THE SHUNNED HOUSE

by Lovecraft

$12,500 · Offered by L. W. Currey · No longer available

First edition

Athol, Mass. Published by Paul Cook The Recluse Press, 1928. Octavo, pp. 1-8 9-58 59 60: blank , unbound sheets. First edition. Lovecraft's first book of fiction. 300 copies were printed but the book was not published. A few copies were circulated among members of the tiny Lovecraft circle prior to August Derleth's acquisition of approximately 150 useable sets of sheets from Robert Barlow, Lovecraft's literary executor.

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