Poetry
ETCHINGS IN IVORY: POEMS IN PROSE.
Pasedena, TX: Glenn Lord, 1968. Small octavo, printed wrappers. First edition. The correct first edition printed on laid paper water marked "Tweedweave" with "ROBERT E. HOWARD" printed on front wrapper in 18-point Bodoni Modern capital letters. 268 copies printed.
SHADOW OF DREAMS: POETRY OF ROBERT E. HOWARD.
Hampton Falls, NH: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc, [1989]. Octavo, illustrated by Richard Berry, cloth. First edition. Limited to 750 numbered copies signed by artist Rick Berry. Collects selections of poetry discovered in correspondence with Tevis Clyde Smith after his death. Introduction by Glenn Lord.
SINGERS IN THE SHADOWS.
West Kingston, Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, 1970. Small octavo, cloth. First edition. Poetry collection. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 6-30.
SINGERS IN THE SHADOWS.
West Kingston, Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, 1970. Small octavo, cloth. First edition. Poetry collection. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 6-30.
THE GHOST OCEAN AND OTHER POEMS ... Compiled by Vernon Clark and Russell E. Burke ...
Knoxville, Tennessee: Gibbelins Gazette Publications, 1982. First edition. 360 copies printed of which this is one of 50 numbered hardbound copies. Collects twenty poems, seventeen previously unpublished. Promotional flyer laid in. Letter from the publisher laid in, explaining the delay in the hardcover issue.
UNSILENT NIGHT.
Cambridge, MA: The NESFA Press, 1981. Small octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 1000 numbered copies. Collects two stories, one of which written especially for this book, and ten poems.
THE GOBLIN TOWER.
Denver, CO: The New Collector's Group, 1949. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Second and revised edition. Limited to 500 copies. Poetry. Due to the somewhat misleading publisher's introduction to this edition, this book is often mis-catalogued as a reprint of the 1935 Dragon-Fly Press edition. In fact, the selection of poems differs; the New Collector's Group edition drops four, "When Chaugner Wakes," "Exotic Quest," "West Indies" and "Martial: The Vacationist" and adds three, "The Prophet," "Prediction" and "Walt Whitman."
THE ANCIENT TRACK: THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF H.P. LOVECRAFT.
San Francisco: Night Shade Books, [2001]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Edited by S.T. Joshi. The complete poetry of H.P. Lovecraft with previously unpublished material.
COLLECTED POEMS.
Sauk City: Arkham House: Publishers, 1963. Octavo, illustrated by Frank Utpatel, cloth. First edition. Lovecraft poetry collection which includes the Fungi From Yuggoth. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 6-36. Joshi I-A-35-a.
H. P. LOVECRAFT: THE FANTASTIC POETRY. S. T. Joshi, editor.
[West Warwick, RI]: Necronomicon Press, [1990]. Octavo, illustrated by Jason Eckhardt, pictorial wrappers, stapled. First edition.
HPL.
[Belleville, N. J. Corwin F. Stickney, 1937.]. Small octavo, 12 unnumbered leaves, printed on rectos only, printed paper wrappers (in imitation of leatherette), stapled. First edition. Limited to 25 copies. Published by Corwin F. Stickney (Belleville, N.J.) in 1937, although no printing information appears anywhere in the book. Twenty-five copies were printed and given free to whoever paid a year's subscription of 25¢ to Stickney's AMATEUR CORRESPONDENT. The book was announced in the Lovecraft Memorial issue of AMATEUR CORRESPONDENT (May / June 1937) on page [29]: "These poems -- all favorites of Lovecraft -- have been combined to form a tribute to this man's poetic genius, which, while not so generally appreciated as his ability for writing prose, was nevertheless greater than that of most living fantasy writers. The size of this volume is four by six inches, and it is printed on an excellent grade of book paper with an attractive leatherette cover. The frontispiece carries Virgil Finlay's portrait of HPL used on this month's cover of the CORRESPONDENT. Every admirer of Lovecraft will undoubtedly want a copy of this petite volume. Obviously, however, it cannot be placed on sale; and it would be much beyond our means to send a copy free of charge to everyone who would write in for one. We therefore believe the only logical method of distribution is to give a free copy with every subscription to the CORRESPONDENT, at the regular rate of twenty-five cents for a year. We reason that practically every one who would be interested in such a booklet reads the CORRESPONDENT and would be willing to obtain a copy in this manner. Inasmuch as a very limited number of copies of the first edition of this volume are being printed, we urge you to reply with your subscription by return mail, mentioning this advertisement to insure your receipt of a copy." Pavlat and Evans, Fanzine Index (1965), p. 53. Joshi I-A-12.
