Tag Archives: August Derleth

Rediscovered: An Item of Modern Arkham House Ephemera

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Don

John D. Haefele and I actually have been slaving away on a book on Arkham House ephemera from the Classic Years — 1937-1972. We’ve got guys eyeballing some of the largest private collections (as I post, one stalwart has the … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Derleth’s Last Book — Well, In His Lifetime

Posted on November 16, 2022 by Don

John D. Haefele — author of Lovecraft: The Great Tales, A Look Behind the Derleth Mythos, etc. — just popped up an article further investigating how many — or how few — copies may exist of the last of many, … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: In Memoriam — or Not In Memoriam?

Posted on July 24, 2022 by Don

The noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook begs to differ on the question of whether the story “The Man from Dark Valley” by August Derleth was — or even could have been — a memorial salute to Texas author … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: A “Probable Outline” Tidbit

Posted on June 28, 2022 by Don

The noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook was telling me about another collector he knew named Richard Minter, who would have made a great resource for the book on Arkham House ephemera I’m working on with John D. Haefele. … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: In Memoriam?

Posted on June 28, 2022 by Don

John D. Haefele’s expertise on the subject of writer August Derleth, and his circle, just got called into action by a find made by Will Oliver, who writes a fanzine for REHupa titled Some Line-Faced Scrivener.   You may recall … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Primeval Arkham House Ephemera

Posted on May 30, 2022 by Don

John D. Haefele and I, marching deeper into the thick of the Arkham ephemera jungle, plug away on a book intended to cover each and every Item from the Classic Years when August Derleth and Donald Wandrei were in the … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Another “Lost” Arkham

Posted on May 10, 2022 by Don

As usual, I was sitting around minding my own business, collecting Arkham House ephemera, when I realized I might have spotted another “lost” Arkham House book. For decades fans have been noting books that once may have made it into … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Arkham Ephemera — Last Call

Posted on January 26, 2022 by Don

As John D. Haefele and I sit down to the ordeal of finally pulling together a book on Classic Era Arkham House advertising ephemera, an obvious challenge will be tracking down every possible scrap of paper that acted as Arkham … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Some Arkham in the House

Posted on January 25, 2022 by Don

Courtesy an eagle-eyed bud of mine, ever perched over eBay, I landed a couple of Items of Arkham House ephemera I needed just a couple of days ago. If you consult the list I did of the classic era Derleth-Wandrei … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Haefele on The Candlelight Press

Posted on October 13, 2021 by Don

For you bibliophiles out there, John D. Haefele just put up a comprehensive yet compact history and survey of The Candlelight Press — one of the presses August Derleth of Arkham House had a couple of fingers in for a … Continue reading →

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