The Lovecraft Anthology, Volume 1 by H P Lovecraft (59 results)

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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Holmes, John (cover) (illustrator). 4th Printing. Horror anthology paperback book, 4th printing,4/75 .Condition is near fine, light crease on spine and front hinge, corners bumped, light edge wear with some rubbing, light aging to inside of book, no writing or stamps, cover is bright and glossy, a nice looking book.WRAPPED IN PLASTIC BAG TO PROTECT CONDITION OF BOOK.We have other titles in this genre in stock and give discounts in shipping on additional books, please contact us for more iinformation**. SUMMARY - In Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, a pantheon of horror and fantasy's finest authors pay tribute to the master of the macabre with a collection of original stories set in the fearsome Lovecraft tradition: The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft: The slumbering monster-gods return to the world of mortals. Other Stories: The Return of the Sorcerer and Ubbo-Sathla by Clark Ashton Smith; The Black Stone by Robert E. Howard; The Hounds of Tindalos and The Space-Eaters by Frank Belknap Long; The Dweller in Darkness and Beyond the Threshold by August Derleth; The Salem Horror by Henry Kuttner; The Haunter of the Graveyard by J. Vernon Shea.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition (Unstated); Second Printing. Very Good overall condition. No noteworthy defects. No markings.; 6.5 X 0.375 X 9.5 inches; 120 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Ballantine Books #23226, February 1974. Paperback. CONDITION: Very Good+, 3rd printing. Covers in VG-NF condition; no surface wear, very light corner chipping/creasing, color sharp, bright and glossy; no fading at all. Spine straight, light stress wrinkling and small chip at bottom end. Appears unread. 241 pages, lightly tanned, clean and unmarked w/sharp corners throughout, no creasing or bending. Includes classic tales by Lovecraft, Smith, Howard, Long, Derleth, and Kuttner. A terrific copy of one of the greatest horror anthologies of all time.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "The dreams were wholly beyond the pale of sanity . . . "Plagued by insane nightmare visions, Walter Gilman seeks help in Miskatonic University's infamous library of forbidden books, where, in the pages of Abdul Alhazred's dreaded Necronomicon, he finds terrible hints that seem to connect his own studies in advanced mathematics with the fantastic legends of elder magic. The Dreams in the Witch House, gathered together here with more than twenty other tales of terror, exemplifies H. P. Lovecraft's primacy among twentieth-century American horror writers.This volume is a companion to the other two Penguin Classics edition of Lovecraft's work- The Call of the Cthulhu and The Thing on the Doorstep. This original collection presents the definitive texts of the work, including a newly restored text of "The Shadow out of time" along with S. T. Joshi's invaluable introduction and notes.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. A man plagued by nightmarish visions seeks help in Miskatonic University's library of forbidden books, where, in the dreaded Necronomicon, he finds clues in legends of elder magic in "The Dreams in the Witch House," the title story in an anthology containing more than twenty chilling tales of terror Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Color & b&w (illustrator). 1st. 219 clean, unmarked pages+sources; an anthology of brilliant writings on FEAR by:Trigger Warnings (cicero, Epictetus, Richard Hofstadter, Arthur Koestler, Nadine Gordimer, Thomas Hobbes, Suetonius, Ida B. Wells, Charles Darwin, William Sloane, H.P. Lovecraft, Ernst Bloch, Joseph Heller, Dorothy Thompson, Charles Simic, etc); Panic Attacks (Patrick J. McGinnis, Stefan Sweig, Robert Burton, Saul Friedlander, John C. Neihardt, Pausanias, M.F. James, Gan, Luisa Valenzuela, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Michel Foucault, Jorge Amado, George Orwell, signjuch Freud, Paul Tillich, Guo Jujing, Etc.); Terror Alerts (wolf Swoyinka, Jerome D. Frank, Hama Tuma, Mario Vargas Llosa, James Baldwin, Rosespierre, Baruch Spinoza, Atiq Rahimi, Emma Reyes, Diego Duran, Steve Biko, Hannah Crafts, Walter Cannon, etc); Essays (caroloine Alexander, Ivan Vladislavic, J. Hoberman, Suki Kim, Phillipe Petit), and Many More Size: 8 Vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition thus, first printing. Contains publisher's "First Carroll & Graf edition, 1992" statement to the copyright page. Nibbling nicks to the shelf edges, else near fine; in a near fine dust jacket. Dust jacket art by Tony Greco. A collection of six complete short novels by Isaac Asimov, H.P. Lovecraft, James Blish, L. Sprague De Camp, Murray Leinster, and Poul Anderson. Originally published, with an extended list of short novels, as a three volume set by Easton Press. Octavo; 438 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Cover Illstrations by; Murray Tinkelman and Victor Valla (illustrator). The first book in this horror triad, The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, is arguably one of the best of Lovecrafts horror stories and this copy was part of the 1971 Ballantine/ Beagle/ Boxer Books boxed set of five Lovecraft titles. The second book, Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos (Vol 1) with stories by Clark Ashton Smith, Robert Bloch, J. Vernon Shea, Frank Belknap Long, to name a few; was part of a two volume anthology; edited by August Derleth and was also released in 1971, with mind bending covers by Victor Valla. The final book in this horror triad is The Mask of Cthulhu; which, for all intensive purposes, represents a postscript in tribute to the creative imagination of H.P. Lovecraft. It includes the following stories (all by Derleth); Return of Hastur (started by Lovecraft before his death); The Whippoorwills in the Hills; Something in Wood; the Sandwin Compact; the House in the Valley; The Seal of R'Lyeh. These are all collectable paperbacks with one of a kind cover art and belong in the collection of any horror fan. Difficult to find at this price. For the most part, in good condition; two have water/food stains on back cover, all have browning pages (not brittle), and dinged corners. Bindings are square and tight with creases.

