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[RedFury]

4 minutes ago, Pat Calhoun said:

I've got to get around to reading this...

That's on my to read list too.  Supposed to be pretty good.

[RedFury]

3 minutes ago, N e r V said:

Coye did the interior illustrations for Derleth’s Sleep No More 1944 edition. The House of Sounds was one of the stories included. Any idea what his illo. for that story was?

Unfortunately, I don't have that anthology.  Derleth edited a LOT of anthologies in the 40s and 50s, and they all look interesting.

[N e r V]

Just now, RedFury said:

Unfortunately, I don't have that anthology.  Derleth edited a LOT of anthologies in the 40s and 50s, and they all look interesting.

Just curious if your piece isn’t somehow connected.  My copy is currently in storage to check. 

[RedFury]

Speaking of Derleth, I also picked up his short-story collection Sac Prairie People at the show.  It's not pulp stories, just fiction about life in Wisconsin, part of Derleth's epic Sac Prairie Saga.  I read the first three stories last night and they're fun.

[RedFury]

3 minutes ago, N e r V said:

Just curious if your piece isn’t somehow connected.  My copy is currently in storage to check. 

Yeah, I had noticed that he had illustrated the same story in the 40s, but the art is dated 1976, so I think it's just a coincidence.  But maybe...

[RedFury]

One of the more challenging aspects of collecting Arkham House books is acquiring all four poetry collections they published in the 1950s.  Each had a print run of a little over 500 copies, far less than typical Arkham House books which usually ranged 2,000 to 4,000 copies. 

A Hornbook for Witches may be the rarest Arkham House book because 300 of the 553 copies printed were given to the author, Leah Bodine Drake, leaving only 253 copies to be sold by Arkham House.  It's unknown what exactly happened to Drake's 300 copies, but it's thought she sold or gave away at least some of them.  I suspect a large portion may have been lost or destroyed, because the book is clearly much harder to find than the other three.

• Always Comes Evening (1957, 636 copies) by Robert E. Howard
• The Dark Chateau (1951, 563 copies) by Clark Ashton Smith
• Spells and Philtres (1958, 519 copies) by Clark Ashton Smith
• A Hornbook for Witches (1950, 553 copies, only 253 sold by Arkham House, 300 given to author) by Leah Bodine Drake

[OtherEric]

5 hours ago, RedFury said:

One of the more challenging aspects of collecting Arkham House books is acquiring all four poetry collections they published in the 1950s.  Each had a print run of a little over 500 copies, far less than typical Arkham House books which usually ranged 2,000 to 4,000 copies. 

A Hornbook for Witches may be the rarest Arkham House book because 300 of the 553 copies printed were given to the author, Leah Bodine Drake, leaving only 253 copies to be sold by Arkham House.  It's unknown what exactly happened to Drake's 300 copies, but it's thought she sold or gave away at least some of them.  I suspect a large portion may have been lost or destroyed, because the book is clearly much harder to find than the other three.

• Always Comes Evening (1957, 636 copies) by Robert E. Howard
• The Dark Chateau (1951, 563 copies) by Clark Ashton Smith
• Spells and Philtres (1958, 519 copies) by Clark Ashton Smith
• A Hornbook for Witches (1950, 553 copies, only 253 sold by Arkham House, 300 given to author) by Leah Bodine Drake

Nice.  I think I need to find myself at least some small Arkham House run to try and work on beyond the Arkham Sampler run I have.  Maybe the Solar Pons books would be a good project...

[Ricksneatstuff]

80 years ago this month

 

[OtherEric]

I can play too.  80 years ago this month:

[Surfing Alien]

7 hours ago, OtherEric said:

80 years ago this month

1st appearance of Andrew Jackson Libby  

[Pat Calhoun]

[Surfing Alien]

15 hours ago, Ricksneatstuff said:

80 years ago this month

 

Can't go wrong with space babes in test tubes  Nice copy too!

[ArkhamCastle]

Two detective pulps for your pleasure.

A nice skull cover and  B B Detective Vol. 1  #1  bought as a file copy.

[OtherEric]

Just got this in. Noteworthy for part 6 of Genius Jones, a rare non-Doc Savage story by Lester Dent.

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

On 11/2/2019 at 6:57 PM, N e r V said:

I’ve always been in the pulp collectors camp that although his covers at times may be very good his b&w Illo.’s are off the charts. (Picked his female work for Rick.) 
 

Probably one of the best to ever do b&w illustrations. I never miss color when I see his work like this. Just awesome...

 

While not at the same level, Mike Zeck's work on RBCC must have been influenced strongly by Finlay's ink work.

[Surfing Alien]

Those .38's sure blinded me lol.

This issue is smaller and skinnier than most, and only 15 cents. Canadian? 

[OtherEric]

2 hours ago, Surfing Alien said:

Those .38's sure blinded me lol.

This issue is smaller and skinnier than most, and only 15 cents. Canadian? 

I would actually guess wartime.

[RedFury]

9 hours ago, Surfing Alien said:

Those .38's sure blinded me lol.

This issue is smaller and skinnier than most, and only 15 cents. Canadian? 

It looks like the US edition.  It's July 1947, and should have 116 pages according to isfdb.

Startling Stories, Jul 1947

[Surfing Alien]

It looks like they were only 116 pages from Summer 1944 through Spring 1948. This one is pretty small too, almost like a GA comic book annual. It's been quite a while since I played with these so it's interesting seeing all the variations over the years.

[Surfing Alien]

A period atomic war story by Hamilton and Bergey cover. Lots to love. This is 164 pages and 1/2 inch taller in 1950.