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Not a pulp, but I think this will be of interest here. For Sale: The Outsider and Others by H.P. Lovecraft The Outsider and Others is the 1st Arkham House book and H.P. Lovecraft's 1st book of collected stories. It is, of course, a cornerstone book for both H.P. Lovecraft and Arkham House collections. It was published in 1939 and limited to just 1,268 copies. This copy was owned by fan John Malone, who in a letter in the Eyrie had nearly deduced that Hazel Heald's story Out of the Aeons was really mostly by H.P. Lovecracft: “How does Hazel Heald do it? ‘Out of the Eons’ was like a masterpiece by H. P. Lovecraft. Hardly any of the horror was pictured, most of it was suggested, until the climax, when the revelation came!" The book is in very good condition. The spine gilt is intact but lightly worn. Inside front and rear boards have small signature and stamps from former owner John Malone. The dust jacket is in Fair condition. It is original and complete, but has some wear, creases, and tape repairs. $5,000

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.

The previous owner knew what was really important about this issue, the first appearance of The Skylark of Space series.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I will be there, Terry. Wouldn't miss it! Todd

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.

Thanks guys! I just got it back, reframed with museum glass, and it looks great.

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.

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

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

Lyman Anderson Original pulp interior illustration by Lyman Anderson for Underworld, September 1933. Unframed, 7.5" x 9.5" $1500

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

Bernie Wrightson Pen illustration of Solomon Kane, the Robert E. Howard Puritan hero, by comics legend Bernie Wrightson. Undated, but probably from the early 1970s. Professionally framed and matted, and under museum glass Image about 8" x 10", frame about 17.5" by 20.5" $7000

Hannes Bok "Scream Test for Homicide" by Emil Petaja Ten Detective Aces, November 1944 Original art by Hannes Bok for this detective story by Emil Petaja. Petaja was a friend of Bok's, and a fanboy who corresponded with H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and even travelled to meet Clark Ashton Smith before becoming a professional writer himself. 14.5" x 16.5" Professionally framed and matted, with museum glass Pulp included $3500

Leo Morey Dinosaurs! Time travel! Pulp interior illustration for the Isaac Asimov story "A Statue for Father" from Satellite Science Fiction, February 1959. 9.5" x 10", unframed $1750

J. Allen St. John Own a piece of art by one of the great pulp and book artists of all time. Pencil illustration probably made on St. John's trip to Morocco in 1918. Unknown if it was published. 12" x 16", unframed $4500 SOLD

Virgil Finlay Original cover art for Fantastic Universe Science Fiction, September 1958. Incredibly bright and clean. 18" x 20" Professionally framed and matted, with museum glass $30,000

Loooongtime member, very occasional seller. Listing some pulp-related original art today. Payment by wire transfer, cashier's check, personal check (delay for clearing), Zelle. Shipping will be exact amount.

Congrats, that's a good one. Quinn was highly regarded by Weird Tales readers and he contributed more stories to WT than anyone else. Most of his stories were about Jules de Grandin, his occult detective character. Grab a copy of Phantom Fighter, the Mycroft & Moran book (an Arkham House in disguise), for a good sampling of 10 Jules de Grandin stories hand-picked (and revised) by Quinn in 1966.

Me too. When I bought it I wasn't sure I was going to keep it. Now it's hanging above my fireplace.

I don't know much about this 1944 landscape watercolor by Lee Brown Coye. There's no information on the piece other than the signature and date, and the painting appears to be a completely unknown work by Coye. The image reminds me of Lovecraft's story, The Colour Out of Space, with the lonely farmhouse, what looks like "blasted heath", and the vibrant vegetation. It's certainly a stretch to say it illustrates that story. But on the other hand, Coye did begin to illustrate Lovecraft stories the same year this was painted (1944). Regardless of its true subject, I love it.