THE HOUSE ON THE BORDERLAND

And other novels

First edition: 637 pages, black cloth boards, titled gilt with gilt decoration on the spine, the pages edges are lightly age toned, a good copy in the unclipped dust jacket with two neat repairs of the upper panel backed with archival tape and two other small repairs and light wear on the edges, now preserved in a protector.

An essay on William Hope Hodgson: Master of the weird and fantastic by H.C. Koenig in 1945 on pages vii-xi. There is a biographical sketch on the back flap of the dust jacket.

The book contains four novels: The Boats of "Glen Carrig"; The House on the Borderland; The Ghost Pirates; The Nightland.

‘3000 copies of this book have been printed by The Collegiate Press, George Banta Publishing Company, Minasha, Wisconsin, from Intertype Garamond on Winnebago Eggshell. The binding cloth Holliston Black Novelex. The jacket design is the work of artist Hannes Bok.’ The colophon on the verso of page 639.

Nielsen (Leon) Arkham House: A Collector’s Guide, McFarland & Company, 2004, No. 16. ‘The appearance and rediscovery of Hodgson’s works and the dustjacket makes this book a key title.’ 3014 copies printed according to the publisher’s records.

Hannes Bok, pseudonym for Wayne Francis Woodard July 2, 1914 – April 11, 1964), was an American artist and illustrator, as well as an amateur astrologer and writer of fantasy fiction and poetry. He painted nearly 150 covers for various science fiction, fantasy, and detective fiction magazines, as well as contributing hundreds of black and white interior illustrations. Bok's work graced the pages of calendars and early fanzines, as well as dust jackets from speciality book publishers like Arkham House, Llewellyn, Shasta Publishers, and Fantasy Press. Bok shared one of the inaugural 1953 Hugo Awards for science fiction achievement (best Cover Artist).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannes_Bok