Research Catalog

Title

The lurker at the threshold / by H.P. Lovecraft and August Derleth.

Author

Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937

Publication

Sauk City, WI : Arkham House, 1945.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Derleth, August, 1909-1971
• Clyne, Ronald, 1925-2006
• Arkham House, publisher
• Burden, Carter, donor, former owner
• Carter Burden Science Fiction Collection

Description

6 preliminary leaves, [5]-196 pages, 1 leaf; 19 cm

Series Statement

Arkham house novels of fantasy and terror

Genre/Form

• Science fiction.
• Dust jackets.

Note

• First edition, one of 3000 copies. Derleth, 100 books, 40.
• "...begun by Lovecraft, completed by August Derleth". Dust jacket.
• Bound in dark blue cloth; stamped in gold. Dust jacket.
• Purchased from Gilman, Crompond, N.Y.
• "Three thousand copies of this book have been printed by The Collegiate Press, George Banta Publishing Company, Menasha, Wisonsin, from linotype, Baskerville on White Winnebago Eggshell. The binding cloth is Holliston Black Novelex." -- colophon.

Provenance (note)

• Copy in Berg Coll 24-3206 inscribed in ink, on front free endpaper recto “Sincerely, August Derleth.”

Binding (note)

• Copy in Berg Coll 24-3206 bound in publishers' blue cloth; with original dust jacket designed by Ronald Clyne.

Local note

• Copy in Berg Coll 24-3206 acquired from Carter Burden, 12/88.

Call Number

NCW (Lovecraft, H. P. Lurker at the threshold)

OCLC

1572240

Author

Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937.

Title

The lurker at the threshold / by H.P. Lovecraft and August Derleth.

Imprint

Sauk City, WI : Arkham House, 1945.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Arkham house novels of fantasy and terror

Provenance

Copy in Berg Coll 24-3206 inscribed in ink, on front free endpaper recto “Sincerely, August Derleth.” NN

Binding

Copy in Berg Coll 24-3206 bound in publishers' blue cloth; with original dust jacket designed by Ronald Clyne. NN

Local Note

Copy in Berg Coll 24-3206 acquired from Carter Burden, 12/88.

Added Author

Derleth, August, 1909-1971.

Clyne, Ronald, 1925-2006, bookjacket designer.

Arkham House, publisher.

Burden, Carter, donor, former owner.

Carter Burden Science Fiction Collection.

Research Call Number

NCW (Lovecraft, H. P. Lurker at the threshold)

Berg Coll 24-3206