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Arkham House books : a collector's guide / Leon Nielsen ; foreword by Barry Abrahams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nielsen, Leon, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arkham House--Bibliography.
- Arkham House.
- Arkham House--History.
- Fantasy fiction--Bibliography--Catalogs.
- Fantasy fiction.
- Horror tales--Bibliography--Catalogs.
- Horror tales.
- Book collecting--United States.
- Book collecting.
- Rare books--Collectors and collecting--United States.
- Rare books.
- Rare books--Prices--United States.
- Publishers and publishing--Wisconsin--Sauk City--History.
- Publishers and publishing.
- Sauk City (Wis.)--Imprints--Catalogs.
- Sauk City (Wis.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (205 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, [2004]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This reference work covers the supernatural and speculative fiction published by Arkham House Publishers, Inc., of Sauk City, Wisconsin. In 1937, promising Wisconsin writer August Derleth decided to publish a collection of the stories of his recently deceased friend, H. P. Lovecraft. After two years of failed attempts, Derleth and another Lovecraft fan, Donald Wandrei, published the collection themselves under the name of Arkham. In the years that followed, Arkham House published the works of many of the foremost American and British writers of weird fiction, including Basil Copper, Lord Dunsa
- Contents:
- Howard Phillips Lovecraft, August Derleth and Arkham House
- Collecting Arkham House books
- Buying and selling Arkham House books
- Arkham House bibliography (1939-2003)
- Mycroft & Moran bibliography (1945-1998)
- Stanton & Lee bibliography (1945-1970)
- The thirty-five most valuable Arkham House books
- Arkham House books ranked by scarcity
- Arkham House stock lists and catalogs
- A representative Arkham House book collection.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-0322-7
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