Arkham Collector #10 (Last of Series)

Arkham House THE ARKHAM COLLECTOR Number Ten (LAST ISSUE) Summer 1971 Limited Edition (Approx. 2500 copies)
The Arkham Collector was a small periodical published by Arkham House starting in 1967. Each issue contained announcements of upcoming books, news clips, essays, poems, story segments, and much more. As such, they offer a fascinating historical insight to Arkham House and their work. Of note, is H.P. Lovecraft always plays a central role (as with the publisher). Some of the more interesting essays on Lovecraft, first appeared in the Collector. It was treated as advertising, and as such, issues were often thrown away, so even with a circulation of around 2500, copies are hard to come by. Remainder issues of The Collector were bound and sold in book form, again decreasing the number of individual issues.
This is issue number ten of The Arkham Collector, published in the Summer of 1971 at 50 cents a copy. This is the last issue, as Derleth died shortly after this. 44 pages. Contents Include:
Looking Ahead
III Samuel by William D. Barney
The Mass Media Horror by Jame Wade (HPL On film, tv, and the HPL Lovecraft rock and roll group)
The Crest of Satan by Sara Lindsay Rath (short story)
Where They Rule by Meade Frierson III
The Doom of Yakthoob from The Necronomicon by Lin Carter
In Intricate Magicks by Walter H. Kerr
To My Masters by Roger Johnson
Notes Concerning A Green Box by Alan Dean Foster
Night Sounds by Walter C. DeBill
Shadow Game by George Wetzel
Bibliographical
Index for previous ten issues
The publications measures 5.25" x 7.75". Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin. Nice condition, no writing or tears, just shelf wear to edges, yellowing due to age, toning close to spine, and a corner crease (bump) on lower right hand corner. According to Leon Nielsen in his invaluable reference book Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide the value of this Collector is listed at $30.00.

Arkham Collector #9

Arkham House THE ARKHAM COLLECTOR Number Nine Spring 1971 Limited Edition (Approx. 2500 copies)
The Arkham Collector was a small periodical published by Arkham House starting in 1967. Each issue contained announcements of upcoming books, news clips, essays, poems, story segments, and much more. As such, they offer a fascinating historical insight to Arkham House and their work. Of note, is H.P. Lovecraft always plays a central role (as with the publisher). Some of the more interesting essays on Lovecraft, first appeared in the Collector. It was treated as advertising, and as such, issues were often thrown away, so even with a circulation of around 2500, copies are hard to come by. Remainder issues of The Collector were bound and sold in book form, again decreasing the number of individual issues.
This is issue number nine of The Arkham Collector, published in the Spring of 1971 at 50 cents a copy. 44 pages. Contents Include:
Two New Spring Books
Eight Tales by Walter de la Mare
Songs and Sonnets Atlantean by Donald Sidney Fryer
To Great Cthulhu by Richard L. Tierney
Passing of a Dreamer by Gary Myers (Short story)
May-Eve by Steve Eng
The Aphids by William D. Barney
The Waiting Room by Robert Aickman (Short story)
Ghost Stories, Fairy Tales, and Riddles by Joyce Odam
Dream for a Windy Night by Caryl Porter (Short story)
When The Moon Is Pale by Wade Wellman
The Relic by Roger Johnson
After You, Montagu by Howard Wandrei (Short story)
In Pressure-Pounded Chasms by Brian Lumley
Necrology: Virgil Finlay
Bibliographical Notes
Panels for a Nativity by James Wade
Atlantic City: 5:30P.M. by W.P. Ganley
The publications measures 5.25" x 7.75". Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin. Nice condition, no tears, just yellowing due to age and a wee bit of shelf wear. Two pages have some lite pencil underlining. According to Leon Nielsen in his invaluable reference book Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide the value of this Collector is listed at $30.00.

