''The Dunwich Horror and Others'' is a collection of fantasy,

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and science fiction short stories by American author H. P. Lovecraft. It was originally published in 1963 by Arkham House in an edition of 3,133 copies. The true first edition is not bound with head- and tailbands, and the true first-state dustjacket carries a price of $5.00 (not $6.50 as on later printings). (Reportedly some copies lack head and tailbands, indicating the true first edition, but bear the $6.50 price on the dustjacket, suggesting that the publisher ran out of first-edition dustjackets before they ran out of first-edition books, so they raised the price to $6.50, sold the remaining first-edition volumes in second-state jackets, and then started reprinting the book). The collection was revised in 1985 by

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, replacing the introduction by August Derleth for one by Joshi and another by

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. This edition, designated a "corrected sixth printing", was published in an edition of 4,124 copies.

''The Dunwich Horror and Others'' contains the following tales: # H. P. Lovecraft and His Work by August Derleth #

In the Vault "In the Vault" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written on September 18, 1925 and first published in the November 1925 issue of the amateur press journal '' Tryout''. Plot George Birch, undertaker for the New ...

# Pickman's Model # The Rats in the Walls #

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# The Colour out of Space # The Music of Erich Zann # The Haunter of the Dark #

The Picture in the House "The Picture in the House" is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft. It was written on December 12, 1920, and first published in the July issue of ''The National Amateur''

# The Call of Cthulhu # The Dunwich Horror # Cool Air # The Whisperer in Darkness # The Terrible Old Man #

The Thing on the Doorstep "The Thing on the Doorstep" is a horror short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, part of the Cthulhu Mythos universe. It was written in August 1933, and first published in the January 1937 issue of ''Weird Tales''. Inspiration The ide ...

# The Shadow Over Innsmouth # The Shadow Out of Time

Reprints

*2nd printing, 1966 - 2,090 copies. *3rd printing, 1970 - 4,050 copies. *4th printing, 1974 - 4,978 copies. *5th printing, 1981 - 3,084 copies. *corrected 6th printing, 1985 - 4,124 copies. *corrected 7th printing, 1985 - 3,675 copies. *corrected 8th printing, 1988 - 4,783 copies. *corrected 9th printing, 1992 - 4,973 copies. *corrected 10th printing, 1997 - 2,945 copies. *corrected 11th printing, 2000 - 2,500 copies.

References

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dunwich Horror and Others, The 1963 short story collections Short story collections by H. P. Lovecraft Cthulhu Mythos anthologies Arkham House books

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