THE DARK CHATEAU AND OTHER POEMS. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1951. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 563 copies printed. A selection of forty poems, ably showing off his brand of the fantastic, which was heavily influenced by the French Decadents. His sixth collection of poems and the first of three issued by Arkham House. "Lyric poetry offered Smith (as it did Lovecraft and, arguably Poe, as well) a purer form for the expression of his chief literary genius, which was the painting of fantastic tableaus, vignettes and landscapes with little need for character, dialogue or action." - Robert Eldridge. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with just a touch of rubbing to spine folds and 10 mm closed tear at upper front flap fold. A very nice copy overall. (#152376).
Price: $1,500.00
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