Arkham House Collector #8

Arkham House THE ARKHAM COLLECTOR Number Eight Winter 1971 Limited Edition (Approx. 2500 copies)
The Arkham Collector was a small periodical published by Arkham House starting in 1967. Each issue contained announcements of upcoming books, news clips, essays, poems, story segments, and much more. As such, they offer a fascinating historical insight to Arkham House and their work. Of note, is H.P. Lovecraft always plays a central role (as with the publisher). Some of the more interesting essays on Lovecraft, first appeared in the Collector. It was treated as advertising, and as such, issues were often thrown away, so even with a circulation of around 2500, copies are hard to come by. Remainder issues of The Collector were bound and sold in book form, again decreasing the number of individual issues. Some lite foxing on this copy and yellowing at edges. Small ink stain at lower left hand corner (looks as it appeared in the printing process--ink rub).
This is issue number eight of The Arkham Collector, published in the Winter of 1971 at 50 cents a copy. 36 pages. Contents Include:
Denis Tiani (the cover artist, and a new talent for Arkham House
Rising Costs
Coming Books
To His Mistress, Dead and Darkly Returned by Roger Johnson
To Cocomacaque by Carl Jacobi (short story)
To Howard Phillips Lovecraft by Clark Ashton Smith
Black Thirst by Lin Carter
Enough by Brian Lumley
Yohk the Necromancer by Gary Myers (short story)
K'N-Yan by Walter C. DeBill, Jr.
Summer Night by Joseph Payne Brennan
Lovecraft on Love
The Jersey Devil by Barbara A. Holland
Strange Flowers Bloom by Duane Rimel
The Shade in the Old Apple Tree by Walter H. Kerr
A Presentation to George by Miki Myrick (short story)
Great Derleth letterhead design by Mr. Taylor (Monsters)
Associational (The Dunwich Horror film, Roy A Squires, Sherlock Holmes Journal, Beagle Books Lovecraft Books, and more)
The publications measures 5.25" x 7.75". Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin. Nice condition, no writing or tears, just yellowing due to age, toning close to spine. According to Leon Nielsen in his invaluable reference book Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide the value of this Collector is listed at $30.00.

Arkham House Collector #6

Arkham House THE ARKHAM COLLECTOR Number Six Winter 1970 Limited Edition (Approx. 2500 copies)
The Arkham Collector was a small periodical published by Arkham House starting in 1967. Each issue contained announcements of upcoming books, news clips, essays, poems, story segments, and much more. As such, they offer a fascinating historical insight to Arkham House and their work. Of note, is H.P. Lovecraft always plays a central role (as with the publisher). Some of the more interesting essays on Lovecraft, first appeared in the Collector. It was treated as advertising, and as such, issues were often thrown away, so even with a circulation of around 2500, copies are hard to come by. Remainder issues of The Collector were bound and sold in book form, again decreasing the number of individual issues.
This is issue number six of The Arkham Collector, published in the Winter of 1970 at 50 cents a copy. Great photo cover of Derleth's house and the "new Arkham House warehouse" in Wisconsin. 24 pages. Contents Include:
A Near Catastrophe
Poe's Lake by Joseph Payne Brennan
To Clark Ashton Smith by Lin Carter
A Night For A Shearing Wind by William D. Barney
Nyarlathotep by H.P. Lovecraft (five pages, fragment not included in Lovecraft's collector works. It is a sketchy account of a dream Lovecraft had in 1921.
The Gate in the Mews by Meade Frierson III
Star Winds by Walter Shedlofsky
The Edomite Kings by Frank D. Thayer, Jr.
Billy's Oak by Brian Lumley
The Wendigo by Richard L. Tierney
The Hour of the Wolf by Viktor R. Kemper
Necrology: Grey La Spina and Margery Lawrence
Bibliographical Notes
The publications measures 5.25" x 7.75". Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin. Nice condition, no writing or tears, just yellowing due to age, toning close to spine. According to Leon Nielsen in his invaluable reference book Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide the value of this Collector is listed at $30.00. It is worth the price alone for Lovecraft's description of Nyarlathotep and Lumley's short story.

