Pulptime: Being a Singular Adventure of Sherlock Holmes, H.P. Lovecraft, and the Kalem Club, As if Narrated by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.

  • Hardcover
  • Buffalo NY: W. Paul Ganley (Weirdbook Press), 1985 (c.1984)
By Cannon, P.H.
Buffalo NY: W. Paul Ganley (Weirdbook Press). Near Fine in Fine dj. 1985 (c.1984). 2nd impression. Hardcover. [a very nice copy with no discernible wear, but a previous owner has written his name and the date & place purchased in ink at the top of the front endpaper; the jacket is in perfect, as-new condition]. (full-page B&W illustrations) "In these pages, H.P. Lovecraft lives again and Sherlock Holmes stalks New York in 1925, looking for a set of mysterious documents stolen by New York gangster Jan Martense. A visit with Harry Houdini, a seance with a beautiful medium, a trek through the New York sewer system -- and what lay beyond -- make a fascinating tale, as told through the words of young Weird Tales writer Frank Belknap Long, Jr., Lovecraft's best friend." (Long himself has provided a Preface to the book.) .

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