NERO and other poems.
by SMITH, Clark Ashton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Glendale, California, United States
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About This Item
Lakeport, Calif.: The Futile Press, 1937. [First edition, second state]. The Futile Press, founded by the Beck brothers, Groo and Claire later assisted by Clyde Beck, were young F & SF zealots, who, with their small handpress printed H.P. Lovecraft's: Notes & Commonplace Book, this booklet by Clark Ashton Smith, and had plans for future publications including Clark Ashton Smith'sThe Jasmine Girdle. Friends with Robert H. Barlow, there developed some bad blood between such notables as Clark Ashton Smith, and other fantasy field personalities, with Barlow and the Beck brothers's association with Barlow, and projects were shelved. With the last surviving brother, Groo, Roy A. Squires purchased The Futile Press's remaining papers and discovered that there were loose sheets ot NERO enough to complete 13 complete books. The books were handbound in vellum spine and marbled papers, by Kris Anderson, now Kris Etchison. Very handsome presentation. So this would bibliographically be termed a "Second State of the First Edition." Included is David Warren Ryder's essy on Clark Ashton Smith, THE PRICE OF POETRY.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Terence McVicker, Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 960
- Title
- NERO and other poems.
- Author
- SMITH, Clark Ashton
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- [First edition, second state]
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Futile Press
- Place of Publication
- Lakeport, Calif.
- Date Published
- 1937
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- POETRY; CLARK ASHTON SMITH;
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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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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Vellum
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