The United Co-operative. December, 1918 - April, 1921. Volume 1, Numbers 1-3 [All published]

by Lovecraft, H. P.; Winifred Virginia Jordan; W. Paul Cook, et al.

$4,800 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

Providence, RI: United Amateur Press Assocation, 1921. First Edition. Near Fine. Volume 1, Numbers 1-3; December, 1918, June, 1919 and April, 1921. Three issues, all published. Bound in publisher's side-stapled self wraps. Mailing folds to numbers 1 and 2, light toning, otherwise Fine. The amateur press journal was founded by H. P. Lovecraft, W. Paul Cook, Winifred Virginia Jackson and two more under the auspices of the United Amateur Press Association, whose president Lovecraft had been in 1917. "Another idea Lovecraft put forward to encourage amateur activity was the issuing of cooperative papers--papers in which a number of individuals would pool their resources, both financial and literary. He attempted to teach by example by participating in such a journal, The United Co-operative" (Joshi, H. P. Lovecraft: A Life)A total of three issues were published, all containing contributions from Lovecraft: 'The Simple Spelling Mania' and the poem 'Ambition' [published under his pseudonym "Ward Phillips"] in December 1918; 'The Case for Classicism,' the poem 'John Oldham: A Defence,' and the prose-poem 'Memory' [published under his pen name "Lewis Theobald, Jun."] in June 1919; the collaborative story 'The Crawling Chaos' [with Winifred Virginia Jackson, as by "Elizabeth Berkeley and Lewis Theobald, Jun."] and 'Lucubrations Lovecraftian' in April 1921.

• Publisher: United Amateur Press Assocation
• Year: 1921
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: unknown

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