Thursday, February 14, 2008

Various Classic Lovecraft Books


H. P. Lovecraft and Willis Conover. Lovecraft at Last. Arlington: Carrollton-Clark, 1975.First edition, limited to 1,000 numbered copies. Quarto. 272 pages. Original red cloth with titles in gilt on a black label on the spine. Light water stains at the bottom edges of the board. Dust jacket slightly cockled at the bottom corners of the front and rear panel. With a facsimile of Lovecraft's 1936 revision of the article "Supernatural Horror in Literature", his last manuscript and the matching slipcase which holds all items, as issued. Very good. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.


H. P. Lovecraft. Four Horror First Editions By or About H.P.L., One Signed, including: Supernatural Horror in Literature. With an Introduction by August Derleth. New York: Ben Abramson, 1945. Octavo. 106 pages. Index. Black cloth with silver spine titles. Overall near fine. No dust jacket. [and:] H. P. Lovecraft and August Derleth. The Lurker at the Threshold. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1945. Twelvemo. 196 pages. Black cloth with gilt spine titles. Overall, book and dust jacket are near fine with minor wear. [and:] H. P. Lovecraft and August Derleth. The Survivor and Others. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1957. Inscribed and signed on the front endpaper by August Derleth. Twelvemo. 161 pages. Black cloth with gilt spine titles. Overall, book and dust jacket are fine. [and:] L. Sprague de Camp. Lovecraft: A Biography. Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1975. Octavo. 510 pages, untrimmed. Quarter black paper over red paper boards. Gilt spine titles. Bumps on corners of covers. Overall, book and dust jacket are near fine. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.



H. P. Lovecraft. Four Scarce Chapbooks, including: Memory, Ex Oblivione, What the Moon Brings, and Nyarlathotep. No place of publication listed: Miskatonic Edition, 1969-1970.Each a first edition, limited to 99 copies or less, numbered on a limitation page at back. Quarto. Not paginated.Each booklet has sewn wraps of varying colors and in their original envelopes as issued. Each is also accompanied by the original publisher's announcement letter. A complete set from The Prose Poems of H. P. Lovecraft series. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.





H. P. Lovecraft. Two Short Story and Poetry First Editions, including: Something About Cats and Other Pieces; Collected Poems Illustrated by Frank Utpatel. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1949-1963. First hardcover editions. Two twelvemo volumes.Black cloth with gilt spine titles. Dust jackets. Overall, books and jackets are near fine to fine with minor wear. This lot includes two scarce volumes of collected Lovecraft prose and poetry. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.







H. P. Lovecraft. Five Horror Volumes, including: H. P. Lovecraft and August Derleth. The Lurker at the Threshold: A Tale of Terror by the Master of the Macabre. London: Museum Press [n.d.]. Twelvemo. 224 pages. Black cloth with silver spine titles. Some toning in the paper. Overall fine. Dust jacket is very good with moderate wear and some paper loss. [and:] The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. London: Victor Gollancz, 1951. Twelvemo. 160 pages. Red cloth with black spine titles. Overall near fine. Dust jacket is very good with some wear and clipped lower corner on front flap. [and:] The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales of Terror. London: Victor Gollancz, 1951. Twelvemo. 303 pages. orange cloth with black spine titles. Minor fading on spine. Some toning in paper. Overall very good. Dust jacket is very good with some wear and paper loss. [and:] Supernatural Horror in Literature as Revised in 1936. Arlington, VA: Carrollton Clark, 1974. 4-page oversized, limited edition pamphlet. Number 593 of 2000. Quarto. Stapled paper folder. Overall fine. [and:] H. P. Lovecraft and Willis Conover. Lovecraft at Last. Arlington, VA: Carrollton Clark [1975]. Limited edition. Number 592 of 1000 copies. Quarto. 272 pages. Red cloth with gilt spine titles. Overall, book and dust jacket are fine. Slipcase is near fine. From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.














H. P. Lovecraft. Three First Editions, including: The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces; Dreams and Fancies; The Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1959-1970.











H. P. Lovecraft. Two First Editions, including: To Quebec and the Stars, edited by L. Sprague de Camp; Henry L. P. Beckwith, Jr. Lovecraft's Providence and Adjacent Parts. West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, 1976-1979.







H. P. Lovecraft. Three First-Edition Short Story Collections, including: H. P. Lovecraft and Divers Hands. The Dark Brotherhood and Other Pieces; H. P. Lovecraft and Others. Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos; H. P. Lovecraft and August Derleth. The Watchers Out of Time. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1964-1974.






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