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RedFury

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  1. It's funny how hugely important sci-fi works are overshadowed by other things in both those issues. I have copy of the Aug 1928 Weird Tales signed by Tennessee Williams.
  2. The previous owner knew what was really important about this issue, the first appearance of The Skylark of Space series.
  3. Here's a real rarity, a copy of The Fourth Book of Jorkens (Arkham House, 1948) signed by Lord Dunsany. He may have only signed a few copies. He lived in Ireland, and the Arkham House edition was actually a reprint of the UK edition that had been published in 1947, so it's unlikely many copies of this new US edition made it to him. This copy was inscribed (with Dunsany's typical quill pen) to Herman C. Koenig, a friend of Lovecraft and member of the Kalem Club.
  4. Here's a real interesting book I just bought, Ecstasy, by Donald Wandrei (weird fiction writer, friend of Lovecraft's, co-founder of Arkham House). It's his first book and was published in 1928 by W. Paul Cook (Recluse Press) in an edition of 300 copies. This is Don's personal copy and has his ownership signature inside. What really makes this copy special, however, are the heavy edits and re-writes Don made in it. I asked myself "Why would he edit the text after the book had been published?" The only reasonable answer I could come up with was he was preparing the texts for re-publication. So I pulled my copy of Wandrei's Arkham House poetry collection, Poems for Midnight (1964), off the shelf and compared the texts. Bingo! The edits made in the 1928 book match the texts in the 1964 book. In all, there are 8 heavily revised poems in Don's copy of Ecstasy, all of which appear in the same form in Poems for Midnight. I asked a friend of mine who is a noted expert in the Wandrei brother about this, and he was surprised by the discovery. He had never compared the texts in the two editions before. Here's a comparison of the 1928 edition with edits in red pencil and the final 1964 edition from Arkham House.
  5. Collecting the Lovecraft Circle, Weird Tales, and Arkham House This Facebook group was created by me. It's a private group so you'll have to join to post. But it's a really good group.
  6. I have one CAS sculpture, but it's a cast one, not carved. Still, it has the "KA" on the bottom with the backwards "K". I have never seen "KAYS" before. I really don't know if yours is by CAS or not. It is similar to his sculpts, but feels different to me. Hm, interesting.
  7. The June 1938 cover by Brundage for Suicide Chapel is definitely higher demand than other 1938 issues. And the covers for Jan and Aug would be 2nd and 3rd. As for story content, the overall quality is pretty good, but nothing really jumps out as a key. There are lots of Lovecraft and Howard pieces, mostly reprints, and some good CA Smith, Wellman, and Bloch contributions. I don't think any 1938 is more rare than another. It's really just those three covers I mentioned that have stronger demand.
  8. Thanks guys! I just got it back, reframed with museum glass, and it looks great.
  9. Speaking of The Outsider, here are two lovely association copies, Robert Bloch's and Clark Ashton Smith's. Bloch's copy has both Bloch's bookplate and Lovecraft's bookplate, which Lovecraft had sent to Bloch in 1933. Smith's is signed and dated by him.
  10. Hannes Bok Ten Detective Aces, 1945 (I think) Hannes Bok original art for, I believe, a Ten Detective Aces story from 1945. I've just never tracked it down. 14.5" x 16.5" Professionally framed and matted, with museum glass $4000
  11. Lee Brown Coye An early Coye illustration of a pirate or buccaneer, done the same year, 1944, he began illustrating weird fiction. Early works by Coye are scarce due to multiple studio fires. Colgate University's collection of his works is mostly smoke and water damaged. This is possibly a published book or pulp illustration but I've been unable to find its source. It was published in some Coye retrospective art books. 13" x 18.5" framed Professionally framed and matted, with museum glass $3000
  12. Lyman Anderson Original pulp interior illustration by Lyman Anderson for Underworld, September 1933. Unframed, 7.5" x 9.5" $1500
  13. John Drew Original cover art (oil painting) for Gang World, May 1934. Unsigned, but it appears to be by John Drew who did most other covers for that title the same year. 24" x 24" Framed Pulp included $8500