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LONG, Frank Belknap (1901-1994). The Rim of the Unknown, Inscribed to E. Hoffman Price. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1972.
Lot 219

LONG, Frank Belknap (1901-1994). The Rim of the Unknown, Inscribed to E. Hoffman Price. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1972.

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LONG, Frank Belknap (1901-1994). The Rim of the Unknown, Inscribed to E. Hoffman Price. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1972. 8vo. 291 pp. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt with original unclipped ("$7.50") illustrated dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING OF THIS WEIRD FICTION COLLECTION, INSCRIBED TO FELLOW AUTHOR E. HOFFMANN PRICE: "For E. Hoffman [sic] Price, / fellow-contributor to Weird Tales / in the "golden years" and fellow- / traveler in "caverns measureless / to man." / In friendship, / Frank Belknap Long."

Price (1898-1988) was another "fictioneer" in the realm of the weird who collaborated with H.P. Lovecraft and published several collections with Arkham House. 

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Heavy toning and soiling to jacket rear, stains to front, edge wear and chipping to spine blocks, fine paper loss to extremities, overall rubbing. Boards with slight water damage and soiling. Toning to endpapers. Very good. 

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Inscribed to E. Hoffmann Price. 

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