Ready to order, the book on the Classic Era of Arkham House Ephemera I’ve been promising for years awaits you. 150 Items covered (with 3 playfully hidden away for the readers who like to have a little fun with their ephemera).
The back cover blurbage sums it up, I think — you’ll see that sales pitch on the Amazon page. Meanwhile, until they get the Look Inside feature activated, here’s the front page blurbage:
Arkham House Ephemera: The Classic Years 1937-1973 surveys in full color the advertising ephemera of the press that brought the work of H.P. Lovecraft and his circle of fellow writers—Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, Robert Bloch, Frank Belknap Long and more—from the fragile pages of the pulp magazines into the sturdy hardcover bindings of books. Into the front ranks of supernatural horror in literature.
A run of charming little brochures announces the Last Call for titles such as The Curse of Yig, Skull-Face and Others, The Feasting Dead, Always Comes Evening. A series titled Lovecraftiana baldly acknowledges the major interest of the average Arkham House patron. Booklets celebrate publisher August Derleth reaching anniversaries in his prolific writing career—15 Years, 20 Years, 25 Years, 30 Years. Postcards trumpet the upcoming arrival of Beyond the Wall of Sleep, The Dark Chateau and A Hornbook for Witches. And titles on other Items repeatedly announce a “New Book” or a “New Arkham House Book.”
In this Pictorial History and Guide for Collectors each individually numbered Item spotlights a shot of the cover or distinguishing interior feature. Along with selected information and drop-in micro-essays, this checklist provides the tools so that any collector or bookseller easily can recognize any Item of Arkham ephemera from any other.
A new and much needed cornerstone reference for all fans of Arkham House and Lovecraft.
