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H P Lovecraft : The Shuttered Room : Arkham House 1959 : Signed by Robert Bloch
H P Lovecraft : The Shuttered Room : Arkham House 1959 : Signed by Robert Bloch
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THE SHUTTERED ROOM AND OTHER PIECES
By H. P. Lovecraft
Published by Arkham House: Publishers, Wisconsin, 1959. First Edition. 2500 copies printed. Hardback with original unclipped dust jacket. 313 pages.
SIGNED BY ONE OF THE CONTRIBUTORS ROBERT BLOCH (1982) : Bloch is famous for his book Psycho and American Gothic. His signature is to be found at the top of his story 'Out of the Ivory Tower' on page 171.
The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces is an anthology of fantasy and horror short stories, essays and memoirs by American author H. P. Lovecraft and others. It was released in 1959 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,527 copies and was the fifth collection of Lovecraft's work to be released by Arkham House. August Derleth, the owner of Arkham House, and an admirer and literary executor to Lovecraft, edited the collection and wrote the title story, "The Shuttered Room", as well as another story, "The Fisherman of Falcon Point" from lines of story ideas left by Lovecraft after his death. Derleth billed himself as a "posthumous collaborator".
CONDITION
A very good copy. The dust jacket remains unclipped and in very good condition with no tears, stains etc. The dust jacket is protected in a removable archival sleeve. The cloth binding is very good. Endpapers very clean. No writing or names to the book except that of Robert Bloch's signature. Pages immacualte throughout. Overall a fine copy.
(GC4)
By H. P. Lovecraft
Published by Arkham House: Publishers, Wisconsin, 1959. First Edition. 2500 copies printed. Hardback with original unclipped dust jacket. 313 pages.
SIGNED BY ONE OF THE CONTRIBUTORS ROBERT BLOCH (1982) : Bloch is famous for his book Psycho and American Gothic. His signature is to be found at the top of his story 'Out of the Ivory Tower' on page 171.
The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces is an anthology of fantasy and horror short stories, essays and memoirs by American author H. P. Lovecraft and others. It was released in 1959 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,527 copies and was the fifth collection of Lovecraft's work to be released by Arkham House. August Derleth, the owner of Arkham House, and an admirer and literary executor to Lovecraft, edited the collection and wrote the title story, "The Shuttered Room", as well as another story, "The Fisherman of Falcon Point" from lines of story ideas left by Lovecraft after his death. Derleth billed himself as a "posthumous collaborator".
CONDITION
A very good copy. The dust jacket remains unclipped and in very good condition with no tears, stains etc. The dust jacket is protected in a removable archival sleeve. The cloth binding is very good. Endpapers very clean. No writing or names to the book except that of Robert Bloch's signature. Pages immacualte throughout. Overall a fine copy.
(GC4)
