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==Bibliography== {{See also|Clark Ashton Smith bibliography}} The authoritative bibliography on Smith's work is [[S. T. Joshi]], David E. Schultz, and Scott Conners' ''Clark Ashton Smith: A Comprehensive Bibliography.'' NY: Hippocampus Press, 2020. The first Smith bibliography, which focused on his short fiction, was ''The Tales Of Clark Ashton Smith,'' published by Thomas G L Cockcroft in New Zealand in 1951. ===Books published in Smith's lifetime=== [[File:Star Treader.jpg|thumb|First edition]] [[File:Ebony and Crystal 1922.jpg|thumb|First edition]] *1912: ''The Star-Treader and Other Poems''. San Francisco: A.M. Robertson, Nov 1912. 100 pages. 2000 copies. Some copies have a frontispiece photo by Bianca Conti; others lack it. *1918: ''Odes and Sonnets''. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, June 1918. 28 pages. 300 copies. *1922: ''Ebony and Crystal: Poems in Verse and Prose''. Auburn CA: The Auburn Journal Press, Oct 1925. 43 pages. Limited to 500 copies signed by Smith. Some copies are found with corrections in Smith's hand to typos in the text. *1925: ''Sandalwood''. Auburn CA: The Auburn Journal Press, Oct 1925. Verse. 43 pages. Limited to 250 (i.e. 225) numbered copies signed by Smith. Some copies are found with corrections in Smith's hand to typos in the text. *1933: ''The Double Shadow and Other Fantasies''. Auburn, CA: The Auburn Journal Press, 1933. Short stories. Limited to 1000 copies in grey paper wrappers. *1937: ''Nero and Other Poems''. Lakeport CA: The Futile Press, May 1937. 24 pages. c.250 copies. The poems herein were revised by Smith from their first appearances in ''The Star-Treader and Other Poems.'' Some copies have laid in the three page essay "The Price of Poetry", on Smith's verse, by David Warren Ryder, which was printed to accompany the book. According to the official Smith bibliography, the volume was also issued with a broadside, "Outlanders" - a 1934 sonnet which made its first appearance in print here.<ref>S. T.Joshi, David E. Schultz and Scott Connors.''Clark Ashton Smith: A Comprehensive Bibliography'' NY:Hippocampus Press, 2020, p.23 and p. 239.</ref> Roy A. Squires purchased spare sheets of the volume from Groo Beck of Futile Press, sufficient to produce a 'second state' of 13 copies, which was specially bound by Kristina Etchison and published by bookdealer Terence McVicker. (This 2nd state not noted in the official bibliography.) *1951: ''The Dark Chateau and Other Poems''. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, Dec 1951. 63 pages. 563 copies. *1958: ''Spells and Philtres''. Sauk City: Arkham House, March 1958. Verse. 54 pages. 519 copies. ===Books published posthumously=== *1962: ''The Hill of Dionysus β A Selection''. Pacific Grove, CA: Roy A. Squires and Clyde Beck. Verse. This volume was prepared while Smith was still living but he died before it could see print. It was published 'In memoriam'. *1971: ''Selected Poems''. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, Nov 1971. This volume was delivered by the author to Arkham House in December 1949 but remained unpublished until 1971. ===[[Night Shade Books]]=== * ''The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith'' 5-volume work *'' Miscellaneous Writings''. Originally announced as ''Tales of India and Irony'' (a collection of non-fantasy/science fiction/horror tales, planned to be available only to subscribers of above collection). Now commercially available. *'' Red World of Polaris'' (complete tales of Captain Volmar) ===Hippocampus Press=== * ''The Complete Poetry and Translations of Clark Ashton Smith'' (3 vols) * ''The Black Diamonds''. A juvenile Oriental fantasy. * ''The Last Oblivion: Best Fantastic Poems of Clark Ashton Smith'' * ''The Sword of Zagan and Other Writings''. Juvenile Oriental fantasy. * ''The Shadow of the Unattained: Letters of George Sterling and Clark Ashton Smith'' * ''The Freedom of Fantastic Things: Selected Criticism on Clark Ashton Smith'' * ''The Hashish-Eater''. (2008). Edited with notes etc. by Donald Sidney-Fryer. Introduction by Ron Hilger. Includes a CD audio recording of Sidney-Fryer reading "The Hashish-Eater" and (on a hidden track) a selection of other poems by Smith. * ''The Averoigne Chronicles: The Complete Averoigne Stories of Clark Ashton Smith'' * ''Zothique: The Final