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LOVECRAFT, Howard Phillips (1890-1937). A group of 6 titles, including:
The Lurker at the Threshold. 1945. Original black cloth; original unclipped dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Jaffery 14. -- The Survivor and Others. 1957. Original black cloth; original unclipped dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY AUGUST DERLETH. Jaffery 48. -- The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces. 1959. Photographic frontispiece. Original black cloth; original unclipped dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Bleiler 1049; Jaffery 56. -- The Dark Brotherhood and Other Pieces. 1966. Illustrated. Original black cloth; original unclipped dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Bleiler 1057; Jaffery 92. -- The Horror in the Museum. 1970. Original black cloth; original unclipped dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Bleiler 1054; Jaffery 115. -- The Watchers Out of Time and Others. 1974. Original black cloth; original unclipped dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Jaffery 131.
Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, all 8vo, all published by Arkham House in Sauk City, Wisconsin, all in original bindings and dust jackets, condition fine. Provenance: Richard Manney (book labels), one of the most famous book collectors of the 20th century who was known for the best examples on the market. A selection of his library was sold at Sotheby’s in 1991, amassing a total of over $3.9m which was the first multimillion-dollar library assembled in the 1980s to come up for auction.