Lovecraft: A Biography
by (Lovecraft, H.P.) de Camp, L. Sprague
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine-
- Seller
-
Austin, Texas, United States
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About This Item
First edition hardback, a Near Fine copy with slight bumping at head and heel, bumping to bottom points, and dust soiling at head, in a Near Fine- dust jacket with bumping at faint non-breaking creasing at head, slight discoloration at bottom of heel, trace of wear at points, a few traces of dust soiling, and foxing to blind side (now Mylar-protected), inscribed by de Camp: "With best wishes to/Brian Perry, from/L. Sprague de Camp." Pioneering "warts and all" book-length biography from this SFWA Grandmaster and World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award winner that deeply irritated many
of Lovecraft's admirers. Nominated for "World Fantasy Special
Award—Professional."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lame Excuse Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LP3297
- Title
- Lovecraft: A Biography
- Author
- (Lovecraft, H.P.) de Camp, L. Sprague
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Date Published
- 1975
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed; Horror; Cthulhu Mythos;
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About the Seller
Lame Excuse Books
Biblio member since 2017
Austin, Texas
About Lame Excuse Books
I sell Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and Slipstream first editions, with an emphasis on small press books and signed copies.
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