Fine Books and Manuscripts
Fine Books and Manuscripts
From the Library of Clayre and Jay Michael Haft
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From the Library of Clayre and Jay Michael Haft
Lovecraft, H.P.
The Outsider and Others. Sauk City: Arkham House, 1939
8vo. Publisher's black cloth, gilt spine title in original Virgil Finlay-illustrated dust-jacket; tope edge of jacket a little rubbed, spine just a touch faded. Custom leather and cloth case with out of space design.
First edition of the definitive Lovecraft collection and Arkham House's first published book.
This collection chosen by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei contains the core tales from the Cthulhu mythos and other classics.
REFERENCE:
Bleiler, Supernatural, 1040; Currey, page 324