![]() ![]() Both writers lived and wrote their tales in the early decades of their centuries-and their tales colored and set the patterns for the terror writers of their respective centuries. "I think of Howard Phillips Lovecraft as the Edgar Allan Poe of the 20th century. "A fine story of supernatural adventure and discovery" (Bleiler, Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1039). This copy with the rare errata leaf and an exceptionally fine dust jacket, apparently from the publisher’s private reserve. Only 400 copies were printed, of which about 200 copies were bound and the remainder destroyed. Octavo, original black cloth, original white dust jacket.Įxtremely rare first edition of Lovecraft’s first published book, with four dramatic black-and-white illustrations by Frank Utpatel. Everett, PA: Visionary Publishing Co., 1936. LOVECRAFT’S FIRST BOOK, THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH, 1936-ONE OF ONLY 200 COPIES AN EXTRAORDINARILY FINE COPY OF THE NOTORIOUSLY RARE FIRST EDITION OF H.P. ![]()
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