Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House. 1^st edition, 1^st printing 1988. Copyright 1988 by CASiana Literary Enterprises. (I-vii)+viii-x+(1-3)+4-472(475) pages. Approx. 5 ¾" by 8 ¼" hardback. Dust jacket is unclipped ($22.95). Boards and spine are black cloth with gold lettering on spine. Dust jacket design and illustrations by Jeffrey K. Potter. Introduction by Ray Bradbury.

A major pillar of Arkham House since 1942, Smith was a member of the Weird Tales triumvirate, including H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard, who created a now-legendary golden age of American dark fantasy during the 1930s.

Stories include Averoigne: "The Holiness of Azedarac," "The Colossus of Ylourgne," "The End of the Story," and "A Rendezvous in Averoigne"; Atlantis: "The Last Incantation," "The Death of Malygris," and "A Voyage to Sfanomoe"; Hyperborea: "The Weird of Avoosl Wuthoqquan," "The Seven Geases," "The Tale of Satampra Zeiros," and "The Coming of the White Worm"; Lost Worlds: "The City of the Singing Flame," "The Dweller in the Gulf," "The Chain of Aforgomon," "Genius Loci," "The Maze of Maal Dweb," "The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis," "The Uncharted Isle," "The Planet of the Dead," and "Master of the Asteroid"; and Zothique: "The Empire of the Necromancers," "The Charnel God," "Xeethra," "The Dark Eidolon," "The Death of Ilalotha," "The Last Hieroglyph," "Necromancy in Naat," "The Garden of Adompha," "The Isle of the Torturers," and "Morthylla."