August Derleth : The Trail of Cthulhu : Arkham House : 1st/1st 1962

The Trail of Cthulhu

By August Derleth

Published by  Arkham House: Publishers, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1962. First edition, first printing. 2470 copies printed. Hardback with original dust jacket. 248 pages.

The Trail of Cthulhu is a series of interconnected short stories by American writer August Derleth as part of the Cthulhu Mythos genre of horror fiction. The stories chronicle the struggles of Laban Shrewsbury and his companions against the Great Old Ones, particularly Cthulhu.

The stories were originally published in Weird Tales from 1944 to 1952, and were republished in collected form as The Trail of Cthulhu by Arkham House in 1962 in an edition of 2,470 copies.

A very good first edition. The dust jacket is in very good condition and remains unclipped (priced $4.00). The images of the jacket above may appear to have marks but this is just a reflection from the mylar sleeve that protects it. The jacket is in very good condition. Boards and spine clean and sharp. All contents present and pages immaculate throughout. No names or writing. Overall a very good first edition.