Lovecraft's Legacy: 1944

Just seven years after HPL's death and during WWII, he is getting mainstream recognition.

The seller states these points on the book.

CREEPS BY NIGHT CHILLS AND THRILLS
Selected By DASHIELL HAMMETT
Published January 1944 Stated First Edition Forum Books EditionThe World Publishing Company Cleveland
Hardcover; Blue cover boards with gilt embossed decoration on front cover; Gilt embossed lettering on spine; No dj 525 pages5 1/2 X 8 1/4 Some fading to book cover; Some foxing to inside front and rear covers; Inscription to former owner on 1st blank page; Binding is tight may be read without taking any particular care; This book is in otherwise GOOD CONDITION
A collection of 20 spine-chilling stories, several of which appear in the great shudder pulp, WEIRD TALES, by modern authors, wherein things that can't happen and ought not to happen do happen. Selected by one of the masters of the genre and including major heavyweights such as:

{The "gang" is well represented here.}

INTRODUCTION...........DASHIELL HAMMETT
H. P. LOVECRAFT.....THE MUSIC OF ERICH ZANN
FRANK BELKNAP LONG .....A VISITOR FROM EGYPT
DONALD WANDREI.....THE RED BRAIN
WILLIAM FAULKNER.....A ROSE FOR EMILY
JOHN COLLIER.....GREEN THOUGHTS
PHILIP MACDONALD.....TEN O'CLOCK
HANNS HEINZ EWERS.....THE SPIDER
W. B. SEABROOK.....THE WITCH'S VENGEANCE
PETER FLEMING.....THE KILL
STEPHEN VINCENT BENET.....THE KING OF THE CATS
CONRAD AIKEN.....MR. ARCULARIS
S. FOWLER WRIGHT.....THE RAT
...and many others...