First edition, first printing, the publisher's copy inscribed to him by Derleth with a quotation, "For Bill McElwee - 'The reaches of my heart are: / tree, petal like snow - / and man below ... ' Best always, August Derleth". William J. McElwee was the director of Ritten House publishers. This is the first of many collections of poetry by the hugely prolific writer August Derleth (1909-1971), friend of H. P. Lovecraft. It was published in the year between Lovecraft's death and Derleth's founding of Arkham House for the purposes of publishing works of the Cthulu Mythos (a term Derleth himself coined).
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