The Shadow Over Innsmouth H. P. LOVECRAFT First Edition Jacket 1936 Horror HP

  

Shadow Over Innsmouth by H. First edition, first printing in rare dust jacket. Everett, Pennsylvania: Visionary Publishing Co, 1936.

Currey's first binding of black cloth, front and spine lettered in silver with upper and lower case lettering. Fine with typical curl to spine but lettering sharp, none of the rubbing often seen with this book, faint dust soil to edges.

In sharp, attractive white dust jacket (the variant matching the book design with no illustration; no priority), with small tidemark to rear flap, else Fine. Both jacket and errata slip (the latter not present in this volume) were issued after initial publication. An attractive copy of horror legend H. Lovecraft's rare first published book, one of approximately 200 copies that circulated, another 200 or so being destroyed. It was the only book truly published (The Shunned House only circulated amongst friends) in the author's lifetime.

The item "The Shadow Over Innsmouth H. LOVECRAFT First Edition Jacket 1936 Horror HP" is in sale since Thursday, November 29, 2018. This item is in the category "Books\Antiquarian & Collectible". The seller is "burnsiderarebooks" and is located in Portland, Oregon. This item can be shipped worldwide.

1. Year Printed: 1936
2. Modified Item: No
3. Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
4. Topic: Horror
5. Binding: Hardcover
6. Region: North America
7. Author: H. Lovecraft
8. Subject: Literature & Fiction
9. Original/Facsimile: Original
10. Language: English
11. Publisher: Visionary Publishing Co.
12. Place of Publication: Everett, Pennsylvania
13. Special Attributes: 1st Printing