Happy Halloween !!

A real life "ghost story" from the Providence News. Lovecraft read it? He'd trip !

Samuel Loveman in the New York Times

Samuel Loveman in the New York Times. Fragments found online.
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Mr Sterling and Minor Poets
Published 4 June 1911

The New York Times Review of Books

It seems a singular anomaly that a poet of Mr. George Sterling's rank and responsibility should be referred to as a minor poet, and still more so that Mr. William Watson should be mentioned in the same connection. Mr. Sterling is not only a great poet, but inconceivably the greatest living, in either England or America. The sense of his art as a divine mission –

Remiss the ministry they bear
Who serve her with divided heart;
She stands reluctant to impart
Her strength to purpose, end, or share –

- stamps the high seriousness of one whom Shelley, Poe, and even Keats would have been the first to welcome. Let us honor the living as well as the dead.

Samuel Loveman.
Cleveland, Ohio, May 20.

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Latest Books: Published NYT 22 October 1922
"History and Biography"

Twenty-One Letters of Ambrose Bierce. By Samuel Loveman. 12 mo. Cleveland, George Kirk.

A series of unpublished letters addressed to Robert Loveman of Dalton, Ca., commencing with Oct. 17, 1908 and endng with Sept. 10, 1913.

{Note: Ambrose Bierce disappeared into Mexico after one last letter was sent on December 26, 1913 – CP}

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Hart Crane
Samuel Loveman

August 10, 1969, Sunday

Section: Book Review, Page BR22, 95 words

Though I am not given credit for having done so, I took the photograph of Hart Crane illustrating Helen Vendler's admirable front-cover review of John Unterecker's "Voyager," in your July 20 issue.
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TV: Making the Rounds With a Poet's Biographer; Cannel 13 Eavesdrops on Search for Crane 90-Minute Show Mixes Sounds and Sights
By JACK GOULD

September 23, 1966, Friday

Page 75, 382 words

AN unusual union of the literary and television worlds was demonstrated by National Educational Television last night on Channel 13. Prof. John Unterecker, a member of the English department in Columbia University's Graduate Faculties, is preparing a biography on Hart Crane, the poet, and N.E.T. hit upon the happy notion of having camera crews accompany him on his interviews. … Among those with whom Professor Unterecker talked were Malcolm Cowley, Samuel 'Loveman, ...

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Deaths; Cards of Thanks

October 10, 1937, Sunday

Section: GENERAL NEWS, LOST AND FOUND, PUBLIC NOTICES, SHIPPING AND MAILS, EDUCATION, OBITUARIES, WILLS, ESTATES, ARMY ORDERS, Page 29, 3985 words

…after a lingering Illness, Louis, Beloved husband of Marie (nee Burger) and devoted father of Joe, Sam, Malvani Loveman, Ben and Harry …

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SAMUEL LOVEMAN, 89, A POET,BOOK DEALER

May 18, 1976, Tuesday

Page 29, 155 words

Samuel Loveman, a retired book dealer and poet who was a youthfu protege of the writer Ambrose Bierce and a lifelong friend of the poet Hart Crane, died Friday in the Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged. He was 89 years old.

What did Lovecraft think?

Unlikely Lovecraft would have attended this ...



... but interesting 1922 item.

Provenance:

Karen's Great Treasures

Here is a very rare Estate find for any Collector to own!
"This came out of my Father's Estate, He was a Collector of Numerous things, of which I will be listing for the next few weeks, so be sure to keep checking my Listings!"

This is an Original I guess it is a Ticket or an Invite
Reads "Grand Debate and Sacred Concert Providence Baptist Church Wednesday, March 1st 1922"
Admission 5 Cents
Measures 3-1/8" X 2"
Thick Pink Paper Card

The Saturnian (Loveman)

Recently seen auction for these rare items
THE SATURNIAN - 2 Issues (1921/22) ed Samuel Loveman

Seller's notes:

Two of the three issues of the little magazine THE SATURNIAN: A Journal of Art and Literature, edited and published by Samuel LOVEMAN (Cleveland, OH.) - longtime friend and correspondent of H. P. LOVECRAFT, including:
AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1921 (Vol. 1 No. 2)

A Prefatory Note, Twenty-four Translations from Heine, Comment. * FAIR-GOOD, appears to be missing its covers, shelf-soiling to front, faint creasing, pencil notation (possibly Loveman’s) on comment page.

MARCH 1922 (Vol. 1 No. 3)
Modern Poetry (An Exorcism), Translations from Baudelaire, Translations from Verlaine, Four Poems, Ernest Nelson (In Memoriam), Comment (“This issue of “The Saturnian” is inscribed in fealty, as in friendship, to the three following: W. Paul Cook, Sonia H. Greene, and Howard P. Lovecraft.”). * NEAR FINE, faint shelf-soiling to front. 20 pages.

