Rare W Paul Cook Copy Surfaces

The Seller States:

IN Memoriam Howard Phillips Lovecraft by W. Paul Cook // Written in december 1940 printed April to June with the cooperation of Driftwind Press 1941 An edition of 94 copies net

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As an owner of a copy of Driftwinds, I can vouch for the ribbon method. Usually the papers were bound by a sturdy, sometimes colorful, ribbon and hand tied.

Lovecraft's Legacy in 1941

Derleth, again, working hard to place a notable reference to Lovecraft everywhere he could.


FMZ Digest #1.1 (February-March 1941)
Edited by Arthur Louis Joquel II
12 pages
Contents:
* "A Wreath for Lovecraft," August Derleth
* "Future of Science Fiction," Clifford Simak
* "Wells of Wisdon" [H.G. Wells] & "Adumb Linx Meets Aunty Science" Forrest J Ackerman
* "Notes on Devil Worship," Robert A.W. Lowndes
* "Science Fiction & Dictatorship," J. Harvey Haggard
* "Witch Wine on the World," Lou Goldstone
* "Dialectics Versus Entropy," Bowen Conway
* "The Shock Supreme," Eustance C. Bildgewater
* plus Bob Tucker, Milt Rothman, D.R. Smith, Fred W. Fischer, Joquel, et al.
* and some art

Lovecraft in Bizarre (1941)

Bizarre [formerly Scienti-Snaps] #4.1 (January 1941)
Edited by Jack Chapman Miske & Walter E. Marconette
22 pages
Contents:
* H.P. Lovecraft, "The Thing in the Moonlight" (fiction)
* A. Merritt, "The Dwellers in the Mirage" (fiction)
* Earl Singleton, "On H.P. Lovecraft's 'The Festival'" (verse)
* cover art, interior art, and article (autobiography) by Hannes Bok
* articles by John W. Campbell Jr., E.E. (Doc) Smith, Forrest J. Ackerman, Harry Warner Jr, Walter E. Marconette, J. Chapman Miske (as "The Star-Treader")
* 1/2-page ad for Lovecraft's The Outsider & Others (Arkham House)
* ads for Spaceways, Fantasy News, Le Zombie, Imagination, Stardust

Lovecraft's Legacy: 1941 (Famous Fantastic Mysteries)

The seller offered this as a starting bid of $24.99. Ouch. These ancient 'zines are beginning to get a bit pricey as the heat is stoked on the horror collectible market. In any event. check out the lurid images of clearly nude women. Lovecraft often blanched at these kind of lurid covers for his stories. The seller states: The October, 1941 issue of FAMOUS FANTASTIC MYSTERIES, featuring two acknowledged classics -- H. P. Lovecraft's "The Colour Out of Space" and J. U. Giesy's "Palos of the Dog Star Pack". Condition: cover shows wear along edges, otherwise VG-F. Buyer pays postage.

Lovecraft's Legacy: 1941

Chrispy wishes that the text was legible. Alas. And even so, pages 7 & 8 are not scanned.

The seller states:

"Autobiography of Howard Phillips Lovecraft" and "Lovecraft on Poetry Writing"in amateur press paper the BOYS HERALD (October 1941)Printed stapled self wraps. 8 pages. In very good condition. An uncommon item related to H. P. Lovecraft's days in amateur journalism.The text is on pages 7 and 8.