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Selected Poems (Smith collection)

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Selected Poems
Dust jacket by Gary Gore for Selected Poems
AuthorClark Ashton Smith
Cover artistGary Gore
LanguageEnglish
Genrepoetry
PublisherArkham House
Publication date
1971
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pagesxx, 403 pp

Selected Poems is a collection of poems by Clark Ashton Smith. It was released in 1971 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,118 copies. The collection also includes several translations of French and Spanish poems. Christophe des Laurieres and Clérigo Herrero, however, are not real people, and the poems are actually compositions of Smith's.

Contents

Selected Poems contains the following:

  1. "Clark Ashton Smith: Emperor of Shadows", by Benjamin DeCasseres
  2. The Star-Treader and Other Poems
  3. Additional Early Poems
  4. Ebony and Crystal
  5. Sandalwood
  6. Translations and Paraphrases
  7. Quintrains
  8. Sestets
  9. Experiments in Haiku
  10. Satires and Travesties

See also

References

  • Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc. pp. 96–98. ISBN 1-55742-005-X.
  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. pp. 46–48.
  • Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. pp. 110–121. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
  • Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 108–112. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.