Letters Lovecraft wrote to one of his oldest friends, having known Kleiner since 1915. Other correspondence includes letters to other amateur journalists and members of the New York City-based Kalem Club.

First edition hardback, one of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. A mixture of fiction, reviews, introductions, essays (including one on his own father's Mr. Mercedes), and even bits on baseball and music. Out of print upon publication.

First edition hardback, a Near Fine copy with slight bumping at head and heel, bumping to bottom points, and dust soiling at head, in a Near Fine- dust jacket with bumping at faint non-breaking creasing at head, slight discoloration at bottom of heel, trace of wear at points, a few traces of dust soiling, and foxing to blind side (now Mylar-protected), inscribed by de Camp: "With best wishes to/Brian Perry, from/L. Sprague de Camp." Pioneering "warts and all" book-length biography from this SFWA Grandmaster and World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award winner that deeply irritated many
of Lovecraft's admirers. Nominated for "World Fantasy Special
Award—Professional."

Paperback reprint, a Very Good copy with spine creasing, big crease to rear bottom corner, smaller crease to two front corner, and general wear, with a thin clear plastic paperback protector affixed. Some Lovecraft readers collect these Beagle editions for their funky covers.

First
edition trade paperback original, Fine. Great Gahan Wilson cover.
Non-fiction work examining sexual themes in a wide variety of Cthulhu
Mythos-related work.

First
edition trade paperback original, a copy with a thin 1" cut
to left side and a 1" lamination pull to bottom rear just below
UPC code, otherwise new and unread. Short story collection.