MEDUSA: A PORTRAIT.
[New York: Tom Collins, 1975.]. printed wrappers, sewn. First edition. Limited to 526 copies of which 500 numbered copies were for sale. Satirical poem first printed under the pseudonym Theobaldus Senectissimus in THE GALLOMO for Tuesday, 29 November 1921. Afterword by Tom Collins. Printed for Tom Collins by Ronald Gordon at The Oliphant Press, New York, in 1975.
UNCOLLECTED PROSE AND POETRY with UNCOLLECTED PROSE AND POETRY VOLUME 2 with UNCOLLECTED PROSE AND POETRY VOLUME 3 (3 volumes) edited by S. T. Joshi and Marc A. Michaud.
[West Warwick, RI: Necronomican Press, 1978, 1980, 1982]. Octavo, 3 volumes, pictorial wrappers, stapled. First editions. Includes poetry, non-fiction and short fiction.
UNCOLLECTED PROSE AND POETRY. Edited by S. T. Joshi and Marc A. Michaud.
[West Warwick, RI: Necronomican Press, 1978. Octavo, pictorial wrappers, stapled. First edition. Includes poetry, non-fiction and short fiction.
GHOUL WARNING AND OTHER OMENS.
[Heathfield, Fareham, Hants.]: Spectre Press, 1982. Octavo, stiff wrappers. First edition, trade paperback issue. The author's first book of poetry.
SOMETHING BREATHING.
Sauk City: Printed and Published in England by Villiers Publications, Ltd. for Arkham House: Publishers, 1965. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Poetry. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 6-41.
SOMETHING BREATHING.
Sauk City: Printed and Published in England by Villiers Publications, Ltd. for Arkham House: Publishers, 1965. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 500 copies printed. Poetry. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 6-41.
SONG OF THE BELL. With Illustrations by Alexander Liezen Mayer and Edmund H. Garrett.
Boston: Published by Estes and Lauriat, 1883. Octavo, illustrations, original pictorial bevel-edged blue cloth stamped in black and gold, all edges gilt, floral patterned gray endpapers. An early, perhaps first, printing of this edition. A lovely edition of one of the most famous poems of German literature. This English-language translation by William Henry Furness is considered by Morgan to be "on the whole very good." The second book in Estes and Lauriat's "Songs from the Great Poets" series.
THE BRAIN IN THE JAR AND OTHERS. Edited by Franklyn Searight.
[West Warwick, Rhode Island]: Necronomicon Press, [1992]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers, stapled. First edition. The first of what was projected to be be a three-volume project collecting the fiction and poetry (most unpublished) of this veteran of the pulp years and friendly correspondent of H. P. Lovecraft. (Only one more volume appeared, THE SEALED CASKET.) The present volume includes five stories, a dozen poems, and an introduction by the author's son.
THE DARK CHATEAU AND OTHER POEMS.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1951. Octavo, jacket art by Frank Utpatel, cloth. First edition. 563 copies printed. Poetry.
THE DARK CHATEAU AND OTHER POEMS.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1951. Octavo, jacket art by Frank Utpatel, cloth. First edition. 563 copies printed. Poetry.
GROTESQUES AND FANTASTIQUES ... A SELECTION OF PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED DRAWINGS AND POEMS.
Saddle River, N. J. Published by Gerry de la Ree, 1973. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Limited to 600 copies of which this is one of 550 numbered paperbound copies.
GROTESQUES AND FANTASTIQUES ... A SELECTION OF PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED DRAWINGS AND POEMS.
Saddle River, N. J. Published by Gerry de la Ree, 1973. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Limited to 600 copies of which this is one of 550 numbered paperbound copies.
THE HILL OF DIONYSUS: A SELECTION.
Pacific Grove, [CA: Roy A. Squires and Clyde Beck], 1962. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Limited to 390 copies of which this is one of 175 hardbound copies. Poetry selection. Laid in is a handwritten signed card from Smith to the publisher Roy Squires saying he is working on the selections for this volume.
THE HILL OF DIONYSUS: A SELECTION.
Pacific Grove, [CA: Roy A. Squires and Clyde Beck], 1962. Octavo, printed wrappers. First edition. Limited to 390 copies of which this is part of an unspecified number of paperbound copies. Poetry selection. Printed card from the publisher laid in announcing the publication of this volume.