WAKEFIELD, H.R. (1888-1964). The Clock Strikes Twelve. [With:] Laid-in Personal Note to August Derleth. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1946. 8vo. 248, [1, limitation] pp. Publisher's black cloth stamped gilt in original unclipped ("$3.00") dust jacket. EXCELLENT FIRST AMERICAN, FIRST PRINTING OF WAKEFIELD'S SIXTH COLLECTION. [With]: A signed 7 x 4 1/2" personal note dated 6. 6. 46 to "Mr Derleth" laid-in: "Dear Mr. Derleth, do as you choose with the enclosed. I have toned it down a lot & it is now quite innocuous. But if it is tiresome, scrap it & I shant be in the least troubled. / H. Russell Wakefield." The subject of the correspondence is unknown. 

The collection, expanded from the original 1940 UK edition, was Wakefield's first collaboration with Derleth's Arkham House. His second, Strayers from Sheol, did not appear until 1961, marking the last publication of his lifetime. This expanded American edition of The Clock Strikes Twelve contains four additional stories, including "A Fishing Story," "Used Car," "Death of a Poacher," and "Knock! Knock! Who's There?"

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