Beyond the Wall of Sleep

by Lovecraft, H. P.; Collected by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei

$5,200 · Offered by Biblio

First edition · In dust jacket

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1943. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing; posthumously collected by Arkham House Founders August Derleth & Donald Wandrei. Bound in publisher's black cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with dulling to gilt at spine, light wear to spine ends and corners, and offsetting at front endsheets; light toning to contents. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with toning, light wear, shallow chip to crown of spine and rubbing to rear panel. A much nicer copy than usually encountered. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell case. The second major omnibus of Lovecraft's work first published in October 1919 in the amateur publication Pine Cones, featuring a short story about a backward Catskill killer turned asylum inmate patient who undergoes medical experiments to understand his dreams.

• Publisher: Arkham House
• Year: 1943
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: first
• Binding: unknown

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