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The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces

August Derleth

First published 1959
Publisher Arkham House
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Cover art Richard Taylor (artist)
Pages xiv+313
Price $5.00

No statement of printing or edition. The colophon states that 2500 copies were printed. The actual number is 2527 copies per S.T. Joshi's Sixty Years of Arkham House. Dates from Contento. "The Commonplace Book" is annotated by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei Derleth Thirty Years of Arkham House: 56. Joshi Sixty Years of Arkham House: 56. Jaffery The Arkham House Companion: 58. Nielsen Arkham House Books: 59. Title page lists the book as by "H. P. Lovecraft & Divers Hands". Derleth is listed as the compiler. The Utpatel artwork is on an unpaginated plate facing page 288.

Page Title Author(s) Type
3 The Shuttered Room H. P. Lovecraft & August Derleth Novelette
39 The Fisherman of Falcon Point H. P. Lovecraft & August Derleth Short Story
44 Editor's Note (Juvenilia and Early Tales) August Derleth Essay
45 The Little Glass Bottle H. P. Lovecraft Short Story
46 The Secret Cave, or John Lees Adventure H. P. Lovecraft Short Story
48 The Mystery of the Grave-Yard, or "A Dead Man's Revenge": A Detective Story H. P. Lovecraft Short Story
52 The Mysterious Ship H. P. Lovecraft Short Story
54 The Alchemist H. P. Lovecraft Short Story
63 Poetry and the Gods H. P. Lovecraft Short Story
70 The Street H. P. Lovecraft Short Story
76 Old Bugs H. P. Lovecraft Short Story
85 Idealism and Materialism: A Reflection H. P. Lovecraft Essay
97 The Commonplace Book of H. P. Lovecraft H. P. Lovecraft Essay
124 Lovecraft in Providence Donald Wandrei Essay
141 Lovecraft as Mentor August Derleth Essay
171 Out of the Ivory Tower Robert Bloch Essay
178 Three Hours with H. P. Lovecraft Dorothy C. Walter Essay
191 Memories of a Friendship Alfred Galpin Essay
202 Homage to H. P. Lovecraft Felix Stefanile Poem
204 H. P. L. Clark Ashton Smith Poem
204 Lines to H. P. Lovecraft Joseph Payne Brennan Poem
205 Revenants August Derleth Poem
206 H. P. L. Robert H. Barlow Poem
210 Anniversary Robert H. Barlow Poem
211 Letter for Last Christmas Robert H. Barlow Poem
212 H.P. Lovecraft: The Books Lin Carter Essay
250 H.P. Lovecraft: The Gods Lin Carter Essay
268 Addendum: Some Observations on the Carter Glossary T. G. L. Cockcroft Essay
278 Notes on the Cthulhu Mythos George T. Wetzel Essay
287 Lovecraft's First Book William L. Crawford Essay
291 Dagon H. P. Lovecraft Short Story
297 The Strange High House in the Mist H. P. Lovecraft Short Story
307 The Outsider H. P. Lovecraft Short Story
xiii Foreword (The Shuttered Room) August Derleth Essay