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London, 1962.. 46, (2)pp., 40 plates, 1 folding map. 4to. Wraps. ... more information

Various places, 1744-50. (HILL, SIR JOHN) 8vo. . The five pieces bound together in contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, red morocco label. Some rubbing, some light discoloration, but generally a very good copy. Blake p. 211 for the Hill piece Blake p. 385 for Roe piece . The Hill piece relates to parthenogenesis in humans and animals and is a translation of "Lucina sine Concubitu. A Letter...to the Royal Society in which is proved...that a woman may conceive and be brought to bed, without any commer... more information

London, 1769. 5 Volumes in One vols., 8vo. frontispiece 306 pp. Later mottled calf. Minor rubbing, bookplate of St. Paul's School. ESTC T14751 . Also issued as vol.5 of 'The works of Laurence Stern, A.M. .., (1769) ... more information

Unpublished? Faint creases where folded for mailing, else fine.. (#108091). Reels off a list of recent lectures "at the college a block away over the hill [Brown University] or at the School of Design [Rhode Island School of Design] a block down the hill. Subjects are pleasantly varied -- Plato's Republic, modern painting, Chinese contributions to Western culture, Gilbert Stuart, R. I. silversmiths, archaic Greek art influences, early classical sculpture, philosophy & poetry, Mayan ruins, &... more information

Faint creases where folded for mailing, else fine. (#102767). Reports a recent visit to Nantucket [31 August - 6 September 1934]. "Never have I encountered a more complete & unspoiled survival from the past. Toward the last I explored the island on a hired bicycle... It brought back so many memories of youth that I almost felt I must hurry home for the opening of Hope St. High School!" He passes on good wishes about stories submitted by Bloch to various magazines or planned by him. "Your ... more information

Unpublished? Faint creases where folded for mailing, else fine.. (#108092). A short and fairly routine letter, with mention of the weather, the visits and travels and recent writings of friends, the contents of recent issues of Weird Tales; but also with references to two key Bloch pieces. After commiserating with Bloch on the rejection by Doubleday-Doran of his first novel (a probably reference to THE SCARF, published in 1937, unless it refers to some other unpublished apprentice work), he offers encourage... more information

Faint creases where folded for mailing, else fine. (#102768). Lovecraft recounts a recent trip in early January to New York where he "saw all the old gang -. At one meeting -- at [Frank Belknap] Long's place -- we had an attendance of 15." He paints an appealing picture of bohemian New York in the 1930s. "[R. H.] Barlow and I did the museums, bookshops &c - In the realm of book bargains, I found a fine copy of Lewis's 'Monk' for a dollar - but Barlow beat me by finding an ... more information

A bit of trivial wrinkling near the top edge, faint creases where. folded for mailing, else fine. (#102765). Lovecraft tells Bloch that he has just returned from a trip to Florida. "I had a great time week there, & then began my reluctant progress northward," stopping off at Charleston, Richmond, Fredericksburg, Washington and Philadelphia. "In Philadelphia I visited the Poe cottage -- inhabited by Poe in the late '30s or early '40s, & recently opened as a museum & shrine.... more information

Faint creases where folded for mailing, else fine. (#102766). Lovecraft congratulates Bloch on the acceptance of his second short story. " - a great step; for it proves that the first was no mere luck[y?] shot, & indicates that more are likely to loom ahead." Lovecraft fancies "you'll be placing things in WEIRD TALES right along -- to say nothing of other magazines of the same nature." He discusses TERROR TALES as a possible market. "I don't think everything in it is sta... more information

Faint creases where folded for mailing, else fine. (#102769). Written in a slightly smaller hand than usual, the lines tightly packed (54 on p. [2]), with long paragraphs giving full development to his thoughts, this is one of the most substantial and revealing letters of Lovecraft that we have cataloged. The impetus for it was Bloch's submission to him of the manuscript of his story, "Satan's Servants," a Colonial New England witchcraft tale, a setting guaranteed to trigger Lovecraft'... more information

Unpublished. Faint creases where folded for mailing, else fine.. (#108099). Nothing is known of this letter's recipient except his last name. We can infer that he was a youngster who had written Lovecraft from summer camp, asking for reading recommendations. We don't have HPL's first response, but it evidently generated a request from the boy for biographical information. What follows, after a three-page exordium of esoteric scholarship parsing a medieval invocation used by HPL in one of his sto... more information