Phatagraph of 1936 (Night Gaunts)

The missing covers actually give us a rare peek inside the copy.





The (FEBRUARY/SPRING) 1936 (1936-II) issue of the fanzine THE PHANTAGRAPH, Volume 4 Number 3, edited by Donald A. WOLLHEIM (New York), featuring:
The Hyborian Age (part 1) ……………….Robert E. HOWARD (original publication of this essay)
Phantasy’s Trend……………….Louis C. SMITH
Night Gaunts (verse) ……………….H. P. LOVECRAFT
Sun - Spots……………….Donald A. WOLLHEIM
The Study of Witchcraft (1) ……………….H. KOENIG
The Garden and The Tomb (a prose pastel)……………….Clark Ashton SMITH
Is Science Fiction in a Rut? (part 2) ……………….C. W. LONSDELL
Also: PHANTASIES Book Reviews (by Emil PETAJA) and short items

A FAIR copy due to MISSING covers, but otherwise in nice readable condition, small chip to front top inner corner, light tanning, pages supple. Digest-sized. 15 pages.

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Phantagraph November 1936

PHANTAGRAPH, THE. November 1936 (volume 5, number 2). Edited by Donald A. Wollheim. New York: Shepherd and Wollheim, November 1936 (volume 5, number 2). Small octavo, single issue, printed from typeset copy, self wrappers. A legendary amateur magazine of the 1930s. Includes "Harbour Whistles" by H. P. Lovecraft, the second appearance of this poem, part of the "Fungi from Yuggoth" sequence, in a magazine. Also present is Donald A. Wollheim's "Phantascope" column and "Phantastic Bread & Butter or the Mystery of the Missing Authors," an article on the poor quality of fantastic fiction in recent issues of WEIRD TALES. "Encouraged by the excellent material being received from Smith, Lovecraft and others, Wollheim decided to pattern the publication after the now-defunct FANTASY FAN... The quality of material used was very high, and in this respect the magazine easily equaled its ideal... Collectors who have overlooked this periodical have missed much indeed..." - Moskowitz, The Immortal Storm, pp. 30-1. Pavlat and Evans, Fanzine Index (1965), pp. 82-3. Wollheim, Operation Phantasy: The Best from The Phantagraph, pp. 9-14. Early issues of THE PHANTAGRAPH were printed on wood pulp paper and extant issues are generally brittle. Paper stock age-darkened, a nearly fine copy. Early issues of the magazine are rare, especially in nice condition. (#110516)
Price: $100.00

Lovecraft Letter in Phantagraph (1935)

This issue is alleged to contain a copy of HPL's letter of praise.

Lovecraft once wrote of the Phantagraph, "Just received the new Phantagraph, poorly printed by Wilson Shepherd. Wolheim thinks the feud between you (Robert Barlow) and Shepherd can be smoothed out if the two of you comparenotes. Shepherd thinks you've failed to return something to him which was coming to him. {This involved misunderstandings of the trading of pulp magazines between the two.)

O Fortunate Floridian, pp. 117-119.