Arkham Collector #5

Arkham House THE ARKHAM COLLECTOR Number Five Summer 1969 Limited Edition (Approx. 2500 copies)
The Arkham Collector was a small periodical published by Arkham House starting in 1967. Each issue contained announcements of upcoming books, news clips, essays, poems, story segments, and much more. As such, they offer a fascinating historical insight to Arkham House and their work. Of note, is H.P. Lovecraft always plays a central role (as with the publisher). Some of the more interesting essays on Lovecraft, first appeared in the Collector. It was treated as advertising, and as such, issues were often thrown away, so even with a circulation of around 2500, copies are hard to come by. Remainder issues of The Collector were bound and sold in book form, again decreasing the number of individual issues.
This is issue number five of The Arkham Collector, published in the Summer of 1969 at 50 cents a copy. 32 pages.
Contents Include:
An Arkham Warehouse
Dr. Keller's Last Collection
A Final Collection of Clark Ashton Smith's Tales
A Twist of Frame Poem by William D. Barney
Under the Eaves by Lin Carter
Nightmare Three Poem by Joseph Payne Brennan
Shadow of the Wall Poem by Duane Rimel
Of William Hope Hodgson
Lost Poem by William Hope Hodgson
Shoon of the Dead Poem by William Hope Hodgson
The Crack in the Wall by Walter Jarvis
Ghosts Poem by L. Sprague de Camp
A Fragment from the Atlantean Poem by Donald S. Fryer
The Onlooker Poem by Wade Wellman
A Darker Shadow Over Innsmouth by James Wade
Carcosa Poem by Richard L. Tierney
Bibliographical Notes (H.P. Lovecraft II, the rock group, and other interesting tidbits,
What It Is Poem by Roger Mitchell
The publications measures 5.25" x 7.75". Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin. Nice condition, no writing or tears, just yellowing due to age, toning close to spine, and a wee bit of shelf wear to edges. According to Leon Nielsen in his invaluable reference book Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide (2004) the value of this Collector is listed at $30.00. However, I strongly disagree (one of the few times Mr. Nielsen and I, do not see eye to eye). Over the last two years we have sold between 30 and 40 Arkham Collectors, except for one, on Ebay --- every single issue has been represented at least twice. The issue we have not sold (because we have not had...) is number five. For some reason, this issue does not show up often and is quite rare (did a quick scan of the various Internet Book Sites, as well as the plethora of Fantastic Fiction catalogs I receive, and have seen nary a one in the last few years). Rare thus, and thus our buy it now price. Good luck.

Arkham House Collector #4: Part 2

Arkham House Collecotr #4

Notes on Arkham House Collector # 4

Arkham House THE ARKHAM COLLECTOR Number Four Winter 1969 Limited Edition (Approx. 2500 copies)
The Arkham Collector was a small periodical published by Arkham House starting in 1967. Each issue contained announcements of upcoming books, news clips, essays, poems, story segments, and much more. As such, they offer a fascinating historical insight to Arkham House and their work. Of note, is H.P. Lovecraft always plays a central role (as with the publisher). Some of the more interesting essays on Lovecraft, first appeared in the Collector. It was treated as advertising, and as such, issues were often thrown away, so even with a circulation of around 2500, copies are hard to come by. Remainder issues of The Collector were bound and sold in book form, again decreasing the number of individual issues.
This is issue number four of The Arkham Collector, published in the Winter of 1969 at 50 cents a copy. 36 pages. Contents Include:
Arkham House in 1969
A Lovecraft Revision - Among the papers Robert H. Barlow there was uncovered a ten-page manuscript representing in Barlow's words "A script draft, with Lovecraft's corrections--final text". The story "Till All The Seas" is published in this Collector (included is a copy of a typical Lovecraft revision page -- remarkable!!)
Bleak November Days by Joseph Payne Brennan
Lovecraft's Last Letter
The Purple Door by Walter Shedlofsky
The Thing in the Moonlight I. by H.P. Lovecraft II. by Brian Lumley
To An Infant by H.P. Lovecraft
Memories of Lovecraft: I. Sonia Haft Lovecraft
Memories of Lovecraft: II. Helen Sully (a friend of Clark Ashton Smith's)
In Memoriam: H.P. Lovecraft by James Wade
Bibliographical
The publications measures 5.25" x 7.75". Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin. Nice condition, no writing or tears, just yellowing due to age, toning close to spine, and perhaps a wee bit of shelf wear. According to Leon Nielsen in his invaluable reference book Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide the value of this Collector is listed at $30.00. We list this one higher, because of the over abundance of Lovecraft material. As such, it is (for us) second only in rarity to issue #1.

Arkham House Collector #7

This is issue number 7 of The Arkham Collector, published by Arkham House in the summer of 1970. This magazine measures 5 1/4" x 7 13/16"; 39 pages. No photos. The magazine features short stories by Gary Myers, Donald A. Wollheim and Brian Lumley; poetry by Joseph Payne Brennan, Clark Ashton Smith, Manley Wade Wellman and Lin Carter among others; two prose poems by Donald Wandrei; news of upcoming Arkham House releases and much more.

