Spells and Philtres
by Smith, Clark Ashton
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1958. Black cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dust-jacket. 519 copies printed. 54 pages; jacket by Frank Utpatel. Among the smallest of Arkham House print runs with only 519 copies, makes this title a scarce and desirable item for Smith enthusiasts and Arkham collectors alike. Provenance: pictorial bookplate of Paul John Willis, a science fiction and fantasy writer who wrote and published the short-lived fanzine Anubis in the late 1960's. A clean, tight copy in an unclipped ($3.00), lightly toned jacket. Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Association Copy.
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- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004134
- Title
- Spells and Philtres
- Author
- Smith, Clark Ashton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Arkham House
- Place of Publication
- Sauk City, Wisconsin
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- ARKHAM; Paull John Willis
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arkham House;
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About the Seller
Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers
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Cleveland, Ohio
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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