Hardcover. First Edition. 231pp. Pictorial boards. Includes six stories. Full color illustrations by Menton3. Introduction by Arkham House editor and noted author Robert Weinberg. A fine copy. ; Octavo.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Indhold: The call of Cthulhu ; The haunter of the dark ; The Dunwich horror ; The colour out of space ; The shadow over Innsmouth ; The rats in the walls ; Dagon.

2nd Printing / 1st Printing. Two volumes, each 325 + 307pp. Stories include: Beliard by Sylvia Townsend Warner / The Rule of Names by Ursula Le Guin / Come Lady Death by Peter S. Beagle / The Foundling by Lloyd Alexander / The Tall One by Mark Van Doren / The Dufflepuds Made Happy by C. S. Lewis / The Magician's Book by C. S. Lewis / Riddles in the Dark by J. R. R, Tolkien / The Loquacious Goblin by Alexander Grin / The Peach Tree by H. E. Bates / The Accommodating Circumstance by Frank R. Stockton / The Music From Behind the Moon by J. B. Cabell / The Grove of Ashtaroth by John Buchan / The Light Princess by George Mac Donald / The Sword of Welleran by Lord Dunsany / The Elves by Johann Ludwig Tieck / The Banished King by Frank R. Stockton / Ixion in Heaven by Benjamin Disrali / The Moon-Slave by Barry Pain / The Rose and the Cup by Kenneth Morris / The Mistress of Kaer-Mor by Evangeline Walton / The Twilight of the Gods by Richard Garnett / The Shield-Maiden by Algernon Blackwood / Witches' Hollow by H.P. Lovecraft & August Derleth / The Goose Girl by Eric Linklater / Nina Sol by Felix Marti-Ibanez / The Bride of the Man-Horse by Lord Dunsany / The Circular Ruins by Jorge Luis Borges / The Story of El-ahrairah and the Black Rabbit of Inle by Richard Adams / The Threads by Vera Chapmen / Night Rider on a Pale Horse by Galed Elftandsson. Paperback. Shelfwear and slight creasing to covers; booksellers stamp to the inside of the front cover. Very good.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 12mo. [xvi prelims] 239 pages. Cover art by Bruce Pennington. Edited and with an Introduction by August Derleth. The "others" in the collection are Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, Frank Belknap Long, Derleth, Henry Kuttner and J. Vernon Shea. Good. Text brown; tiny ink spot to the top edge, near the spine. Cover has a bit of wear to its edges, spine and corners, particularly at the head of the spine, and some rubbing on its back.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Chelsea House. First Edition stated. 239 pp. Bright yellow boards past owner's name else unmarked. "The Pulps is the first survey of an anthology of art and literature in the pulps, from 1896 to 1953. It contains 100 full-color reproductions of rare original cover art and more than 50 stories, poems, features and articles, none which have ever appeared in hardcover other than this occurrence. Includes some of the best authors of the 20th Century, such as Edgar Rice Burroughs, H. P. Lovecraft, Max Brand, Ray Bradbury, Dashiell Hammett, Robert E Howard and many others, comprising the best and worst of adventure fiction. Also, hundreds of ads and black and white illustrations illuminate this beautiful volume." 'The Resurrection of Jimber-Jaw', 'The Devil Must Pay', 'Kitty the Kisser', 'The Valley of the Worm', 'The Purple Heart of Erik', and many others.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The first volume of The Eyrie, a collection of pulp authors, is an anthology of 17 terror stories by H.P. Lovecraft. Throughout his adult life, Lovecraft was never able to support himself from earnings as an author and editor. He was virtually unknown during his lifetime and was almost exclusively published in pulp magazines before he died in poverty at the age of 46, but is now regarded as one of the most significant 20th-century authors of supernatural horror fiction. Howard Phillips Lovecraft ( 1890 - 1937) was an American writer of weird and horror fiction, who is known for his creation of what became known as the Cthulhu Mythos.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Twenty highly recommended creepy tales selected by critics of the genreAnthologies of ghost stories are perennially popular. Sometimes the raison d'etre for a collection might be that the stories embrace a particular theme or that the fame or authority of the compiler imbues a special appeal or credibility. However, it occurred to the Leonaur editors that the principal concern of anyone buying such an anthology must surely be that the stories included will be of the highest order as examples of originally plotted fine writing, guaranteed to deliver the required thrills and chills. In consideration of how that outcome might best be achieved and offered to readers we decided to research as many lists of 'the best ghost stories' as we could find, compiled by critics, informed journalists and authorities of supernatural fiction, to determine which stories those people-based on as much consensus as possible-believed