Arkham Collector # 8

Issue #8 of The Arkham Collector, published by Arkham House in the Winter of 1971. The magazine meaures 5 1/4" x 7 3/4"; 35 pages. Here is a list of the issue's features:
Front cover illustration by Dennis Tiani.
THE COCOMACAQUE by Carl Jacobi (short story)
TO HOWARD PHILLIPS LOVECRAFT by Clark Ashton Smith (poetry)
YOHK THE NECROMANCER by Gary Myers (short story)
Poetry by Lin Carter, Brian Lumley, Joseph Payne Brennan and others.
Lovecraft on love.
Arkham House news.

Arkham House Collector # 7

This is issue number 7 of The Arkham Collector, published by Arkham House in the summer of 1970. This magazine measures 5 1/4" x 7 13/16"; 39 pages. No photos. The magazine features short stories by Gary Myers, Donald A. Wollheim and Brian Lumley; poetry by Joseph Payne Brennan, Clark Ashton Smith, Manley Wade Wellman and Lin Carter among others; two prose poems by Donald Wandrei; news of upcoming Arkham House releases and much more.

Arkham House Collector 3: Summer 1968

The seller states:

Arkham House THE ARKHAM COLLECTOR Number Three Summer 1968 Limited Edition (Approx. 2500 copies) The Arkham Collector was a small periodical published by Arkham House starting in 1967. Each issue contained announcements of upcoming books, news clips, essays, poems, story segments, and much more. As such, they offer a fascinating historical insight to Arkham House and their work. Of note, is H.P. Lovecraft always plays a central role (as with the publisher). Some of the more interesting essays on Lovecraft, first appeared in the Collector. It was treated as advertising, and as such, issues were often thrown away, so even with a circulation of around 2500, copies are hard to come by. Remainder issues of The Collector were bound and sold in book form, again decreasing the number of individual issues.
This is issue number three of The Arkham Collector, published in the Summer of 1968 at 50 cents a copy. 36 pages.

Contents Include:
Arkham House vs. Mycroft & Moran
Back to Praed Street
Of Miles Pennoyer
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
Poe by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907)
The Lemurienne by Clark Ashton Smith
Of Brian Lumley (Short piece on young Lovecraftians submitting stories)
The Cyprus Shell by Brian Lumley (10 pages)
Edith Miniter by H.P. Lovecraft (September 10, 1934)
Atlas in a Fourth Avenue Bar by Arthur M. Sampley
Revelation by Jack Hajdu
"The Shuttered Room" on Film. (Warner release in England)
Cthulhu in Celluloid by J. Ramsey Campbell (great six-page article by this up and coming talent on Lovecraft, Poe, and Horror on Film)
Mary's Ghost by Thomas Hood
Night by L. Sprague de Camp
Clifford M. Eddy (Obit -- friend of H.P. Lovecraft)
Anthony Boucher (obit)
Bibliographical Notes
The Chain by Frances May
The Vampire's Tryst by Wade Wellman
Coming Books
Pogo Cartoon by Walt Kelly with tribute to August Derleth

The publications measures 5.25" x 7.75". Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin. Nice condition, no tears, just yellowing due to age, toning close to spine. According to Leon Nielsen in his invaluable reference book Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide the value of this Collector is listed at $35.00.

Arkham House Collector Issue 2 Part 1

This is the cover of the second edition of the Arkham Collector.

Arkham House Collector Issue 1 Part 1

This is the cover of the 1st edition of the Arkham Collector.

Arkham House Collector Issue 2 Part 2

Here is the summary:

Arkham House THE ARKHAM COLLECTOR Number Two Winter 1968 Limited Edition (Approx. 2500 copies) The Arkham Collector was a small periodical published by Arkham House starting in 1967. Each issue contained announcements of upcoming books, news clips, essays, poems, story segments, and much more. As such, they offer a fascinating historical insight to Arkham House and their work. Of note, is H.P. Lovecraft always plays a central role (as with the publisher). Some of the more interesting essays on Lovecraft, first appeared in the Collector. It was treated as advertising, and as such, issues were often thrown away, so even with a circulation of around 2500, copies are hard to come by. Remainder issues of The Collector were bound and sold in book form, again decreasing the number of individual issues.
This is issue number one of The Arkham Collector, published in the Winter of 1968 at 50 cents a copy. 28 pages.

