LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937). Dreams and Fancies, Sauk City, Arkham House, 1962, 8vo, original black cloth, dust-jacket. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. Joshi A33.

LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937).  Dreams and Fancies. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1962. 8vo (188 x 130mm). Half title, woodcut printer's device on the title. Original black cloth, the spine lettered in gilt, grey endpapers, the dust-jacket by Richard Taylor with the price of $3.50 unclipped (some staining to the internal edges of the jacket). A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. A printed note at the end states: "Two thousand copies of this book have been printed by The Collegiate Press, George Banta Company, Inc., Menasha, Wisconsin, from Linotype Garamond on Winnebago Eggshell. The binding cloth is Holliston Black Novelex." Please note that the original dust-jacket has been photographed in its modern protective archival Mylar wrapper, thereby avoiding any risk of damage through its temporary removal. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction (1983) 1050; Jaffery The Arkham House Companion (1992) 66; Joshi H. P. Lovecraft: A Comprehensive Bibliography (2009) A33: "A selection of Lovecraft's letters discussing his dreams, followed by some stories directly inspired by his dreams."