The Black Book of Clark Ashton Smith

The Black Book of Clark Ashton Smith

cover by Andrew Smith of The Black Book of Clark Ashton Smith
Author	Clark Ashton Smith
Illustrator	Andrew Smith
Cover artist	Andrew Smith
Language	English
Subject	Notebook, memoir
Publisher	Arkham House
Publication date	1979
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	xv, 141
ISBN	0-87054-087-4
OCLC	6303502
Dewey Decimal	813/.52
LC Class	PS3537.M335 B5

The Black Book of Clark Ashton Smith is a transcription of a notebook that was kept by author Clark Ashton Smith. It was released in 1979 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,588 copies. The book was transcribed from Smith's notebook by Donald Sidney-Fryer and Robert A. ('Rah') Hoffman. Appended to the transcription are two memoirs of Smith by George F. Haas.

Contents

The Black Book of Clark Ashton Smith contains the following:

1. "Foreword", by Marvin R. Hiemstra
2. The Black Book of Clark Ashton Smith
   • "A Note on the Text"
   • "Explanation of Editorial Devices"
   • "Index by Title"
   • "The Black Book of Clark Ashton Smith"
   • "Excerpts from The Black Book"
   • "Appendix of Finished Poems"
     • "Song of the Necromancer"
     • "Dominium in Excelsis"
     • "Shapes in the Sunset"
     • "Don Quixote on Market Street"
     • "Soliloquy in an Ebon Tower"
     • "The Isle of Saturn"
     • "The Centaur"
     • "Ye Shall Return"
     • "Thebaid"
   • "Appendix of Published Epigrams and Pensées"
3. Two Memoirs of Smith by George F. Haas
   • "As I Remember Klarkash-ton"
   • "Memories of Klarkash-ton"

See also

• Clark Ashton Smith bibliography

Sources

• Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc. p. 122. 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. p. 53.
• Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. pp. 144–145. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
• Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 125–126. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.