AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS AND OTHER NOVELS
by LOVECRAFT, H. P
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- first
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About This Item
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1971. First edition. Black boards, gilt spine. xi,432 pp. First edition, stated third impression (dust jacket inner flap and page 433). Fine copy,with no spotting or staining, in near fine dust jacket by Lee Brown Coye with some light sunning and an insignificant abrasion to spine.
Selected, and with an introduction by August Derleth. Contents include the novels At the Mountains of Madness / The Case of Charles Dexter Ward / The Shunned House / The Dreams of the Witch-House / The Statement of Randolph Carter / The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath / The Silver Key / Through the Gates of the Silver Key (with E. Hoffmann Price). A remarkable collection, scarce in any condition.
. JOSHI Eighty Years of Arkham House 76.
Selected, and with an introduction by August Derleth. Contents include the novels At the Mountains of Madness / The Case of Charles Dexter Ward / The Shunned House / The Dreams of the Witch-House / The Statement of Randolph Carter / The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath / The Silver Key / Through the Gates of the Silver Key (with E. Hoffmann Price). A remarkable collection, scarce in any condition.
. JOSHI Eighty Years of Arkham House 76.
Synopsis
At the Mountains of Madness and Other Novels is a collection of stories by American author H. P. Lovecraft. It was originally published in 1964 by Arkham House in edition of 3,552 copies. The collection was revised in 1986 by S.T. Joshi replacing the introduction by August Derleth for one by Joshi and another by James Turner. It was published in an edition of 3,990 copies.
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- Bookseller
- Second Wind Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 526
- Title
- AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS AND OTHER NOVELS
- Author
- LOVECRAFT, H. P
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Arkham House
- Place of Publication
- Sauk City, Wisconsin
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Horror, occult, psychic, supernatural, mythos
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