H. P. Lovecraft

LOVECRAFT, H. P., 1890 to 1937

H. P. Lovecraft

American writer and editor.

Books
16
Editions tracked
19
First editions
14
Nationality
United States

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Earliest first editionThe Lurker at the ThresholdArkham House, 1945 Most editions trackedDagon, and Other Macabre Tales2 editions
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  1. 1945The Lurker at the ThresholdArkham House
  2. 1955The Dream-Quest of Unknown KadathShroud
  3. 1963The Dunwich HorrorLancer Books
  4. 1965Dagon, and Other Macabre TalesArkham House
  5. 1967The Colour Out of SpaceLancer Books
  6. 1968At the Mountains of MadnessPanther
  7. 1970The Horror in the Museum and Other RevisionsArkham House
  8. 1973The Lurking Fear and Other StoriesPanther
  9. 1982The Best of H.P. LovecraftBallantine Books
  10. 1990Tales of the Cthulhu MythosArkham House
  11. 1999The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird StoriesPenguin Books
  12. 2008NecronomiconGollancz
  13. 2016The Call of CthulhuPenguin Classic
  14. 2019Herbert WestIndependently Published
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H. P. Lovecraft was born in 1890 and died in 1937.

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