Book of the Dead: Friends of Yesteryear: Fictioneers & Others (Memories of the Pulp Fiction Era)
Publication: Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 2001. First Edition.
Notes: "An extensive volume of Price's memoirs of his friends and colleagues in the field of weird and fantasy fiction"—Joshi.
An edition of 4000 copies. xxii, 424, [2:blank] pages plus 24 pages of plates. Introduction by Jack Williamson. Edited by Peter Ruber.
Joshi, Eighty Years of Arkham House, 195
Edition + Condition: First edition (stated). A fine copy in a fine jacket. With the Lovecraft-inspired letterpress bookplate of the James Strand estate on the front pastedown.
This copy came from the important Arkham House collection assembled by James Strand of Portland, Oregon. After his death, in August 2023, his house was looted and most of his books were stolen. Some were subsequently recovered by the FBI. This book was among those not taken by thieves.
Item No: #366098
Price: $50