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Cover of Spells and Philtres

Spells and Philtres

Clark Ashton Smith

First published 1958
Publisher Arkham House
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Cover art Frank Utpatel
Pages viii+54
Price $3.00

Tuck lists date as 1957, other sources list it as 1958 including Jaffery, "Sixty Years of Arkham House", by S. T. Joshi and "Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide", by Leon Nielsen 1958 appears on the title page. Month of publication from Donald Sidney-Fryer's Emperor of Dreams.

Page Title Author(s) Type
3 Didus Ineptus Clark Ashton Smith Poem
4 Thebaid Clark Ashton Smith Poem
5 Secret Love Clark Ashton Smith Poem
6 The Pagan Clark Ashton Smith Poem
7 Tired Gardener Clark Ashton Smith Poem
9 Nada Clark Ashton Smith Poem
10 High Surf Clark Ashton Smith Poem
11 The Centaur Clark Ashton Smith Poem
12 Said the Dreamer Clark Ashton Smith Poem
14 The Nameless Wraith Clark Ashton Smith Poem
15 The Blindness of Orion Clark Ashton Smith Poem
17 Jungle Twilight Clark Ashton Smith Poem
18 The Phoenix Clark Ashton Smith Poem
19 The Prophet Speaks Clark Ashton Smith Poem
21 Farewell to Eros Clark Ashton Smith Poem
23 Alternative Clark Ashton Smith Poem
24 Only to One Returned Clark Ashton Smith Poem
25 Anteros Clark Ashton Smith Poem
26 No Stranger Dream Clark Ashton Smith Poem
27 Do You Forget, Enchantress? Clark Ashton Smith Poem
28 Necromancy Clark Ashton Smith Poem
29 Dialogue Clark Ashton Smith Poem
30 October Clark Ashton Smith Poem
31 Dominion Clark Ashton Smith Poem
33 Tolometh Clark Ashton Smith Poem
35 Disillusionment Clark Ashton Smith Poem
36 Almost Anything Clark Ashton Smith Poem
37 Parnassus à la Mode Clark Ashton Smith Poem
38 Abandoned Plum-Orchard Clark Ashton Smith Poem
38 Cats in Winter Sunlight Clark Ashton Smith Poem
38 Fence and Wall Clark Ashton Smith Poem
38 Growth of Lichen Clark Ashton Smith Poem
38 Harvest Evening Clark Ashton Smith Poem
39 Geese in the Spring Night Clark Ashton Smith Poem
39 Late Pear-Pruner Clark Ashton Smith Poem
39 The Last Apricot Clark Ashton Smith Poem
39 The Sparrow's Nest Clark Ashton Smith Poem
39 Willow-Cutting in Autumn Clark Ashton Smith Poem
40 A Hunter Meets the Martichoras Clark Ashton Smith Poem
40 The Monacle Clark Ashton Smith Poem
40 The Sciapod Clark Ashton Smith Poem
40 Unicorn Clark Ashton Smith Poem
40 Untold Arabian Fable Clark Ashton Smith Poem
42 Essence Clark Ashton Smith Poem
42 Mithridates Clark Ashton Smith Poem
42 Nightmare of the Lilliputian Clark Ashton Smith Poem
42 Passing of an Elder God Clark Ashton Smith Poem
42 Quiddity Clark Ashton Smith Poem
44 "That Motley Drama" Clérigo Herrero Poem
45 Rimas XXXIII Gustavo Adolfo Bequer Poem
46 Ecclesiastes Leconte de Lisle Poem
47 Anterior Life Charles P. Baudelaire Poem
48 Song of Autumn Charles P. Baudelaire Poem
50 Lethe Charles P. Baudelaire Poem
51 The Metamorphoses of the Vampire Charles P. Baudelaire Poem
52 Epigrams and Apothegms Clark Ashton Smith Essay
41|41.1 Feast of St. Anthony Clark Ashton Smith Poem
41|41.2 Paphnutius Clark Ashton Smith Poem
41|41.3 Philter Clark Ashton Smith Poem
41|41.4 Perseus and Medusa Clark Ashton Smith Poem
vii Dedication Clark Ashton Smith Poem