Sixty Years of Arkham House : A History and Bibliography

291 Pages·25.123 MB·English

by  S. T. Joshi

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August Derleth. Originally appeared in Masters of Fantasy
sixty yeans
Of
ankham house
a histoßy anô BiBlioquaphy
compiled By s. t. joshi
ARkham house puBbsheRS
1999
Copyright © 1999 by Arkham House Publishers, Inc.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Sixty years of Arkham House a history and bibliography / compiled by S.T. Joshi.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and indexes.
ISBN 0-87054-176-5 (alk. paper)
1. Arkham House—History. 2. Fantasy fiction, English -Publishing—United
States—History—20th century 3. Horror tales, English—Publishing—United
States—History—20th century 4. Arkham House—Catalogs. 5. Fantasy fiction,
English—Bibliography—Catalogs. 6. Horror tales, English Bibliography—Catalogs. I
Joshi, S.T., 1958-
Z473.A68S59 1999
070.5'09755'76—dc21 99-047946
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without
the permission of Arkham House Publishers, Inc., Sauk City, Wisconsin 53583.
Manufactured in the United States of America
Contents
Preface vii
Arkham House: 1939-1969, by August Derleth 3
Arkham House: 1970-1999, by S. T. Joshi 13
Bibliography
Arkham House 21
Mycroft & Moran 177
Stanton & Lee 189
Appendix: The “Lost” Arkhams 207
Reference Bibliography 213
Index of Names 215
Index of Titles 225
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pneface
In this expanded and updated edition of August Derleth’s
Thirty Years of Ark ham House (1970) I have striven to make this
volume much more of a reference work than a catalogue—a work
that might be of use to a wide variety of individuals, from collectors
to librarians to scholars to general readers. To that end, I have sup­
plied not merely tables of contents of each volume published by
Arkham House, but also brief accounts of some of the more signifi­
cant features of those volumes, notes on reprints (in whole or in
large part), and an exhaustive index of names and titles. The index
of names lists every author, editor, cover artist, or other name
found in the table of contents of each title or in my notes. The title
index lists every single work—story, essay, poem, introduction,
etc.—contained in an Arkham House publication.
The introductory essays on the history of Arkham House are
self-explanatory. It would be impossible to improve upon the
history of the firm written by August Derleth himself for Thirty
Years of Arkham House, so I have printed it here unaltered. My
own historical supplement makes note of Arkham House’s leading
publications since 1970 and concludes with some general reflec­
tions on the overall significance of all the Arkham House titles.
Informed readers may sense the general—and inevitable—
resemblance between this volume and such a reference work as
Sheldon Jaffery’s Arkham House Companion (1990); but while I
have found some useful information in Jaffery’s assemblage, I have
compiled my own information independently. Unlike Jaffery, I
have listed the individual contents of every issue of the Arkham
Collector (1967-70), inserting each issue into the chronological
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SIXTY YEARS OF ARKHAM HOUSE
sequence it appears to occupy in the range of Arkham House pub­
lications.
I am grateful to several individuals who provided significant
background information: Peter Cannon, Stefan Dziemianowicz,
Glenn Lord, Marc A. Michaud, John D. Squires, Peter Ruber, and
Joseph Wrzos. The last two in particular have been especially
helpful. I also wish here to acknowledge my gratitude to April
Derleth, President of Arkham House, for granting me the oppor­
tunity to compile this volume, and to Karen Ganser and the entire
staff of Arkham House for supplying additional information.
-S.T.J.
sixty yeaps
Of
apkham house