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Selected Letters.
by LOVECRAFT, H. P
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House,, 1965-76. First editions, first printings, of the complete series of Lovecraft's letters. "It is remarkable that Derleth and Wandrei, when founding Arkham House [in] 1939, were even then thinking of publishing Lovecraft's letters, clearly his most important (and in many ways his greatest) work. That dream, however, was not fulfilled" until the publication of this set was complete (Joshi, p. xvi). Arkham House, named after Lovecraft's fictional New England city, was founded two years after his death in 1937 to produce hardback editions of his fiction, which had first appeared in pulp magazines. The publishers have since become specialists in the "weird fiction" subgenre. Five volumes, octavo. Original black cloth, spines lettered in gilt, grey endpapers. With dust jackets. With 4 half-tone photographic frontispieces. Very slight occasional bumping to spine ends, the bindings otherwise sharp, internally crisp. A fine set in near-fine jackets, occasional light rubbing and bumping, unclipped, bright. Joshi, Lovecraft 41.a.1, 45.a.1, 59, 68-69.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 145254
- Title
- Selected Letters.
- Author
- LOVECRAFT, H. P
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House,
- Date Published
- 1965-76
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Peter Harrington
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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