Cycle by Clark Ashton Smith'' ===[[Arkham House]]=== *''[[Out of Space and Time]]'' *''[[Lost Worlds (Smith short story collection)|Lost Worlds]]'' *''[[Genius Loci and Other Tales]]'' *''[[The Dark Chateau]]'' *''[[Spells and Philtres]]'' *''[[The Abominations of Yondo]]'' *''[[Tales of Science and Sorcery]]'' *''[[Poems in Prose (Smith collection)|Poems in Prose]]'' *''[[Other Dimensions]]'' (o.o.p.) *''[[Selected Poems (Smith collection)|Selected Poems]]'' *''[[The Black Book of Clark Ashton Smith]]'' *''[[A Rendezvous in Averoigne]]'' *''[[Selected Letters of Clark Ashton Smith]]'' ====Spearman (reprinted from Arkham House)==== *''Lost Worlds'' hardcover 1971 {{ISBN|0-85435-111-6}} *''Out of Space and Time'' 1971 {{ISBN|0-85435-101-9}} *''Genius Loci and Other Tales'' hardcover 1972 {{ISBN|0-85435-381-X}} *''The Abominations of Yondo'' 1972 {{ISBN|0-85435-371-2}} ====Panther (reprinted from Arkham House)==== *''Lost Worlds'' (published in 2 volumes, {{ISBN|0-586-03964-3}}, {{ISBN|0-586-04086-2}}) *''Genius Loci'' {{ISBN|0-586-03965-1}} *''The Abominations of Yondo'' {{ISBN|0-586-03956-2}} *''Other Dimensions'' (published in 2 volumes, {{ISBN|0-586-04350-0}}, {{ISBN|0-586-04351-9}}) *''Out of Space and Time'' (published in 2 volumes, {{ISBN|0-586-03966-X}}, {{ISBN|0-586-04110-9}}) *''Tales of Science and Sorcery'' {{ISBN|0-586-04352-7}} ===Ballantine Adult Fantasy series=== *''[[Zothique (collection)|Zothique]]'' 1970 {{ISBN|0-345-01938-5}} *''[[Hyperborea (collection)|Hyperborea]]'' 1971 {{ISBN|0-345-02206-8}} *''[[Xiccarph]]'' 1972 {{ISBN|0-345-02501-6}} *''[[Poseidonis (collection)|Poseidonis]]'' 1973 {{ISBN|0-345-03353-1}} *''Averoigne'' (reportedly compiled by series editor [[Lin Carter]], but never released) ===Roy A. Squires=== * Roy A. Squires, California-based bookman and letterpress printer, issued many limited edition pamphlets consisting of individual Smith poems and prose poems during the 1970s. ===Wildside Press=== *''The Double Shadow'' *''The Maker of Gargoyles and Other Stories'' *''The White Sybil and Other Stories'' ===[[Timescape Books]]=== *''The City of the Singing Flame'' 1981 {{ISBN|0-671-83415-0}} *''The Last Incantation'' 1982 {{ISBN|0-671-83543-2}} *''The Monster of the Prophecy'' 1983 {{ISBN|0-671-83544-0}} ===[[Victor Gollancz Ltd|Gollancz]]=== * ''[[The Emperor of Dreams]]''. Ed, Stephen Jones. 2002. An omnibus edition in paperback of Smith's best tales. ===[[Bancroft Library]]=== *''In the Line of the Grotesque and Monstrous.'' Introduction by D.S. Black. Berkeley: The [[Bancroft Library]], 2004. Prints the text of three letters by Smith to [[Samuel Loveman]]. 50 copies only printed, in burnt orange wrappers. Printed on the Bancroft library's 1856 Albion handpress. ===The RAS Press=== * ''The Black Abbot of Puthuum''. Glendale, CA: The RAS Press, Oct 2007. Limited to 250 numbered copies.(This press was founded by Roy. A. Squires and is currently run by bookseller Terence McVicker). ===HIH Art Studios=== *''Shadows Seen and Unseen: Poetry from the Shadows''. Edited by Raymond L.F. Johnson and Ardath W. Winterowd and signed by both editors. San Jose, CA: HIH Art Studios, 2007. ===[[Penguin Books]]=== *''The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies''. Ed, [[S. T. Joshi]]. 2014. ===Other (essays, letters, etc)=== * Smith, Clark Ashton. ''Planets and Dimensions: Collected Essays''. Edited by Charles K. Wolfe. Baltimore MD: Mirage Press, 1973. * David E. Schultz and S. T. Joshi (eds). ''The Shadow of the Unattained: The Letters of George Sterling and Clark Ashton Smith'' NY: Hippocampus Press, 2005. * David E. Schultz and S. T. Joshi (eds). ''Dawnward Spire, Lonely Hill: The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith.'' NY: Hippocampus Press, 2017. * David E. Schultz and S.T. Joshi (eds). ''Eccentric, Impractical Devils: The Letters of August Derleth and Clark Ashton Smith.'' NY: Hippocampus Press, 2020. * S.T. Joshi and David E. Schultz (eds). ''Born Under Saturn: The Letters of Samuel Loveman and Clark Ashton Smith'' NY: Hippocampus Press, 2021. * David E. Schultz and S. T. Joshi (eds). "To Worlds Unknown: The Letters of Clark Ashton Smith, Donald Wandrei, Howard Wandrei, and R. H. Barlow. NY: Hippocampus Press, 2023. Schultz and Joshi are preparing a volume of Smith's letters to miscellaneous correspondents.
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