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[West Warwick, RI]: Necronomicon Press,, 1977.. Reprint.. The fourteenth booklet published by Necronomicon Press, being a facsimile reprint of the 1937 issue of THE AMATEUR CORRESPONDENT, with the famous Virgil Finlay portrait of HPL. Limited to 525 numbered copies. Printed on textured, rather than the slick-paper of the original. As new. From the Richard M. Jefts Collection.

Garden City: SFBC, 2001. First Printing. If you're looking for a "one-book" introduction to H.P. Lovecraft and his fictions to give to friends, this be it. This HPL collection contains the very BEST of his tales, and even includes his novelAT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS. In addition his: HISTORY OF THE NECRONOMICON, NOTES ON WRITING WEIRD FICTION, SOME NOTES ON A NONENTITY, and CHRONOLOGY OF THE FICTION OF HPL. Terrific cover illustration by Ian Miller. This is NOT your old standard, lousy paper and paper-over-boards edition that we're all familiar with. This is a heavier binding, printed upon nice acid-free paper. Edited by Andrew Wheeler. Fine in d.j.

West Warwick, RI: Necronomicon Press, 1977. First Edition. The eighth publication from NP, contains all of Lovecraft's appearances in Hyman Bradofsky's noted amateur journal, including the SUMMER 1937 issue, "Dedicated to the Memory of the Late Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Essays, poetry, criticism, letters, and memorials by those who knew him. Additionally, there is an excellent biography of Hyman Bradofsky by Dirk W. Mosig in his foreword to the volume: Born in 1906 in New York city , Bradofsky's family moved to California in 1922, To pay for his legal education, he took a job with the Santa Fe railroad until the California earthquake of 1933, when he accepted a job for $3 a day" to help remove and reshelve records and books at the damaged Los Angeles Country Law Library. He did his job so well he was offered the job of county clerk of Pomona, California for $60 a week; a position he held for more than 40 years, His CALIFORNIAN was a unique amateur journal by the standards; not only was it… Read More

West Warwick, RI: Necronomicon Press, 1977. First Thus.. The eighteenth booklet published by NP. This almost facsimile, blown up twice its original size, reproduces the legendary rarity by Robert H. Barlow, of his forty copy edition. I have owned two copies of the original printing in my more than fifty years of collecting, but with the time remaining me, not likely to own another! 550 copies printed. As new.

West Warwick,: Necronomicon Press,, 1977. Reprint.. The fifth publication from Necronomicon Press, being a reprint of an edition of 50 numbered and signed, which I believe were sold at the First World Fantasy Convention in 1976. THE CONSERVATIVE was Lovecraft's own amateur paper. The value of THE CONSERVATIVE to the HPL enthusiast is best summed up by his friend Mr. Frank Belknap Long, who wrote the foreword to this volume, "The HPL I met and talked with at length on his first visit to New York was an infinitely more mellow HPL than the young man of 25 who could write: "Outside the domain of pure literatureTHE CONSERVATIVE will ever be found an enthusiastic champion of total abstinence, and the domination of the English and Kindred races over the lesser divisions of mankind." And later in his introduction, "In the socio-political realm (his) perceptiveness was blunted by the prevailing mores of the period. But otherwise, and even in that realm, there is a total absence of the flabiness of character… Read More

Sauk City,: Arkham House,, 1962.. [First Edition].. H.P. Lovecraft's imagination activated visions in both his sub-conscious and unconscious mind, taking the form of dreams, which inspired some of his most colorful tales. These "dream"tales are reproduced in this volume, along with letters to his closest friends to whom herelated these dreams. Some fingerprints to cloth; slight age-toning to page edges, a V.g. +, to near fine copy in d.j.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1972. First Edition. Seventeen classic stories," could be deemed, "The Best of Frank Belknap Long." A retrospective of the author's career, from his WEIRD TALES/H.P. Lovecraft days to his UNKNOWN, days at the start of WWII. A lengthy autobiography,with mentions of HPL, introduces the book, and the author has added the "story" behind each of the stories in the book. Photograph of the author with HPL on the back d.j., panel. Some rubbing to d.j., else fine in v.g.+, d.j.

FANTASY COMMENTATOR was primarily devoted to articles dealing with various aspects of Fantasy and Science Fiction, rather than fans submitting their fictions, or fan squabbles. Sam Moskowitz, for instance, serialized the first draft of his Fanzine History, THE IMMORTAL STORM, in the pages of FC. A. Langly Searles continued column, FORGOTTEN CREATORS OF GHOSTS, provided bio/bibliographical information about current, and neglected ghost story writers of the past; this issue exploring William Fryer-Harvey. .Fantasy in the IDLER magazines by William H. Evans, & Searles is to be noted. Sam Moskowitz defends Donald Wollheim's, PORTABLE NOVELS OF SCIENCE FICTION. They took their time with this publication; nicely printed. Rear-page present, but detatched. These early issues deserve to be reprinted. Sam Moskowitz continued FANTASY COMMENTATOR well into the 1980's. A very good copy.