were, indeed, the finest ghostly tales written during the 'golden age' of the genre. Sometimes their lists included well-known stories that would be familiar to most ghost story enthusiasts, so these were removed from consideration. What remained were 42 stories which had received deservedly high praise and these we have divided between two Leonaur volumes. These collections are also available as Leonaur 'Christmas Books' since they make ideal gifts, but are here offered in the familiar Leonaur 'Supernatural and Weird Fiction' cover for both a general readership and series collectors. In volume one can be found 'Thurnley Abbey' by Perceval Landon, 'The Festival' by H. P. Lovecraft, 'The Spectre Bride' by William Harrison Ainsworth, 'The Last House in C-Street' by Dinah Mulock and sixteen other creepy tales. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket. IMPORTANT: THE CONTENTS OF THIS BOOK ARE INDENTICAL TO THE SECOND LEONAUR CHRISTMAS BOOK OF GREAT GHOST STORIES.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Dark Legacy was a fan magazine of Lovecraftian horror, Chambersian Yellow King tales, and Clark Ashton Smith and Robert E Howard fantasies. This is an anthology of tales from Dark Legacy.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Venture into the uncanny realms of H.P. Lovecraft with this enthralling paperback anthology of otherworldly tales and poetic masterpieces. Compiling the iconic 'The Call of Cthulhu' alongside lesser-known, but equally compelling narratives, this collection showcases Lovecraft's extraordinary talent at invoking a blend of profound fear and boundless imagination. Each story ensnares the reader, creating ripples of unease that linger well beyond the final words. As famed horror writer, Clive Barker reverently elucidated, 'Lovecraft's works are a canvas, painted with the shadows of his unique perspective on humanity, creating a terror that is hard to forget.' Prepare to dive headfirst into Lovecraft's deeply unsettling universe - a place where reality warps and the terrifyingly extraordinary lurk behind every page. Your journey into the unknowable begins here.Published by Zem Books.

Buch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Twenty highly recommended creepy tales selected by critics of the genreAnthologies of ghost stories are perennially popular. Sometimes the raison d'etre for a collection might be that the stories embrace a particular theme or that the fame or authority of the compiler imbues a special appeal or credibility. However, it occurred to the Leonaur editors that the principal concern of anyone buying such an anthology must surely be that the stories included will be of the highest order as examples of originally plotted fine writing, guaranteed to deliver the required thrills and chills. In consideration of how that outcome might best be achieved and offered to readers we decided to research as many lists of 'the best ghost stories' as we could find, compiled by critics, informed journalists and authorities of supernatural fiction, to determine which stories those people-based on as much consensus as possible-believed were, indeed, the finest ghostly tales written during the 'golden age' of the genre. Sometimes their lists included well-known stories that would be familiar to most ghost story enthusiasts, so these were removed from consideration. What remained were 42 stories which had received deservedly high praise and these we have divided between two Leonaur volumes. These collections are also available as Leonaur 'Christmas Books' since they make ideal gifts, but are here offered in the familiar Leonaur 'Supernatural and Weird Fiction' cover for both a general readership and series collectors. In volume one can be found 'Thurnley Abbey' by Perceval Landon, 'The Festival' by H. P. Lovecraft, 'The Spectre Bride' by William Harrison Ainsworth, 'The Last House in C-Street' by Dinah Mulock and sixteen other creepy tales. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket. IMPORTANT: THE CONTENTS OF THIS BOOK ARE INDENTICAL TO THE SECOND LEONAUR CHRISTMAS BOOK OF GREAT GHOST STORIES.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In the years between the beginning of the twentieth century and the end of World War II, American poetry was transformed, producing a body of work whose influence was felt throughout the world. Now for the first time the landmark two-volume Library of America anthology of twentieth-century poetry through the post-War years restores that era in all its astonishing beauty and explosive energy.This first volume of the set, organized chronologically by the poets' birthdates, takes the reader from Henry Adams (1838-1918) to Dorothy Parker (1893-1967), and in the process reveals the unfolding of a true poetic renaissance. Included are generous selections from some of the century's greatest poets- Edwin Arlington Robinson, Robert Frost, Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams, Marianne