GENIUS LOCI
by SMITH, Clark Ashton
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Glendale, California, United States
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About This Item
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1948. [First edition]. A twice-signed, presentation copy, the year of the book's publication, inscribed, and corrected, with nine corrections in the author's hand. The inscription to his friend Don Carter, reads, "For Don, the night after moving into the new home, sans Katzenjammer, Dec. 4th, 1948. Madam Mad No Whiskey, Dog Gone Madam Mad. Dry Shift." By explanation, CAS had met and been romancing Carolyn Jones Dorman, and moved into her home in Pacific Grove, California. Carolyn had three children from a previous marriage. CAS enjoyed the pleasures of alcohol, sometimes overdoing it, but Carolyn here, was wasn't allowing it. There are nine-handwritten corrections to this copy, in addition to the author's full-signature on the half-title page. Signed copies of this title are scarce, but corrected copies are rare. Some dullness to the cloth, moderately soiled, d.j., with signs of aging, and some darkening to the spine-panel of d.j. Still a very good copy in very good d.j.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Terence McVicker, Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 947
- Title
- GENIUS LOCI
- Author
- SMITH, Clark Ashton
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- [First edition]
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Arkham House
- Place of Publication
- Sauk City
- Date Published
- 1948
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- FANTASY, SF & HORROR; SIGNED; CLARK ASHTON SMITH; ARKHAM HOUSE;
Terms of Sale
Terence McVicker, Rare Books
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About the Seller
Terence McVicker, Rare Books
Biblio member since 2021
Glendale, California
About Terence McVicker, Rare Books
I have been a collector/dealer since 1970, and handle collections from single items to libraries in all fields, but especially, HORROR, FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION. I primarily focus on books, but manuscripts, letters, any holograph material is of interest. In addition, I buy and sell original illustration artwork by Gary Gianni, Virgil Finlay, Roy Krenkel, and illustrators from the PULP and Classic Illustration Era. Permanent wants are H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Stephen King, Arkham House authors, Robert Aickman, and others in the English, Ghost Story genre.
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
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