West Warwick,: Necronomicon Press,, 1976. [First Edition] . The first publication from Necronomicon Press, dedicated to reprinting some of Lovecraft's scarcest monographs and rarest printings. HPL published 17 astronomical articles in this small local newspaper. Quite readable, even today. Limited to 500 numbered copies, this copy is signed by the publisher, Marc Michaud.As new.

[West Warwick, RI]: Necronomicon Press, 1977. Special Limited edition of 475 numbered copies. The seventeenth booklet published by Necronomicon Press, collects the thirty-six poems which comprise this famous cycle. As new. From the Richard M. Jefts Collection.

[West Warwick, RI]: Necronomicon Press,, 1977.. First Edition.. The twentieth issuance from NP. This being a set of twenty-five, fan-light bookplates designed by HPL's cousin, Wilfred B. Talman, picturing HPL's doorway at 66 College Street, his last residence. HPL's personal favorite of his numerous bookplates. 200 numbered sets of 25 copies each bookplate. Still sealed, as new. From the Richard M. Jefts Collection.

West Warwick, R.I. : Necronomicon Press, 1996. First Printing. The second biography of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, this Herculean undertaking by S.T. Joshi exhumes incredible minutae of HPL's life and times, and may be dense reading for many; you could term L. Sprague de Campt's biography as a general introduction to the man, whereas Joshi gets inside HPL's skin with a surgeon's skills.This hardbound edition of 250 signed copies was sold out before publication. With the addition of new HPL discoveries, this biography was expanded by Joshi and published in a two-volume set by Hippocampus Press,but this single volume contains all the meat & potatoes, and is the one I find myself referencing most easily. As new in d.j., signed by the biographer.

[West Warwick, RI]: Necronomicon Press,, 1977.. First thus.. The ninth booklet published by Necronomicon Press, being a facsimile reprint, not of the original holograph manuscript, but the six-part series in HOME BREW magazine, in 1922, Lovecraft's first professional sale; he would publish again the following year in WEIRD TALES, and never look back. Limited to 1000 Necronomicon Press, numbered copies, as stated. As new. From the Richard M. Jefts Collection.

West Warwick, Necronomicon Press, 1977. The sixth publication from Necronomicon Press. Printed facsimile from the original, except for the light blue covers. Printed in an edition of 450 numbered copies. As new.

West Warwick,: Necronomicon Press,, 1977. The sixth publication from Necronomicon Press. Printed facsimile from the original, except for the light blue covers. Printed in an edition of 500 numbered copies. As new.

1978. The 24th booklet published by N.P., and its handsomest production. This round robin story was first published in FANTASY MAGAZINE, September, 1935. Authors included Lovecraft, Howard, C.L. Moore, A. Merritt, and Frank Belknap Long. A Science Fiction version was also published at the same time. Limited to 750 numbered copies, this printing was done on a Heidleberg Press from hard type. An excellent production. As new.

1977. The nineteenth booklet published by N.P. This booklet is a facsimile printing of the original 94 copy edition published by W. Paul Cook. The memoriam is moving, and informative, possibly the best of its kind ever penned. Limited to 475 numbered copies. As new.

[West Warwick, RI]: Necronomicon Press,, 1977.. First Edition.. The twelfth publication by NP,.This set of five HPL related postcards were offset printed in 1977. Oversized. A handsome portfolio of HPL and his first, and last residences. As new. From the Richard M. Jefts Collection.

Lakewood, CO: Centipede Press, 2008. First Edition. 400-page art book features color and black & white artwork that has directly or indirectly illustrated the writings of H.P. Lovecraft, from the last eighty years. Weird Tales, paperback covers, fanzines, movies, sculptures, private commissions, etc. Artists include, Michael Whelan, H.R. Giger, Lee Brown Coye, Virgil Finlay, Gahan Wilson, John Coulthart, Ian Miller, and dozens of others in an oversized 12 × 15.5 inch book. Also included are many previously unpublished works, & several major essays. Foreword by Stuart Gordon; introduction by Harlan Ellison, afterword by Thomas Ligotti. Heavily bound, issued in a cloth slipcase. A very handsome production. A few light corner bumps, unavoidable with these huge Centipede productions, else, Fine in d.j.

West Warwick, RI: Necronomicon Press, 1977. First Thus.. The twenty, third booklet published by NP. This facsimile, printing, collects the three issues as originally published by Ray Zorn, in 1949, together for the first time. 500 numbered copies printed. As new.