RedFury

2 minutes ago, IngelsFan said:

That’s awesome! I’m glad the book is back in print now so I can read it without damaging my old copy.

I read my original, just was careful with it, no problem at all.  It's a well-made book.

Cool!  They all look like nice copies, too. 

Just now, IngelsFan said:

Shadow is one of my favorite of his longer works, and I enjoy the new stories written within the framework he set forth (Shadows, Weird Shadows, etc)

I love The Shadow over Innsmouth.  Maybe it's the unusual, for Lovecraft, chase and action scenes. 

I have those sequel books from F&B, but I've only read a couple of stories so far.  Need to dig in!

1 hour ago, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said:

That is a fantastic artifact! Did he always sign his personal effects and letters as "H.P."?

Yes, when it was a serious signature, it was always "H.P. Lovecraft".  But informally he would sign his eldritch name "Ech Pi El" to friends like Clark Ashton Smith, who was "Klarkash-ton".  Or other times he's sign "Grandpa" or "Grandpa Theobald".  He had nicknames for all his friends, and he would refer to them by those nicknames in letters to others.  One common thing he would do is Latinize their names...Frank Belknap Long became "Belknapius".  Or he would make a pun of their name...Donald Wandrei became "Melmoth the Wandrei", and pun on Melmoth the Wanderer.  He liked to joke around quite a bit. 

Happy 113th, Jack!

Wow, now that is rare and cool!  Thanks for sharing!

Absolutely amazing, Patrice.  Is it known how Derleth first acquired it?  A gift from Dr. Howard?  Or perhaps his London agent for Arkham House, Ken Chapman, found a copy and sent it over?

3 minutes ago, OtherEric said:

Wow.  I think I've shared enough items throughout the pulp threads to show I've got a respectable collection... but I am completely out of my league compared to people like you or @RedFury or so many others here.  Just amazing.

We all started somewhere.  Some of us just have a few years head start, is all. 

Keep up the good posts and enthusiasm! 

55 minutes ago, Xaltotun said:

here is one nice HPL/REH/CAS item. The first (of two) issue of Leaves, published in 1937 by R. H. Barlow in an edition of just 100 copies.

Lewis Theobald is actually H.P. Lovecraft, I think, right?

2 minutes ago, Xaltotun said:

This is slightly off-topic, but here is the original to a Clark Ashton Smith pic taken by George Haas in 1959. A friend of mine wanted it and I helped him get it. I love this shot.

That's amazing.  What a great picture of CAS.  He's even got his beret on. 

37 minutes ago, Surfing Alien said:

What a wondrous artifact to have! Congrats! I grew up near Parkside Avenue where he lived for a while in the 1920's & played on Parkside many a time. I can imagine him haunting the old Dutch 17th & 18th century farmhouses that dotted Brooklyn back then (including Martense family homes, of "The Lurking Fear" name  fame) Even now about a dozen remain but there were probably a hundred of them back then.

Here's a great site with a lot of pics, including others from this trip. Eerie...

https://www.hplovecraft.com/life/gallery.aspx

 

Yes, my photo is the same as #52 on that site.  What's interesting is that the reproduced photo, which is so well known, is much darker than the original, and has become an iconic image of HPL with his eyes totally in shadow, giving him an eerie or creepy, or even skull-like appearance.  But you can see that the original print is only slightly shaded around his eyes, and you can still see his eyes clearly.  I think this was a case of a poor reproduction accidentally creating a classic image.

24 minutes ago, OtherEric said:

I don't have anything by Lovecraft from 1928, so let's jump to 1929. 

My oldest issue of Weird Tales, this features the first publication of "The Curse of Yig".  The story was the first revision Lovecraft did for Zealia Bishop, published here as by Zealia Brown Reed.  The story was reprinted in hardcover in the UK in 1931 as the lead story in "Switch on the Light", making it one of the first Lovecraft stories to appear in hardcover.  I'm not sure if it's the first of Lovecraft's revisions to be collected, but off the top of my head I'm not aware of any others.  Most sources have the story as published as being mostly actually written by Lovecraft.

The Curse of Yig is a good story.  Regarding the authorship, Lovecraft claimed in various letters:

"I came damn close to writing the whole thing"

"all of the writing & most of the plot are mine"

"is well-nigh a piece of original composition on my part...All the plot & motivation in the present tale are my own—I invented the snake-god, the curse, the prologue & epilogue, the point about the identity of the corpse, & the monstrously suggestive aftermath. To all intents & purposes it’s my story."

"this story is about 75% mine"

56 minutes ago, Xaltotun said:

Wow! Thanks for sharing! That baby yours?

Thanks! Yes, a recent acquisition, and new cornerstone of the collection.  

Wow, lovely condition and a very scarce book.  And a nice Earle Bergey cover, as well.

A great selection of early Howard Fights!  I've been collecting them too, but have only managed six so far.  Tough to find.

On 4/11/2021 at 11:30 PM, asimovpulps said:

Two treasures from a weekend pulp hunt in the real world. Definitely wasn't expecting to add these to the collection any time soon, let alone in the same day. Both dinged up (missing back covers), but no complaints from me.

Weird Tales December 1932 - first Conan story by Robert E Howard

Amazing Stories September 1927 - A Colour Out of Space by Lovecraft

It's pretty amazing you found those in the wild.  Congrats!

That's amazing, Dwight!

1 hour ago, Sarg said:

 

Nice! Never saw this before. Who is artist?

Sidney Riesenberg

Wow, wow, wow!  What an amazing addition to the collection, Patrice!

Oriental Stories and Magic Carpet are two of my favorite series for both covers and contents.  I wish they had continued longer!