Books

Sauk City: Arkham House, 1947. First edition. Small inked name and date to upper front free end paper, a fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the folds, corner tips and spine ends. The red ink lettering to the spine panel is bright, the trim size of the jacket is slightly larger than the book and the wear to the top edge is minimal. (29053). Octavo, cloth. The author's first book. Collects twenty-seven stories, most first appearing in magazines, sixteen from WEIRD TALES. Six stories are published here for the first time; "The Maiden," "The Emissary," "Jack-in-the-Box," "Uncle Einer," "The Night Sets," and "Next in Line." [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-34. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #254. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-42].

Dark Carnival is a collection of short stories by Ray Bradbury, first published in 1947 by Arkham House. It was Bradbury's first published book. This collection presents stories with elements of horror, fantasy, and the macabre, as one might expect from the title and the publisher's association with H.P. Lovecraft's mythos.

Only 3112 copies were printed of the first edition.