DERLETH, AUGUST (EDITED AND WITH A FOREWORD BY) — Worlds of Tomorrow Science-Fiction with a Difference

New York, NY: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1953. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright though there is some generalized toning throughout. The dust jacket is generally clean and bright, but has some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. There is a small chip missing from the top rear spine joint. "August William Derleth (February 24, 1909 – July 4, 1971) was an American writer and anthologist. He was the first book publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft. He made contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos and the cosmic horror genre and helped found Arkham House, a publishing company which did much to introduce hardcover prints of United Kingdom supernatural fiction works to the United States. Derleth was also a leading American regional writer of his day, as well as prolific in several other genres, including historical fiction, poetry, detective fiction, science fiction, and biography. Notably, he created the fictional detective Solar Pons, a pastiche of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .