Description: Robert W. Chambers - The King in YellowF. Tennyson Neely, Chicago, 1895 First Edition - First Printing First edition, first printing, first issue with 1895 on title page. Publisher: Chicago New York F. Tennyson Neely Small 8vo. pp. [1-2] [1-8] 9-316 [317-318] Page 318 blank. One page of advertisement for Chamber's "In the Quarter" at end. Original pale green buckram cloth stamped in dark brown withthe lizard image for Neely's Prismatic Library to front board. Issued without a frontispiece, and with a blank page on the verso of the advertisement. Top edge in gilt. Lin Carter called it "an absolute masterpiece, probably the single greatest book of weird fantasy written in this country between the death of Poe and the rise of Lovecraft", and it was an influence on Lovecraft himself. ". It appears that Lovecraft read this book and found it inspiring for his own works, especially in regards to the Cthulu Mythos. This book will be mailed, at our expense, with Insurance for the full purchase price!
Price: 1250 USD
Location: Bellmore, New York
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: Chicago
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: Robert W. Chambers
Publisher: F. Tennyson Neely
Topic: Supernatural - Horror
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1895
