![]() This volume brings together 22 tales, the very best of his fiction. "A 20th-century successor to Edgar Allan Poe as the master of "weird fiction," Howard Phillips Lovecraft once wrote, "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." In the novellas and stories that he published in such pulp magazines as Weird Tales and Astounding Stories - and in the work that remained unpublished until after his death, including some of his best writing - Lovecraft adapted the conventions of horror stories and science fiction to express an intensely personal vision, cosmic in its ramifications and fearsome in its pessimistic view of human destiny. All pages are in unmarked new condition and the spine/binding is exceedingly tight and square (see photographs). The lower page edge contains a small remainder dot and the upper jacket spine edge is lightly rubbed. Also includes a bound-into-the-volume matching dark blue satin ribbon page marker. Includes Chronology Note on the Texts Notes and List of Volumes in The Library Of America Series. ![]() ![]() New condition dark blue cloth boards with gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped photographic and color illustrated dust jacket. ![]()
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