Moore, H.D., Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot. Here they are seen as part of an age that proposed new and often contentious definitions of what American poetry could be and fresh perceptions of a society undergoing rapid and often tumultuous change.The multifarious aesthetic influences brought to bear-Chinese and Japanese poetry, the African-American sermon, the artistic revolutions of Cubism and Dada, the cadences of jazz, the brash urgencies of vernacular speech-resulted in a poetic culture of dynamic energy and startling contrasts.The poets of this era transformed not only style but traditional subject matter- there are poems here on a silent movie actress, a lynching, the tenements of New York, the trench warfare of World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the landscape of Mars. Here too are folk ballads on events like the assassination of McKinley and the sinking of theTitanic; popular and humorous verse by Don Marquis and Franklin P. Adams; the famous "Spectra" hoax; song lyrics by Ma Rainey, Joe Hill, and Irving Berlin; and poems by writers as unexpected as Djuna Barnes, Sherwood Anderson, John Reed, and H. P. Lovecraft. Included are some of the century's most important poems, presented in full- Pound'sHugh Selwyn Mauberley, Eliot'sThe Waste Land, Steven'sNotes Toward a Supreme Fiction.LIBRARY OF AMERICAis an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries. Anthology of poems by 20th century American poets. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Dark green wraps (softcover), stapled binding. 100 pages. $1.00. 1200 copies printed. Cover design by Ronald Clyne. Containing "Messrs. Turkes and Talbot" by H. Russell Wakefield, "History and Chronology of the Necronomicon" by H.P. Lovecraft ["Together With Some Pertinent Paragraphs" by August Derleth], "Three Poems" by Clark Ashton Smith, "Introduction: Strange Ports of Call" by August Derleth, "A Little Anthology" edited by Malcolm Ferguson, "Mara" by Stephen Grendon, "A Hornbook for Witches" a poem by Leah Bodine Drake, "Checklist: The Carvings of Clark Ashton Smith," "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, Part 1" by H.P. Lovecraft, and several book reviews by August Derleth, Robert Bloch and John Haley. Typical light page toning, small chip front wrapper edge, else a very clean and tight copy. Size: Octavo. Magazine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Engravings From Drawings From Sketches By Thomas Moule (illustrator). 1st Edition. Xx, 144;Viii, 140 Pp. Blue Polished Cloth Spines, Red Morocco Spine Labels, Spines Gilt, Marbled Boards And Marbled Endpapers. Some Wear With Fraying At Corners, Hinges Tight; Contents Clean But Light Foxing To Pages And Plates, Severe Foxing To Frontispieces. Bookplate Of Francis Towner Laney, Editor Of The Acolyte, A Science Fiction Fanzine, From 1942-1946 (A Total Of 14 Issues), Dedicated To Articles About Fantasy Fiction, With Particular Emphasis On H. P. Lovecraft And His Circle. (Laney's Essay, "The Cthulhu Mythology: A Glossary", Initially Published In The Winter 1942 Issue, Was Expanded At The Request Of August Derleth And Became Part Of The 1943 Arkham House Lovecraft Anthology Beyond The Wall Of Sleep.) Contributors Included Clark Ashton Smith And Donald Wandrei. The First Two Issues Were Hectographed, The Remainder Were Mimeographed. Due To Its Influential Role In The Field, It Is Indexed In The Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Weird Fiction Magazine Index Compiled By Stephen T. Miller & William G. Contento, As Well As Fanzine Indexes. It Was Nominated For The 1946 Retrospective Hugo Award For Best Fanzine, Losing To Forrest J Ackerman's Voice Of The Imagi-Nation.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. F. H. Townsend and B. Munns (illustrator). First Edition. First impression of the true first edition. Illustrated with six monochrome plates, including frontispiece titled "They danced in the moonlight on the sward." All plates present as called for. ***Very good in red cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and borders to the spine and front board. Head and tail of spine slightly creased, nicked and rubbed but no major tears or creases. Corners of boards slightly rubbed. Some staining to the back board near the spine. The spine is browned and faded. Fore-edge of page block rough-cut [i.e untrimmed]. Internally also very good, with hardly any splitting to the fragile binding - just slight splitting at p.224/5. Spine tight. With a contemporary ownership inscription "A. W. Corrie, Park Hall, Oswestry" on the front pastedown, along with the owner's attractive armorial bookplate "Alfred Wynne Corrie" on the front free endpaper, and a pencil name on the second blank page. There is some offsetting to the title page caused by the tissue guard to the frontispiece. Very light unobtrusive sporadic foxing to pages. Spine tight. ***198 mm x140 mm. vii