A selected bibliography of Clark Ashton Smith

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On 14 Mar 1995 02:15:51 GMT, 
Tim Patterson   wrote:

>Although not strictly rlevant for this group, it's the nearest I could
>find! Does anybody else read the books by this author? I have a number
>of old second hand paperbacks, but they are getting hard to find.
>Anybody have a complete listing of this author's work? A lot of his
>stuff has a very similar atmosphere to Lovercraft's stuff.
>
>Tim
Arkham House published an excellent hardcover collection in 1988 entitled 
A RENDEZVOUS IN AVEROIGNE. It is divided in sections devoted to various 
fantasy worlds he created with representative stories from each.  Artword 
was by J. K. Potter and the introduction was by Ray Bradbury.  This is the 
best single-volume edition I've seen.  

They also published SELECTED POEMS in 1971 and a soft-bound edition 
entitled THE BLACK BOOK OF CLARK ASHTON SMITH, a reprint of the author's 
notebook.  Long out of print from AH and pricey on the collectors market 
are six other collections: OUT OF SPACE AND TIME (1942), LOST WORLDS 
(1944), GENIUS LOCI (1948), THE ABOMINATIONS OF YONDO (1960),  TALES OF 
SCIENCE AND SORCERY (1964), and OTHER DIMENSIONS (1970).  They were 
reprinted in paperback editions by Panther in the early 70's and in 
hardcover by Neville Spearman, both British publishers.  

Also in the 70's were several Balantine paperback editions published by Lin 
Carter's Adult Fantasy line.  I believe there were four of them: ZOTHIQUE 
(1970), HYPERBOREA (1971, XICCARPH (1972), and POSEIDONIS (1973).  Carter 
had also planned a fifth volume AVEROIGNE.  There was an American paperback 
collection printed in the 80's but the title escapes me. 

Donald Grant published a hardcover bibliography EMPEROR OF DREAMS (1978) 
compiled by Donald Sidney-Freyer and Divers Hands.  More recently 
Necronomicon Press released a series of chapbooks: THE VAULTS OF YOH-VOMBIS 
(1988), THE MONSTER OF THE PROPHECY (1988)--both edited by Steve Behrends, 
and NOSTALGIA OF THE UNKNOWN: THE COMPLETE PROSE POETRY OF CLARK ASHTON 
SMITH (1988) edited by Marc and Susan Michaud.  In 1989 Greenwood Press 
published STRANGE SHADOWS, a collection previously unpublished material 
edited by Steve Behrends.  Behrends also edited a Smith fanzine 
KLARKASH-TON: THE JOURNAL OF SMITH STUDIES.  I do not know how many issues 
were published, but I do not believed it lasted very long.

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Best regards on your web page and many thanks for
including Klarkash-Ton who is often neglected
but one of the few true masters of the genre.

Two additions to his bibliography - 

The Black Book of Clark Ashton Smith
1979 - Arkham House - Paperback
Transcribed by R.A. Hoffman & Donald Sidney-Fryer
Art by Andrew Smith

The Black Book is a notebook used by CAS
from 1929-61.


The other is:

AS IT IS WRITTEN
1982 Conde Nast Publications,
     Donald M. Grant, Publisher
     West Kingston, R.I., U.S.A.

Illustrated by R.JJ. Krupowicz

Limited to 1250 copies.

A novelette written by CAS under the alias
of De Lysle Ferree Cass circa 1919.

I hope you find this information useful.

Thank you again for an excellent web page.

Regards,


John Sweet
j_sweet@ix.netcom.com

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