The Shunned House

Overview:

  • Title: The Shunned House
  • Author: H. P. Lovecraft
  • Year: 1935
  • Publisher: Recluse Press
  • Pages: 59
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Chapter Book
  • Title Reference: The Shunned House
  • Notes: Per Chalker/Owings, R. H. Barlow bound 3 sets of sheets of the 1928 Recluse printing in snakeskin and one in brown morocco leather as a presentation copy for Lovecraft. They do not state whether these bound copies contain one of Barlow's copyright cancels.
    Currey states that copies with the 1935 cancel have been observed bound in heavy green buckram. However, Chalker/Owings suggest that the unbound sheets also sold by Barlow may have been subsequently bound by their purchasers.
    Currey also mentions the presentation copy for Lovecraft and dates it 1935.
    No statement of printing. [Currey]
    Paper stock watermarked "Canterbury Laid". [Currey]
    Cancel copyright notice reading Copyright 1935/R.H. Barlow pasted over the original 1928 copyright notice. [Currey]