HPL

A Tribute to H.P. Lovecraft

Associate editor for art:		S. Herbert Arnold
Associate editor for articles:		Stuart David Schiff.
Publisher:		Meade and Penny Frierson.
Date of publication:		1972.
Releases:		1st Printing of 35 numbered hardbounds and 965 softcover copies.
		2nd Printing 500 softcover copies.
Edition:		First run matte paper cover.
		Second run glossy paper cover.
Number of pages:		144 pages.
Size:		8½ x 11 inches.
Price:		Between $1.50 to $3.00.

Front of softcover first run, matte paper

Front of softcover second run, glossy paper

Compared to the first run, the second softcover run has two removals: the $3.00 on the top of page 2 and the note at the bottom of page 3, and an addition on the cover reading 'second printing - $4'.

Contents:
HPL contains two illustrations by Virgil Finlay. The front of the softcover depicts "The Haunter of the Dark" by Robert Kline. Backcover (not shown) is by Herb Arnold.

The illustrations by Virgil Finlay are:

• Page 53: The Return of Hastur.
• Page 61: The Horrorin the Burying Ground.

HPL contains 17 full page illustrations (plus the front and back covers) that depict scenes from Lovecraft stories and 93 additional illustrations by 20 different artists. Artists include Stephen Fabian, Richard Corben (5 illustrations), Tim Kirk (3 illustrations), Herb Arnold (over 20 illustrations), Dany Frolich, Jim Garrison, Mike Scott, John Swanson, Virgil Finlay, Lee Brown Coye, Denis Tiani, Gary Myers and Harry O. Morris. 36 Small pieces and 5 full pages by Herbert Arnold.

HPL contains 25 articles by 21 authors, and 20 poems by 13 different writers.

Articles include:

• "The Lovecraft Mythos" by Robert Bloch,
• "A Haunter of the Night" a remembrance by Joseph Payne Brennan,
• "An Interview with Frank Belknap Long" by Stuart Schiff,
• "HPL : An Astrological Analysis" by E. Hoffman Price,
• "Reminiscences of HPL" by E. Hoffmann Price,
• "A Few Short Comments on the Writings of HPL" by Fritz Leiber,
• "Ira A. Cole and HPL : A Brief Friendship" by R. Alain Everts,
• "An Early HPL Publisher" by William Crawford,
• "Biographic Notes on Lovecraft" by George T. Wetzel,
• "HPL and Films" by J. Vernon Shea,
• "An Unknown HPL Artist" by Gerry de la Ree,
• "The Horror Theme After HPL" by William Scott Home,
• "The Cthulhu Mythos: A Study" by George T. Wetzel,
• "Notes on Collecting Lovecraftiana" by Stu Schiff,
• "Cthulhu in Mesoamerica" by Richard L. Tierney,
• "The Derleth Mythos" by Richard L. Tierney,
• "My Life with the Greatest Old One" by James Wade.

Stories include

• "The Terrible Parchment" by Manly Wade Wellman,
• "The Burrowers Beneath" by Brian Lumley, the opening chapter of the Arkham House novel,
• Excerpts from a working manuscript by Colin Wilson for "Order of Assassins",
• "Those Beneath the Waves" by Herb Arnold,
• "A Madness from the Vaults" by J. Ramsey Campbell,
• "Legends" by Darrell Schweitzer
• "The Elder Sign" by Al (A. A.) Attanasio.

References:

• The Origins and Aftermath of HPL, a Lovecraft Tribute by Meade Frierson III and Penny Frierson.