West Warwick, RI: Necronomicon Press, 1977. Second edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Perfect bound in illustrated stiff wrappers. 122 pp. Cover, frontis and one interior illustration by Jason Eckhart. Near fine, frsh example with some slight vfade to the upper inch or so of the front wrap. With introduction, notes on the text, a discarded draft of the piece and publication history. Lovecraft wrote "The Shadow over Innsmouth" in late 1931 and told some his correspondents that he would not submit it anywhere for publication. At the urging of August Derleth, in 1933 he submitted it to "Weird Magazine" but despite the fact that the editor found it fasciating, it was rejected. It was eventually published as a small book in an edition of only 400 copies in 1936 and an abridged version appeared in "Weird" in 1942.

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"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" is a novella by H. P. Lovecraft. Written in November-December 1931, the story was first published in April 1936; this was the only fiction of Lovecraft's published during his lifetime that did not appear in a periodical. The story describes a strange hybrid race, half-human and half an unknown creature that resembles a cross between a fish and a frog, that dwells in the seaside village of Innsmouth (formerly a large town, but lately fallen into disrepair).

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Bookseller: The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: E20160
Title: The Shadow over Innsmouth
Author: H.P. Lovecraft
Format/Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Second edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0940884666
ISBN 13: 9780940884663
Publisher: Necronomicon Press
Place of Publication: West Warwick, RI
Date Published: 1977
Keywords: horror, fantasy, occult, supernatural, science fiction, lovecraft, massachusetts
Bookseller catalogs: Science Fiction;

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