Someone in the Dark

The trap here is the unacknowledged 1965 reprint: an additional 300 copies were run off in offset by Hunter Publishing Co. and sold by Derleth without being distinguished from remaining 1941 stock; it is not generally counted an official Arkham House publication. It stands about a quarter-inch taller than the 1941 first, has thicker boards, and — the fastest tell without a comparison copy — IS bound with headbands, which the 1941 first lacks. The two printings are documented in Sheldon Jaffery's 'The Arkham House Companion' (pp. 2-4). A Jove paperback reprint followed in 1978.