prelim-pages plus 320 pages and a 40 page publisher's catalogue dated September 1897 at the back of the book. ***Contents: Preface, Chapter. I. Oyez!; II. In the Cellar; III. Crispin; IV. The Bowling Green; V. The Jack; VI. A Mad Wedding; VII. Stand! Deliver!; VIII. The Rock Tavern; IX. Nan; X. Castle Foregate; XI. A White Devil; XII. Petty Treason; XIII. The Last in England; XIV. A Challenge; XV. Vashti; XVI. Drie; XVII. Kynaston's Cave; XVIII. A Crooked Finger; XIX. A Second Flight; XX. A Tally Stick; XXI. A Protector; XXII. Holy Austin Rock; XXIII. Meg-a-Fox Hole; XXIV. At the Rock Foot; XXV. Nan, Farewell!; XXVI. The Crooked Finger Again; Appendix; Publisher's Catalogue. ***'Sabine Baring-Gould (28 Jan 1834 - 2 Jan 1924) was an Anglican priest, hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist, folk song collector and eclectic scholar. His bibliography consists of more than 1,240 publications, though this list continues to grow. His family home was the manor house of Lew Trenchard, near Okehampton, Devon. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being "Onward, Christian Soldiers", "Sing Lullaby", and "Now the Day Is Over". Baring-Gould wrote many novels, including "The Broom-Squire" set in the Devil's Punch Bowl (1896), "Mehalah: a story of the salt marshes" (1880), "Guavas the Tinner" (1897), the 16-volume "The Lives of the Saints", and the biography of the eccentric poet-vicar of Morwenstow, Robert Stephen Hawker. He also published nearly 200 short stories in assorted magazines and periodicals. Many of these short stories were collected together and republished as anthologies, such as his "Book of Ghosts" (1904), "Dartmoor Idylls" (1896), and "In a Quiet Village" (1900). His folkloric studies resulted in "The Book of Were-Wolves" (1865), one of the most frequently cited studies of lycanthropy. One of his most enduringly popular works was "Curious Myths of the Middle Ages", first published in two parts during 1866 and 1868, and republished in many other editions since then. H. P. Lovecraft termed it "that curious body of medieval lore which the late Mr. Baring-Gould so effectively assembled in book form."' [Wiki] ***A true first edition, complete in the original cloth-covered boards. Of interest to collectors of Sabine Baring-Gould, and the mythology, legends and history of the Middle Ages. A very uncommon title. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Octavo, pp. [1-10] 11-251 [252-256: blank] [note: first and last two leaves are blanks used as front and rear paste-downs and endpapers, original brick red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. Collects fifteen stories by Dion Fortune, Jessie Douglas Kerruish and others, several first published in WEIRD TALES. This volume is notable for the first professional publication of David H. Keller's famous psychological horror tale "The Dead Woman," and the first appearance of Dermot Chesson Spence's "Little Red Shoes," which subsequently gave its name to Spence's rare and much-sought collection of nasty ghost stories. Also includes Oswell Blakeston's "The Crack," a nightmarish piece strangely reminiscent of Lovecraft's "Nyarlathotep." The eleventh and last volume in the important "Not at Night" anthology series. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-195. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1594. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-302. Bleiler (1978), p. 193. Reginald 14084. Hairline crack along inner front hinge which is still holding tight, a nearly fine copy in good pictorial dust jacket (designed by C. Loslio) with wear along top and bottom edges, shallow loss at spine ends and three corners, and internal mend with white paper tape at upper edge of spine panel. (#163467).

Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-256 [note: first leaf is a blank used as front paste-down], true endpapers at rear, original red boards, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. Collects fifteen stories by Frank Belknap Long, August Derleth and Mark Schorer, Amelia Reynolds Long, Edmond Hamilton and others, some first published in WEIRD TALES. Includes "The Curse of Yig" by Zealia Bishop (with anonymous collaboration of H. P. Lovecraft) and "The Rats in the Walls" by H. P. Lovecraft. The sixth volume in the important "Not at Night" anthology series. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-195. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1592. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-305. Bleiler (1978), p. 193. Reginald 14089. Foxing to preliminary and terminal leaves and rear endpapers, top edge dusty, a very good copy in good pictorial dust jacket (priced "2/-" on spine panel and listing the books in the series through the fifth title of the series on rear panel) with wear and shallow loss along top and bottom edges, 15 mm closed tear at lower front spine fold, and dust soiling to spine and rear panels. (#156862).