“In 1917 HPL [Lovecraft] wrote to Loveman (then stationed in Fort Gordon, Georgia) expressing admiration for his verse. At HPL’s urging Loveman begain contributing again to the amateur press, publishing three issues of his own little magazine, THE SATURNIAN (June-July 1921, August-September 1921, March 1922), containing his own poems as well as his translations from Heine, Baudelaire, and Verlaine…”

1922 Lovecraft Essay in The Liberal

April 1922: The Woodbee

The seller epegana once again pulls a rarity out of thin air. Read:
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Description:
"THE WOODBEE" - April, 1922
Edited & Published by Leo Fritter
"Mr. Lovecraft makes our case!" - Leo Fritter

Howard Phillips Lovecraft was a very big fish in the pond of Amateur Journalism and it has always astounded me {Terrence McVicker} why he continued to participate in Amateur Journalism virtually until the day he died; this bone of contention is one example. The editor and former president of the United membership Leo Fritter, engaged in a multi-issue criticism of Lovecraft's snubbing of amateur writings except those of himself and his friends.."monopoly is Mr. Lovecraft's own child, conceived and born of his arbitrary methods in passing upon the manuscripts submitted to him...he rejects much good material, simply because it does not suit his tastes" . Lovecraft had responded by stating that he was attempting to "raise the literary standards" but Fritter responded by saying "the standards are so high that only a few gifted members can qualify...Mr. Lovecraft is out of tune ...he travels so high that only a few can live in the rare atmosphere upon which he seems to thrive!...Just where Mr. Lovecraft did you get your self-assumed....Grand Mogul and High Priest...receive your appointment...and from whence comes your right to thus speak as the Supreme Court of Amateur Journalism?" - Leo Fritter

Certainly this is pretty strong stuff! Three pages of criticism of HPL & his policies. These attacks by Leo Fritter are noted in Joshi's biography of Lovecraft.

Nice copy of this slick-papered 'zine stapled.

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From Joshi (HPL: A Life} p,.181, Leo Fritter had been supported by HPL in 1915 for president. Fritter expressed a widely held sentiment that HPL was being too strict in his selection. Lovecraft concluded, "The question is one which should ultimately be decided at the polls." {CP}

Rare Samuel Loveman signed manuscript (Understanding)

The seller (epegana) states:

Description:

"UNDERSTANDING"
ORIGINAL TYPED MANUSCRIPT SIGNED BY SAMUEL LOVEMAN & INSCRIBED "FOR CLARK" ASHTON SMITH

Samuel Loveman was a noted poet and friend to Ambrose Bierce, H. P. Lovecraft, and Clark Ashton Smith. It was Loveman who first introduced Howard Phillips Lovecraft to fellow poet Clark Ashton Smith in 1922. This typed manuscript I offer is in Sonnet format and entitled "Understanding", published in his book "The Hermaphrodite". Loveman dedicated the poem to Clark Ashton Smith as evidenced by the manuscript, although when published the dedicatee was not noted.

The manuscript is signed in full "Samuel Loveman" and other than folded for mailing is in good to very good condition.

Antiquarian Doorway on Benefit Street, Providence, R.I.

I saw this and immediately thought of Lovecraft and his love for antiquarian buildings and his book mark. This is from a collection by O.R. Eggers. Other notes:

ITEM: "Door-Way to House on Benefit Street, Providence, R.I.
DATE: 1922
OVERALL SIZE : Aprox. 9 by 12 inches
COMMENTS: The print is taken from "Sketches of Early American Architecture" a portfolio of sketches by Eggers, edited by William H. Crocker, published by The American Architect, The Architectural and Building Press, Inc.

Lovecraft autograph - to Sonia in 1922

{Look how early Lovecraft and Sonia are linked. The signature shows this is clearly a Christmas present. I suppose the only thing more romantic would have been a Poe book. I'm not sure I've ever seen Lovecraft write out Sonia's name before.}

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The seller states: (Lovecraft's copy) Dunsany, Lord (Edward Plunkett). DON RODRIGUEZ: CHRONICLES OF SHADOW VALLEY. New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. Octavo, pp. [1-4] [i-vi] vii [viii] ix-x 1 [2] 3-318 [319-322: ads] [note: first leaf is a blank], inserted frontispiece with illustration by Sidney H. Sime, original dark blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First U.S. edition. Dunsany's first novel. An episodic romantic fantasy, Dunsany's version of Don Quixote. Presentation copy inscribed by H. P. Lovecraft on the front free endpaper: To / Sonia H. Greene / from H. P. Lovecraft / Christmas, 1922." Sonia Haft Greene Lovecraft Davis (1883-1972) was introduced to amateur journalism by James F. Morton in 1917. Rheinhart Kleiner introduced her to H. P. Lovecraft at the NAPA convention in Boston in July 1921. Shortly thereafter a correspondence with Howard ensued, and over the next two and a half years Sonia visited Providence as frequently as her business schedule allowed. Sonia and Howard were married on 3 March 1924 in New York City and resided in Brooklyn. In the spring of 1926 Howard moved back to Providence and two corresponded and met intermittently for several years. By the end of 1928 Sonia must have begun to press for divorce, since she was no longer satisfied with a marriage by correspondence. Howard repeatedly refused to grant the divorce, claiming that a "gentleman did not divorce his wife without cause," but he finally relented. The final decree must have been issued in March or April 1929, but Howard did not sign it. See Joshi and Schultz, An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia, pp. 59-61. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 895. Bleiler (1978), p. 65. Reginald 04608. Anderson I.20.b.1. Joshi, Lovecraft's Library: A Catalogue, Revised & Enlarged (2002) 272. Some wear to cloth at spine ends and corner tips, inner rear hinge cracked, else a very good copy in very good pictorial dust jacket with wear at edges and dust soiling. (#109173)
Price: $3,500.00