Sunday, January 13, 2013

Arkham House - First Edition Dust Jacket Design

Arkham House press put out some of the best authors writing in the genre of weird fiction, legends such as Clark Ashton Smith, Frank Belknap Long and of course H.P. Lovecraft himself, but it is often overlooked that they employed some of the best 'weird' artists to create the dust jackets for their releases. Below is a selection of Arkham House first edition covers created by the inimitable Hannes Bok, Lee Brown Coye, Frank Utpatel, Richard Taylor, Virgil Finlay and others.

Hannes Bok
Lee Brown Coye
Richard Taylor
Lee Brown Coye
Lee Brown Coye
Richard Taylor
Lee Brown Coye
Virgil Finlay
Richard Taylor
Lettering by Frank Utpatel, photograph by Smith-Wollin Studios
Lee Brown Coye
Frank Utpatel
Hannes Bok
Ronald Clyne
Frank Utpatel
Frank Utpatel
Sculptures by Clark Ashton Smith, photograph by E. Burt Trimpey
Richard Taylor
Lee Brown Coye
Sculptures by Clark Ashton Smith, photograph by E. Burt Trimpey
Lee Brown Coye
Richard Taylor
Lee Brown Coye
Lee Brown Coye
Frank Utpatel
Frank Utpatel
Lee Brown Coye
Gahan WIlson

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