The Watchers Out of Time and Others
Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1974. Jacket art by Herb Arnold. First edition in a first state jacket with a price of $8.50 on the flap. Hardcover in unclipped jacket. Black boards with gold titles on the spine. An omnibus collection of stories by August Derleth, inspired in part by posthumous notes left by H. P. Lovecraft and presented as a "collaboration" between the two writers. Derleth erroneously believed himself to be Lovecraft's literary executor. Published in an edition of 5,070 copies.
"The stories in the collection are primarily compiled from other previous appearances in anthologies and magazines." Neilson, Arkham House Books, A Collector's Guide 133. Fine / Fine. Presented in a protective mylar cover. Item #534
Price: $100.00