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. ----------This set will require NO additional shipping charges for standard shipping for a US or Canadian order, overseas orders will require a shipping charge DRAMATICALLY LESS than actual postage (inquire). 23 pulp magazines, digest size, sometimes considered to be digest size vintage paperbacks, and also considered to be series of anthologies . The Avon Fantasy Reader (AFR), with Donald Wollheim as editor, ran for 18 issues from 1947 to 1952. There were a few original stories, but most were reprints, a large number coming from Weird Tales. Some authors included are William Hope Hodgson, August Derleth, H.G. Wells, Murray Leinster, A. Merritt, Clark Ashton Smith, Lord Dunsany, Fletcher Pratt, David H. Keller, Guy Endore, Robert E. Howard, Robert W. Chambers, C.L. Moore, H.P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury, John Collier, Nelson Bond, A.E. Van Vogt, Robert Bloch, C.M. Kornbluth, Jack Williamson, Thorp McClusky, David H. Keller, Sax Rohmer, Fritz Leiber, Frank Gruber, Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood, Otis Adelbert Kline, Malcolm Jameson, Seabury Quinn, Manly Wade Wellman, Clifford Simak, Ray Cummings, Stanley G. Weinbaum, M.P. Shiel, G.K. Chesterton, Anthony Boucher, Hugh B. Cave. Also under Wollheim, the Avon Science Fiction Reader (ASFR) ran for 3 issues in 1951-1952, and entirely consisted of reprints, including stories by Edmond Hamilton, Murray Leinster, A. Merritt, Jack Williamson, Frank Belknap Long, Clark Ashton Smith, Ray Cummings, Robert A.W. Lowndes, Lord Dunsany, S. Fowler Wright, H.P. Lovecraft and Hannes Bok. When Wollheim left Avon in 1952, the 2 lines were merged as Avon Science Fiction & Fantasy Reader (ASF&FR) for 2 1953 issues, under the editorship of Sol Cohen. For some reason, the publisher of the final issue (April 1953) was Stratford Novels, a subsidiary of Avon, rather than Avon. ASF&FR included illustrations (the 2 earlier runs did not), and published all original stories of very good quality, including works by Arthur C. Clarke, John Jakes, John Christopher, Charles L. Harness, Jack Vance, and Stephen Marlowe. Condition notes follow. AFR: # 5 has covers detached but still looks great, #s 4, 10 & 15 have faint cover creases and are VG+, # 17 has faint cover creases, back cover soiling, and is VG, some others have modest shelfwear, several are unread, and are near fine to fine. ASFR: # 2 has faint cover creases and is VG+, the other 2 have modest shelfwear and are near fine to fine. ASF&FR: both volumes are almost as new unread copies.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Robert Hayward Barlow (1918-1951) was 13 when he started corresponding with pulp magazine writers H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard. But he already had the instincts of a preservationist -- he convinced Lovecraft to stop throwing away his scrawled manuscripts after a story was published; Barlow offered to type the stories and send Lovecraft the typed copies if he could keep the autograph manuscripts. Barlow was attempting to write fantasy tales; Lovecraft -- who traveled to Florida for several extended visits -- undertook to tutor the youth in fiction writing. The two collaborated on six stories, including "The Night Ocean" (which new research has shown to be almost entirely Barlow's.) Barlow went on to write superb short stories without Lovecraft's help, including "A Dim-Remembered Story," "The Root-Gatherers," and "Return by Sunset." The older members of Lovecraft's coterie took offense when they learned he'd named young Barlow -- then 19 -- his literary executor. Barlow donated all the original materials to the John Hay Library at Brown. But Lovecraft disciples August Derleth and Donald Wandrei wanted to collect the master's stories in a book; they were not amused when Barlow published Lovecraft's commonplace book in a letterpress edition of seventy-five copies. They spread rumors that Barlow had pilfered books from Lovecraft's library. The macabre writer and artist Clark Ashton Smith responded by sending Barlow a note: "Please do not write me or try to communicate with me in any way. I do not wish to see you or hear from you after your conduct in regard to the estate of a late beloved friend." Barlow wrote the effect of the letter "was of cutting out my entrails with a meat cleaver," notes Paul La Farge in The New Yorker (March, 2017). He had been exiled from the literary universe that had been the focus of his life. He thought about killing himself, but instead decided to pursue an (apparently unrelated) interest in anthropology, ending up at Berkeley, where he studied under Alfred Kroeber, whose work with Ishi, the last California's Stone Age Indian, had made him famous. Barlow's poignant memoir of Lovecraft, "The Wind That Is In the Grass" can be found in "Marginalia" (Arkham House, 1944.) In 1942, when Barlow was finishing his degree at Berkeley, he wrote "Poems for a Competition," which won both the 26th Emily Chamberlain Cook Prize for the best unpublished verse submitted by an undergraduate, AND the Ina Coolbrith Memorial Prize. After accepting a teaching position at the City College of Mexico, where he became a noted expert on the Nahuatl language and was appointed head of the Anthropology Department, he produced a second book of