Burnside Rare Books

The Goblin Tower

Long, Frank Belknap; [H.P. Lovecraft]

Cassia, FL: Dragon-Fly Press, 1935.

First edition, first printing. [iv], 25 pp. Bound in dark crimson leatherette (contemporary?) with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine, a few small scuffs to binding.

One of only 100 copies, most of which were never bound, of a fantasy poetry collection by a good friend of H.P. Lovecraft. Lovecraft set the type for this book and corrected some errors as well. Chris Perridas writes in his blog H.P. Lovecraft and His Legacy: "Most extant copies of THE GOBLIN TOWER exist as folded and gathered sets of unbound sheets, as very few were bound up at the time. Long and [publisher Robert] Barlow were two of the innermost planets in the HPL system (or to switch metaphors, deities in the Lovecraft Mythos)." Features the poem "The Abominable Snow Men," an early reference to the Asian cryptid the yeti. Item #140946454

Price: $2,750