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JOHN COULTHART
THE HAUNTER OF THE DARK (H P LOVECRAFT’S)
Oneiros 1999 1st UK softcover
VF £30
Full of the moody and atmospheric black and white illustrations by Coulthart from H P Lovecraft’s writing, including two complete comic stories, plus selections from the controversial and banned Lord Horror stories. Introduction by Alan Moore. 
190219702X

 

 

ANTHONY FREWIN
100 YEARS OF SCIENCE FICTION ILLUSTRATION
Granada/Panther 1975 2nd UK softcover
VG £6
Devoted to science fiction pulp art and artists. Some creasing to bottom right cover corner.
246109122

 

 

 

ABOUT H P LOVECRAFT
DONALD R BURLESON
A CRITICAL STUDY
Greenwood 1983 1st US HC
Issued without DJ
VF £40
Does what it says on the tin.
0313232555

 

 

 

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LIN CARTER
LOVECRAFT: A LOOK BEHIND THE CTHULHU MYTHOS
Panther 1975 1st UK PB
FN £15
‘The story of the century’s greatest myth and myth-maker – the legend of dread Cthulhu’
Cover art by Brian Froud
586041664

 

 

ABOUT H P LOVECRAFT
H P LOVECRAFT (Ed by S T JOSHI)
COLLECTED ESSAYS VOLUME 5: PHILOSOPHY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY & MISCELLANY
Hippocampus Press NY 2006 1st US PB, 1st printing
VF £18
0976159236

 

 

 

ABOUT H P LOVECRAFT
H P LOVECRAFT (Ed by S T JOSHI & DAVID E SCHULTZ)
LETTERS TO JAMES F MORTON
Hippocampus Press 2011 1st US PB
FN £15
ISBN 0984480234

 

 

 

 

ABOUT H P LOVECRAFT
H P LOVECRAFT (Ed by S T JOSHI & DAVID E SCHULTZ)
LORD OF A VISIBLE WORLD: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN LETTERS
Ohio University Press 2000 1st US PB
VG/FN £25
The master of supernatural fiction revealed in his own words. Letters of this prolific writer arranged into the story of his life.
385 pp. Reading creases at spine; slight wear bottom right edge and corner, but overall a lovely clean copy.
0821413333

 

 

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H P LOVECRAFT AND WILLIS CONOVER
LOVECRAFT AT LAST
Carollton Clark 1975 1st US HC
VF £60
With DJ VF in removable archival film
Large ‘coffee table’ book; profusely illustrated with facsimile documents and art.
Prints the eight-month (July 1936-March 1937) correspondence between fifteen-year old Conover and forty-six year old Lovecraft (terminated at the latter’s death), with narrative continuity.
0915490021

 

ABOUT H P LOVECRAFT
BARTON LEVI ST. ARMAND
THE ROOTS OF HORROR IN THE FICTION OF H P LOVECRAFT
Dragon Press 1977 1st US HC
Issued without DJ
VG £40
Does what it says on the tin.
Would be VF apart from slight marking (from spillage?) on front cover
0911499040

 

 

NIGEL SUCKLING
IN THE GARDEN OF UNEARTHLY DELIGHTS
THE PAINTINGS OF JOSH KIRBY
Paper Tiger 1995 3rd UK softcover
FN/VF £25
Lavish full colour illustrated book of the celebrated fantasy and science fiction artist, responsible for a great number of book covers and, in particular, the works of Terry Pratchett. Only very minor edge wear. Foreword by Brian Aldiss.
1850281548