verse, "View from a Hill" (1947.) Lovecraft biographer S.T. Joshi describes both volumes as "scintillating." But where are they? Afraid of being outed as a homosexual by a disgruntled student (he probably would have lost his job, & could even have been prosecuted), Barlow committed suicide in 1951. Though Barlow wrote numerous learned papers, and the book "The Extent of the Empire of the Culhua Mexico" (U. of Calif., 1949), the only books of general interest in his known bibliography are the two slim volumes of verse, "Poems for a Competition" (Fugitive Press, 1942) and "View from a Hill" (Azcapotzalco, 1947). Look for them, and all you'll learn is that "their entire contents are reprinted in 'Eyes of the God,'" a 2002 anthology. Of the originals, no trace. Except that two copies of "Poems for a Competition," on quality paper in brown wraps, turn out to have been neatly hand-taped into boards and stored away in the archives of the University of California, stamped "July 31, 1942," with the words "UNIV OF CALIFORNIA" neatly hole-punched to the title pages. We offer one of those two copies of "Poems for a competition," separately. In some years of looking, that -- and just two 1947 printings of "View From a Hill" -- are the only originals we've ever found. 28 pp., printed on sepia paper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Robert Hayward Barlow (1918-1951) was 13 when he started corresponding with pulp magazine writers H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard. But he already had the instincts of a preservationist -- he convinced Lovecraft to stop throwing away his scrawled manuscripts after a story was published; Barlow offered to type the stories and send Lovecraft the typed copies if he could keep the autograph manuscripts. Barlow was attempting to write fantasy tales; Lovecraft -- who traveled to Florida for several extended visits -- undertook to tutor the youth in fiction writing. The two collaborated on six stories, including "The Night Ocean" (which new research has shown to be almost entirely Barlow's.) Barlow went on to write superb short stories without Lovecraft's help, including "A Dim-Remembered Story," "The Root-Gatherers," and "Return by Sunset." The older members of Lovecraft's coterie took offense when they learned he'd named young Barlow -- then 19 -- his literary executor. Barlow donated all the original materials to the John Hay Library at Brown. But Lovecraft disciples August Derleth and Donald Wandrei wanted to collect the master's stories in a book; they were not amused when Barlow published Lovecraft's commonplace book in a letterpress edition of 75 copies. They spread rumors that Barlow had pilfered books from Lovecraft's library. The macabre writer and artist Clark Ashton Smith responded by sending Barlow a note: "Please do not write me or try to communicate with me in any way. I do not wish to see you or hear from you after your conduct in regard to the estate of a late beloved friend." Barlow wrote the effect of the letter "was of cutting out my entrails with a meat cleaver," notes Paul La Farge in The New Yorker (March, 2017). He had been exiled from the literary universe that had been the focus of his life. He thought about killing himself, but instead decided to pursue an (apparently unrelated) interest in anthropology, ending up at Berkeley, where he studied under Alfred Kroeber, whose work with Ishi, the last of California's Stone Age Indians, had made him famous. Barlow's poignant memoir of Lovecraft, "The Wind That Is In the Grass" can be found in "Marginalia" (Arkham House, 1944.) In 1942, when Barlow was finishing up his degree at Berkeley, he wrote "Poems for a Competition," which won both the 26th Emily Chamberlain Cook Prize for the best unpublished verse submitted by an undergraduate, AND the Ina Coolbrith Memorial Prize. After accepting a teaching position at the City College of Mexico, where he became a noted expert on the Nahuatl language and was appointed head of the Anthropology Department, he produced a second book of verse, "View from a Hill" (1947.) Lovecraft biographer S.T. Joshi describes both volumes as "scintillating." But where are they? Afraid of being outed as a homosexual by a disgruntled student (he probably would have lost his job & could even have been prosecuted), Barlow committed suicide in 1951. Though Barlow wrote numerous learned papers, and the book "The Extent of the Empire of the Culhua Mexico" (U. of Calif., 1949), the only books of general interest in his known bibliography are the two slim volumes of verse, "Poems for a Competition" (Fugitive Press, 1942) and "View from a Hill" (Azcapotzalco, 1947). Look for them, and all you'll learn is that "their entire contents are reprinted in 'Eyes of the God,'" a 2002 anthology. Of the originals, no trace. Except that two copies of "Poems for a Competition," a 16-page octavo on quality paper in brown wraps, turn out to have been neatly hand-taped into boards and stored away in the archives of the University of California, stamped "July 31, 1942," with the words "UNIV OF CALIFORNIA" neatly hole-punched to the title pages. These were archival copies, not lending copies; they bear no card-holders or date due slips. This one is labeled "Cop. 2." In some years of looking, it's the only original we've ever found. Here reduced from $4,500.

