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LOVECRAFT, Howard Phillips (1890–1937). The Outsider and Others. Collected by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1939.
8vo. Half–title. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt (few minor stains or dust smudging to extremities); original unclipped dust jacket designed by Virgil Finlay (light surface wear to spine and rear panels, some edge creasing to front panel near top, tiny chip near head, three small and discrete tape repairs to front panel verso). Provenance: Earl Dallas Leeth (neat ownership signature on front free endpaper).
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST BOOK PUBLISHED AT ARKHAM HOUSE. One of only 1,268 copies printed by the legendary publisher of weird fiction and horror. In “ONE OF THE MOST DESIRABLE DUSTWRAPPERS IN THE MODERN FANTASY FIELD” (Jaffery). Bleiler, Supernatural Fiction 1040; Currey, p. 324; Jaffery 1; Joshi I–A–15.