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[Belleville, NJ]: [Corwin F. Stickney], 1937.
First edition, limited to 25 copies which Cowin F. Stickney printed and gave away for free to anyone who paid 25 cents for a year-long subscription to his periodical, Amateur Correspondent, to which Lovecraft had contributed to. Small octavo; 12 unnumbered leaves printed on rectos only. In original staple-bound stiff wraps with title printed in black. Near Fine with light toning and light soiling. A horror rarity, which contains the first book appearance of Virgil Finlay's classic black and white illustration of Lovecraft as an 18th century gentleman, as well as eight poems by Lovecraft posthumously selected. Joshi I-A-12.
Price: $5,500