First edition. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 11-251 [252-256: blank] [note: first and last two leaves are blanks used as front and rear paste-downs and endpapers, original red boards, front and spine panels stamped in black. Collects fifteen stories by Dion Fortune, Jessie Douglas Kerruish and others, several first published in WEIRD TALES. This volume is notable for the first professional publication of David H. Keller's famous psychological horror tale "The Dead Woman," and the first appearance of Dermot Chesson Spence's "Little Red Shoes," which subsequently gave its name to Spence's rare and much-sought collection of nasty ghost stories. Also includes Oswell Blakeston's "The Crack," a nightmarish piece strangely reminiscent of Lovecraft's "Nyarlathotep." The eleventh and last volume in the important "Not at Night" anthology series. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-195. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1594. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-302. Bleiler (1978), p. 193. Reginald 14084. Front hinge cracked, mild foxing to paste downs and first and last several leaves and edges text block, a very good copy in a very good pictorial 2/- dust jacket (designed by C. Loslio) with wear at upper and lower edges, 12 mm closed tear to upper spine panel. The "Not at Night" titles have become uncommon, especially in jacket. (19936).

First edition. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-256 [note: first leaf is a blank used as front paste-down], true endpapers at rear, original red boards, front and spine panels stamped in black. Sixth volume in the important "Not At Night" anthology series. Collect fifteen stories including the first book publication of the The Rats in the Walls by H.P. Lovecraft and The Curse of Yig by Zealia Bishop (with anonymous collaboration of H. P. Lovecraft). Also fiction by Zealia Brown Reed (Zealia Bishop), Richard Stone, Jack Bradley, N. J. O'Neail, Oscar Cook, J. Dyott Matthews, Frank Belknap Long, August Derleth and Marc Schorer, J.S. Whitaker, H.P. Lovecraft, J. Joseph Renaud, Amelia Reynolds Long, Flavia Richardson (pseudonym of C.C. Thomson), Edmond Hamilton, and R.F. Broad. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-195. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1592. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-305. Bleiler (1978), p. 193. Reginald 14089. Some white stains to front board from damp stain, otherwise a nearly fine copy in a very good to nearly fine 2/- dust jacket with damp stain to spine panel and rear panel, also to front panel but mainly visible to verso, some slight edge rubbing. Still an attractive copy. (19937).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good- dj. Illustrated by (dj) "EP" (illustrator). 11th printing. [modest wear to extremities, pages tanned with age, but generally a good sound copy of a cheaply-manufactured book; former owner's initials plus date & place of purchase written along edge of rear pastedown (concealed by rear jacket flap); the jacket is a bit soiled on the rear panel, with a handful of tiny nicks and edge-tears, minor paper loss at a couple of corners, and a vertical crease along the left edge of the front panel]. ("Not at Night" series, No. 1) Series A very presentable copy of the first entry in the long-running "Not at Night" horror-fiction anthology series. The series was a publishing hit, as evidenced not only by the fact that this title had gone through eleven printings by November 1929 (the daet of this printing, four years after the first edition), but also that it had already spawned four more entries in the series, all blurbed on the rear panel of what is, perforce, a later-issue dust jacket (with the same front-panel art as the first edition, but with a "No. 1" slug added to the spine, and the blurbs for the first five volumes on the rear panel). The original series eventually numbered eleven volumes, and was capped off by the publication of an additional "Omnibus" volume, published in 1937. (A later series of "Not at Night" paperbacks, issued in the early 1960s, presented selections from the original volumes.) The series derived most of its content from the American pulp magazine Weird Tales (100 out of the total of 170 stories, according to one source, including all the stories in this first number), and provided authors such as H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard with their first British (and first hardcover) publication. (Neither author, however, was included in this initial collection.) Contents: "Monsters of the Pit" (Paul S. Powers); "Four Wooden Stakes" (Victor Roman); "The Third Thumb-print" (Mortimer Levitan); "Lips of the Dead" (W.J. Stamper); "The Devil Bed" (Gerald Dean); "Death-Waters" (Frank Belknap Long Jr.); "Black Curtains" (G. Frederick Montefiore); "The Plant-Thing" (R.G. Macready); "His Family" (C. Franklin Miller); "A Hand from the Deep" (Romeo Poole); "The Tortoise-Shell Cat" (Greye La Spina); "The Case of the Russian Stevedore" (Henry W. Whitehill); "The Leopard's Trail" (W. Chiswell Collins); "The Last Trip" (Archie Binns); "The Purple Cincture" (H. Thompson Rich).