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H. P. Lovecraft. The Outsider and Others. Collected by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei. Sauk City: Arkham House, 1...
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The First Arkham House Book, from the Collection of Famous Art Hoaxer and Journalist, Paul Jordan Smith
H. P. Lovecraft. The Outsider and Others.
Collected by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei. Sauk City: Arkham
House, 1939. First edition, one of only 1,200 copies. Octavo. xiv,
553 pages. Publisher's black cloth with gilt spine titles. Original
pictorial dust jacket designed by Virgil Finlay. Some rubbing and
mild wear to jacket, else near fine. With the signature of Paul
Jordan Smith, dated by him using his Utopian dating system, on the
front free endpaper. Paul Jordan Smith (1885-1971) was a
scholar, journalist and translator, who is perhaps best remembered
for perpetrating a famous art hoax in the early 1930s. Smith felt
that modern abstract art was a travesty, so he concocted the
identity of "Pavel Jerdanovich," a Russian artist whose work was
greatly admired by critics. In fact, the paintings were by Jordan
and his wife, and were purposely dreadful. After having his fun,
Jordan revealed his hoax to the world, to demonstrate the folly of
abstract art, but, to his surprise, his artwork became even more
popular after the hoax was revealed. An excellent association with
Lovecraft's masterpiece. Barron, Horror Literature, 3-132.
Bleiler. The Guide to Supernatural Fiction, 1040.
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2012 April 11 Rare Books Signature Auction - New York #6085 (go to Auction Home page)
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