Contents Include:
The Arkham Program (Future Publishing Plans)
H.P. LOVECRAFT: Notes on the Writing of Weird Fiction
Lorenzo's Visit by Arthur M. Sampley
Alas by Arthur M. Sampley
Down Endless Years by Joseph Payne Brennan
August Derleth and Jesse Stuart
The First PSI Annual Dinner
No Limit on Hippogrifs by David Drake
One of Le Brown Coye's illustrations for H.P. Lovecraft's Three Tales of Horror
The Origin of a Lovecraft Essay
H.P. Lovecraft by William Fagan
More Than Twice Told Tales by Edna Meudt
Bibliographical Notes
Hugo Gernsback Obit
Dunwich Productions, Inc. (H.P. Lovecraft Rock and Roll Band)
The Visitant by Manly Wade Wellman
Connaissance Fatale by Donald S. Fryer
Southey's Commonplace Book
Arkham House in London

The publications measures 5.25" x 7.75". Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin. Nice condition, no writing or tears, just yellowing due to age and minimal edge wear. According to Leon Nielsen in his invaluable reference book Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide the value of this Collector is listed at $40.00.

Arkham House Collector Issue 1 Part 2

Here is the text and content of a classic piece of history. The Arkham House Collector was a marketing tool that contained special, and hard to get information on HPL, along with advertising of forthcoming products of Arkham House.

Issue One Cover Text:

Arkham Collector, Number One, Summer 1967, 50 cents. The Arkham Collector is an experiment designed to replace the hitherto annual bulletin announcements. Judging by their indifferent response, we have come to feel here at Arkham House that many people who have been sent our bulletins in the past are not interested in receiving them, and it seems to us that it would be more efficient to send out announcements only to people who take the trouble to subscribe to them in this form though the Arkham Collector will not be confined to mere announcements of coming titles. Moreover, it has become too time-consuming to go through the address files year after year to check against purchases made from our lists during previous years. We propose henceforth to confine announcements to the present publication, which will be issued at least once a year, if not more often, as circumstances demand.
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About The Shuttered Room in paperback. A few patrons of Arkham House have recently become irate about the appearance on newsstands of The Shuttered Room, by one Julia Withers. “A shattering story of Gothic Romance and terror – now an unforgettable motion picture. She was beautiful, young, and damned by the echoes of an unspoken curse.” - the typical Hollywood claptrap that is a far cry from The Shuttered Room familiar to collectors of Arkham House books.


Arkham House THE ARKHAM COLLECTOR Number One Summer 1967 Limited Edition (Approx. 2500 copies) The Arkham Collector was a small periodical published by Arkham House starting in 1967. Each issue contained announcements of upcoming books, news clips, essays, poems, story segments, and much more. As such, they offer a fascinating historical insight to Arkham House and their work. Of note, is H.P. Lovecraft always plays a central role (as with the publisher). Some of the more interesting essays on Lovecraft, first appeared in the Collector. It was treated as advertising, and as such, issues were often thrown away, so even with a circulation of around 2500, copies are hard to come by. Remainder issues of The Collector were bound and sold in book form, again decreasing the number of individual issues.
This is issue number one of The Arkham Collector, published in the Summer of 1967 at 50 cents a copy. 24 pages.

Contents Include:
Arkham Collector Introduction
About "The Shuttered Room" in Paperback
Graveyard in April by Joseph Payne Brennan
H.P. Lovecraft & Science Fiction
The Mrs. Ann Radcliffe Literature Award
Someone At The Pasture Gate by August Derleth from Nightshade
The Praed Street Irregulars
The Pontine Dossier
Nightmare by Walter Shedlofsky
A Bok Folio (on Hannes Bok)
The Key by Duane Rimel
Nocturne by Herman Stowell King
Necrology (On Clark Ashton Smith and H. Russell Wakefield) Bibliographical Notes
Colin Wilson
Coye Illustrates Lovecraft
The Lovecraft Letters
E. Hoffmann Price
Nightmares and Daydreams Nelson Bond
The Art of the Pastiche
The First Solar Pons Novel
The Projected Arkham House Program
Tintagel by L. Sprague de Camp
On Publication Dates