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The Statement of Randolph Carter" [in] The Vagrant. Number Thirteen, May 1920

by Lovecraft, H. P., et al.; W. Paul Cook [Editor]

$5,800 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

[Athol, MA]: W. Paul Cook, 1920. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition. 56-73, 20-48 pp. Bound in publisher's slate blue side-stapled wraps lettered in black. Near Fine. A fantastic copy. This marks the first appearance of Lovecraft's most common recurring Dream Cycle character, Randolph Carter, featured on p. 41-48 in the short story The Statement of Randolph Carter. Loosely modeled after Lovecraft himself, Carter is a melancholic author whose writings go unnoticed. OCLC locates only 3 institutional holdings; scarce. Joshi I-B-i-57.a.

  • Publisher: W. Paul Cook
  • Year: 1920
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Binding: unknown

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