Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional revised edition, first printing paperback copy of The Ancient Track: The Complete Poetical Works of H. P. Lovecraft by H. P. Lovecraft. Second Edition unstated, 2013 Hippocampus Press. First Printing with full number line, 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.
The exterior of this paperback edition is in Near Fine condition, with clean covers with no creases, clean page blocks, mild surface wear, strong title on an un-cracked spine, a tight binding with no spine cracks, lightly rubbed spine ends, mild edge wear and lightly rounded corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with the ghost of an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The inside covers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The publication in 2001 of The Ancient Track: The Complete Poetical Works of H. P. Lovecraft was a landmark. For the first time, all of Lovecraft’s 500 or more poems-including hundreds of Christmas greetings, untitled poems, fragments, and poems embedded in his published and unpublished letters-were gathered in accurate texts, with critical commentary and full bibliography. Since that time, a dozen or more poems or poetic fragments have been discovered by scholars and researchers, and this new edition prints these items along with several other works of interest. Poems that Lovecraft revised for various authors are included, along with (where extant) the original poems that served as the basis for the revisions. The original versions of poems by Ovid, Horace, and other classical poets that Lovecraft translated are provided. And the commentary and bibliography have been thoroughly revised and updated. It can well be said that this second edition of The Ancient Track is the definitive collection of Lovecraft’s entire poetic output. It has been edited by S. T. Joshi, a leading authority on Lovecraft and the editor of Lovecraft’s collected fiction, revisions, essays, and letters.
Large paperback ships promptly in a manila envelope with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
