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The Shuttered Room and Other Tales of Terror

H. P. Lovecraft & August Derleth

First published 1971
Publisher Beagle Books / Ballantine
Format Paperback
Type Collection
Catalog ID 95068
Pages 166
Price $0.95

There are two different H. P. Lovecraft horror collections by August Derleth with The Shuttered Room and Other Tales of Horror on the front cover. This title record is for the 1971 Beagle/Ballantine edition. The 1970 Panther edition has a different set of stories. While the 1971 Beagle/Ballantine edition's first printing used the same cover and title on the cover as the 1970 Panther edition its title page has "The Shuttered Room and Other Tales of Terror". Ballantine's second and later printings of their edition used a different cover artwork though continued to use "Horror" in the title on the cover and "Terror" on the title page.

Contento1 lists the Ballantine edition as "... Tales of Horror", i.e. using the cover title, which helps complicate the issue.

  • "First Printing: April 1971"
  • No number line present
  • The cover lists the title as "The Shuttered Room and other tales of horror" which differs from the title page.

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Shuttered Room and Other Tales of Terror Cover 1973 Ballantine Books Paperback Collection John Holmes 166
The Shuttered Room and Other Tales of Terror Cover 1974 Ballantine Books Paperback Collection John Holmes 166
The Shuttered Room and Other Tales of Terror Cover 1975 Ballantine Books Paperback Collection John Holmes 166