OtherEric Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 39 minutes ago, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said: Missed my daily Lovecraft ffix! But the boards are back! I’ll post today’s book once I get home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Now, where was I before the interruption... Oh, yes. Arkham Sampler #1, from Winter 1948. Two Lovecraft pieces in here, in addition to the cover-mentioned "Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath" there's the "History and Chronology of the Necronomicon", which is really just the History of the Necronomicon with Derleth sprinkling in some unnecessary additions. This issue (and all the issues with Lovecraft material) had a print run of 1200 copies. On a personal note, my run of the Arkham Sampler remains one of my all-time lucky eBay wins. The whole run turned up for auction in nice shape as a set, I placed a bid of $100 or so that I knew had no chance at all to win, but I would kick myself if it somehow went for less that. Then the final price was only $51, to this day I have no idea why only one other person bid. Number 6, Surfing Alien and Sarg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 53 minutes ago, OtherEric said: Now, where was I before the interruption... Oh, yes. Arkham Sampler #1, from Winter 1948. Two Lovecraft pieces in here, in addition to the cover-mentioned "Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath" there's the "History and Chronology of the Necronomicon", which is really just the History of the Necronomicon with Derleth sprinkling in some unnecessary additions. This issue (and all the issues with Lovecraft material) had a print run of 1200 copies. On a personal note, my run of the Arkham Sampler remains one of my all-time lucky eBay wins. The whole run turned up for auction in nice shape as a set, I placed a bid of $100 or so that I knew had no chance at all to win, but I would kick myself if it somehow went for less that. Then the final price was only $51, to this day I have no idea why only one other person bid. Wow amazing deal! Surfing Alien and OtherEric 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfing Alien Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 On 6/9/2021 at 12:54 PM, OtherEric said: The Lurking Fear, from 1947. It's interesting, Lovecraft actually got four popularly priced editions during the 40's, plus a Armed Services Edition. But as far as I'm aware there were no popularly priced editions in the US during the 50's. As an Avon PB fanatic, every time I see this cover I chuckle because it's A. R. Tilburne's only famous cover, and a memorable one at that, but he completely lifted the demon from Finlay's July 1939 WT cover (not my copy) RedFury, Sarg and OtherEric 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfing Alien Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 3 hours ago, OtherEric said: Then the final price was only $51, to this day I have no idea why only one other person bid. Why I place LOTS of thrill snipes. Especially on auctions that end at odd times. Gotten lucky quite often. OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 (edited) The Weird Tales anniversary issue from March 1948. The Lovecraft entry is a poem, "The House", which had previously only appeared in an amateur magazine in 1920. Weird Tales did a genuinely impressive job at getting creators for their 25th anniversary, and I find it touching that they gave Lovecraft a place of honor on the cover despite having the only reprint in the issue, when Hamilton, Derleth, and Sturgeon didn't make the cover despite having new stories. Although I could see some of them (Derleth in particular) wanting to give their slot on the cover to Lovecraft. Edited June 28, 2021 by OtherEric corrected date Surfing Alien 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 Spring 1948 Arkham Sampler, which has the cover-mentioned group of letters by Lovecraft, along with part 2 of The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath. jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htp Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 On 6/11/2021 at 3:01 PM, OtherEric said: On a personal note, my run of the Arkham Sampler remains one of my all-time lucky eBay wins. The whole run turned up for auction in nice shape as a set, I placed a bid of $100 or so that I knew had no chance at all to win, but I would kick myself if it somehow went for less that. Then the final price was only $51, to this day I have no idea why only one other person bid. I remember this one, and I can at least tell you why I didn't bid. The same seller had been listing a bunch of pulps in the weeks before, and I scored a few good deals early on, but at some point people caught on and all the auctions were drawing significant bids. I couldn't keep up, and when the Arkham Sampler set came up I didn't even try, and I've been kicking myself ever since. I was happy when I saw a boardie got it though, and I've been enjoying it vicariously through your posts. Thanks! jimjum12 and OtherEric 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 10 minutes ago, htp said: I remember this one, and I can at least tell you why I didn't bid. The same seller had been listing a bunch of pulps in the weeks before, and I scored a few good deals early on, but at some point people caught on and all the auctions were drawing significant bids. I couldn't keep up, and when the Arkham Sampler set came up I didn't even try, and I've been kicking myself ever since. I was happy when I saw a boardie got it though, and I've been enjoying it vicariously through your posts. Thanks! Thank you. It really does take a little of the sting out when another boardie gets the win you missed... although 99% of the time I'm the one seeing the other boardie win the book I was looking for, not the other way around! jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Summer 1948 Arkham Sampler. Three pieces by Lovecraft in this one: A letter he wrote to E. Hoffman Price, part 3 of "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath", and "The Loved Dead", a revision for C. M. Eddy, Jr. RedFury 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 August 1948 Arkham Sampler, with the fourth and final installment of "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath". Somewhat surprisingly, there was no Lovecraft material in the last four issues of the Arkham Sampler, so this is the last issue I'll post here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 35 minutes ago, OtherEric said: August 1948 Arkham Sampler, with the fourth and final installment of "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath". Somewhat surprisingly, there was no Lovecraft material in the last four issues of the Arkham Sampler, so this is the last issue I'll post here. Any credits on the cover design? It's nicely done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 7 minutes ago, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said: Any credits on the cover design? It's nicely done. Ronald Clyne 50YrsCollctngCmcs and jimjum12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 6 hours ago, OtherEric said: Ronald Clyne Interesting guy lots of interesting work. OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Avon Fantasy Reader 8, December 1948, with a reprint of "The Temple". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 4 minutes ago, OtherEric said: Avon Fantasy Reader 8, December 1948, with a reprint of "The Temple". I never realized how much work Bradbury did that appeared in these pulp and digests. I regret not meeting him; as I I had a chance to one time as he was lunching on the patio at work with some folks. Also an old landlady belonged to a writer's group that he used to attend so he was pretty accessible. OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Avon Fantasy Reader #10, from July 1949, with a reprint of "The Statement of Randolph Carter". I'm not sure if it's the first Lovecraft story I read, but it's the first I remember reading. The ending absolutely should not work, trying to describe it it sounds like farce. But somehow Lovecraft manages to turn it into a genuinely creepy and stunning moment. bc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Thanks for the daily posts Eric; it's a part of my morning now and a nice quick diversion from all consuming Zoom calls for work!! OtherEric and RedFury 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 On 6/17/2021 at 10:21 AM, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said: Thanks for the daily posts Eric; it's a part of my morning now and a nice quick diversion from all consuming Zoom calls for work!! Glad you're enjoying them! Sadly, I've only got a couple weeks more worth of books to do. Today I'm backtracking, this one really should have been between the second and third issues of The Arkham Sampler. But I didn't get the book until last night. Avon Fantasy Reader 6, from May 1948, with a reprint of "Beyond the Wall of Sleep". ISFDB doesn't have a credit for the cover, anybody know who it might be? Surfing Alien, jimjum12, IngelsFan and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OtherEric Posted June 19, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 19, 2021 June 1950 Famous Fantastic Mysteries, with a spectacular Saunders cover for the main story and a great Hannes Bok illo for the Lovecraft reprint, "The Outsider". I scanned a few illustrations Bok did for Lovecraft stories a while ago, so they'll pop up a couple more times over the next few days. 50YrsCollctngCmcs, asimovpulps, RedFury and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
