Arkham Collector #5, free on Archive.org. It’s nice to get a look at one, and see that it was a very neatly presented little zine. Issued by August Derleth in the summer of 1969, as a hub for interest in Arkham House. Complete with poetry, and some Mythos shorts, and even the occasional b&w photo.

I was disappointed that this was the only issue on Archive.org. Wikipedia informs me that “A hardbound volume in an edition of 676 copies (issued without dustjacket), collecting the entire run of ten issues, was published by Arkham House in 1971.” Judging by pictures of that, the hardback binding may have been rather tight into the gutter, though. As such, if I were a collector I think I’d prefer to have a set of the loose pamphlet editions in a slipcase…