Click for full-size.
IN THE REALMS OF MYSTERY AND WONDER: THE PROSE POEMS AND ARTWORK OF CLARK ASHTON SMITH
by Smith, Clark Ashton
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1613470584
- ISBN 13
- 9781613470589
- Seller
-
Chamblee, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
US: Centipede Press, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Signed First Edition; limited to three hundred copies, of which this is lucky number 13. Signed by editor Scott Connors, feturing also a facsimile signature from Clark Ashton Smith. Black cloth over boards with black-stamped illustration to front board and white and yellow particulars to spine. In publisher's original dust jacket and slipcase. This book reproduces all of acclaimed horror author Clark Ashton Smith's known artwork and sculptures alongside his complete prose poems. It also features essays on Smith's life and work. Pages are clean and unmarked. Boards are clean and bright; text block is clean; binding is tight and square. Dust jacket is clean, bright and unmarked. Black-and-yellow slipcase has light dust accumulation, but is otherwise bright, clean and unamrked as well, showing very light shelfwear.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Atlanta Vintage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55175
- Title
- IN THE REALMS OF MYSTERY AND WONDER: THE PROSE POEMS AND ARTWORK OF CLARK ASHTON SMITH
- Author
- Smith, Clark Ashton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1613470584
- ISBN 13
- 9781613470589
- Publisher
- Centipede Press
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 2017
- Keywords
- Horror
Terms of Sale
Atlanta Vintage Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Atlanta Vintage Books
Biblio member since 2007
Chamblee, Georgia
About Atlanta Vintage Books
Welcome to Atlanta Vintage Books, serving book lovers locally and worldwide for over 30 years. Our 5,000 square foot book store houses over 70,000 vintage, rare and out of print books. You'll be greeted with a smile when you enter but left alone as you browse. Our staff is friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. Special orders are happily accommodated, as hard-to-find and out-of-print editions are a specialty. Our store is light and airy with plate glass windows letting in plenty of natural light and wonderfully decorated with antique display cases, old barrister bookcases, and wood book shelves. The wide aisles and scattered seating make browsing a joy. You'll wonder where the time went.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Collecting the Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and ’70s was an explosive time in American history, and it inspired explosive literature. From Malcolm X to Martin Luther King, Jr., browse some of the most collectible books from and about that era.
Learn about Bayntun-Rivière Binders
Are you enchanted by books clad in fine bindings? This is the gallery for you to peruse! Learn more about Bayntun, Rivière & Sons, and their combined work as Bayntun-Rivière.
